By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer Learn-A-Lot Playschool moved into their new building a month ago and the teacher said it’s like night and day compared to the old building. The playschool was located in the basement of the Claresholm town office until it moved into its new facility on Feb. 1 located just north of West Meadow Elementary School … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer It takes a whole village to raise a child, and in the case of Stavely Elementary School, a whole town to educate a student. A large part of that is the tireless work done by the school council. For all their efforts, the Stavely school council was recently recognized with the School Council Award … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer The provincial government will commence consultation on coal policy in about four weeks. On Feb. 23, Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage made the announcement. “Since announcing our commitment to widespread consultation on a modern coal policy for Alberta, we have heard from many passionate Albertans and interested groups who want to be engaged,” she said. … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer In most cases of domestic abuse it is the woman and children who have to leave the situation to seek help, uprooting themselves from their homes and disrupting their lives. Now, Rowan House has created a new program in Claresholm where the abuser actually leaves the home and receives counselling services while the woman … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer The Claresholm RCMP is requesting the public’s assistance in finding the person responsible for a recent theft of liquor. Police stated that on Jan. 20, 2021, a lone male suspect entered the Sobey’s Liquor Store in Claresholm. After wandering the store for a short period of time, the suspect decided he wanted liquor but didn’t … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer After hearing the concerns of Albertans about surface mining in the Eastern Slopes, the Government of Alberta has reinstated a policy that had guided development in that area for more than 40 years. On Feb. 8, the government announced they were reinstating the 1976 Coal Policy. The policy was cancelled on the Friday afternoon … Read more…
The Municipal District of Willow Creek continued to clean up the Granum area. They conducted a controlled burn on Feb. 8 of material that had accumulated at the old town compost pile just east of the hamlet. Fire department personnel were on site for the burn including, from left, Granum Fire Department members Duncan McLean, Jacob Muilwijk, and McIvor Kennedy. … Read more…