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Behaving positively – The Claresholm and District Chamber of Commerce and Youth Justice Committee have partnered on a program where youth are ticketed for showing positive behaviour. In turn, they can redeem their ticket for a gift certificate at a local business.
The Claresholm and District Bench Show is the centrepiece of Fair Days weekend every August but, it needs an injection of funding and people to keep going. To that end, the Claresholm and District Fair Board, which organizes the bench show, held a special meeting at the Claresholm Public Library on Feb. 4, to discuss ways to generate more revenue, … Read more…
The Town of Claresholm bylaw governing the consumption of cannabis already has everything necessary to accommodate Phase 2 of cannabis legalization which is edibles, extracts and topicals. At its Jan. 27 meeting, town council reviewed a report from Ryan Rasmussen, the town’s community peace officer, updating them on the situation. The report stated restricting consumption of cannabis in public places … Read more…
It’s official – the Province of Alberta has officially dissolved the Town of Granum, now becoming a hamlet within the Municipal District of Willow Creek. The M.D. council issued a statement on Jan. 30 announcing the Lieutenant Governor in Council made an order dissolving the Town of Granum effective Feb. 1, 2020. The council extended a welcome to the newest … Read more…
An information picket to protest provincial government funding cuts to health, eduction and the public service attracted more than 200 people last. Workers representing the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, United Nurses of Alberta, Health Sciences Association of Alberta, community members and concerned citizens gathered in the Claresholm downtown parking lot on Tuesday, Jan. 21, and took to the streets. … Read more…
Claresholm town council has awarded the contract for the multi-use community buildings project to Tricon Developments Inc. in the amount of $3,038,333 plus GST. The project will see a playschool and day care constructed north of West Meadow Elementary School on the western boundary of Claresholm, and a multi-use building, that will include town administration and family and community support … Read more…