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…
Changes in provincial funding to health care will not only affect doctors, but the community as a whole. That was one of the messages local physicians Dr. Jeff Jones and Dr. Roisin Dempsey brought when they appeared as a delegation at the Jan. 13 meeting of town council. Jones explained the health minister in early December decided he wanted to … Read more…
The Municipal District of Willow Creek will wait for more information before it decides whether to consider re-joining an initiative that would see garbage incinerated with electricity generated in the process. At its Jan. 8 meeting, M.D. council heard reports from Coun. John Kroetsch and Reeve Maryanne Sandberg who attended the most recent meeting of the Southern Alberta Energy from … Read more…
The Claresholm RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance in finding those responsible for a series of car prowlings in Stavely at the end of last year. Over night between Dec. 21 and Dec. 22, several cars were entered in Stavely, and various items stolen. The Claresholm RCMP would like to remind everyone to lock their vehicles and keep important items in … Read more…
The Claresholm RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance in solving a recent incident of vandalism in downtown Claresholm. Between Friday, Dec. 27 and Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, the Claresholm Eye Centre on 49th Avenue West received damage to the front window cage as well as the garbage bin in the back alley. Anyone with information on this crime, or any … Read more…
The Municipal District of Willow Creek is providing financial support for the Claresholm Arts Society and its upcoming production of “Beauty and the Beast”. At their Dec. 18 meeting, M.D. councillors agreed to provide $900 out of their discretionary accounts with $200 each from Couns. Glen Alm and Darry Markle; and $100 each from Reeve Maryanne Sandberg and Couns. Evan … Read more…