By Rob Vogt – Local Press WriterThe provincial government is changing the way it funds municipalities, and Claresholm town council had their first real look at what the new formula may look like.At its Dec. 12 meeting, council reviewed a report from administration explaining the Municipal Sustainability Initiative, or MSI, was launched in 2007 to provide both operational and capital … Read more…
By Rob Vogt – Local Press WriterThe Municipal District of Willow Creek will support issuing a notice of intent to annex lands on the western boundary of the Town of Claresholm.The M.D. will also seek more information on consultation with adjacent land owners to the proposed lands to be annexed; the impact on the boundary of the intermunicipal development plan … Read more…
By Rob Vogt – Local Press WriterThe Town of Claresholm will write a letter of support for the Kinsmen Club of Claresholm’s application to the Community Facility Enhancement Program for the purpose of constructing pathways and new lighting at downtown Amundsen Park and provide the matching funds/in-kind donation of $149,456.The decision came at town council’s Dec. 12 meeting after they … Read more…
By Rob Vogt – Local Press WriterThe Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta has provided grants to four local community organizations.On Dec. 7, the foundation announced it had supported:• The Claresholm and District Transportation Society with $10,000.The funding will be used to help the society purchase a replacement passenger van to provide medical transportation for seniors and persons with … Read more…
By Rob Vogt – Local Press WriterThirty years ago the Claresholm Arena would pulsate Friday and Saturday nights with the sights and sounds of the Claresholm Thunder senior hockey team.Made up of local players, many who came through the Claresholm Minor Hockey Association system, the Thunder played a lot of memorable games in the Ranchland Hockey League from 1991 to … Read more…
By Rob Vogt – Local Press WriterIt was an opportunity for the public to express its preference for the route of an electricity transmission line running from a proposed solar farm southeast of Claresholm to an existing line east of Highway 2 running north.Kiwetinohk Energy held an open house, presenting the routing options for the Homestead MPC Solar Project transmission … Read more…
By Rob Vogt – Local Press WriterClaresholm town council has approved the Town of Claresholm’s 2023 interim operating budget with no increase in property taxes for municipal purposes and a 1.5 percent increase for increased police funding required by the provincial government.At its Nov. 28 meeting, council reviewed the interim budget after a report from administration.Abe Tinney, the town’s chief … Read more…