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Editor; I’m reaching out to the businesses and citizens of Claresholm and surrounding area. This government has brought down a budget that will do nothing to help the economy of this province and especially this area. How many ranchers and farmers in this area have spouses or family work in education and health care? How many have children in the … Read more…
Letter to the editor Editor; As you may know, the provincial government is proposing significant changes to the way physicians are compensated for providing medical care in Alberta. The government intends to impose these changes unilaterally, outside of the existing formal process for negotiating physician compensation. These proposed changes are expected to have a profound impact on the way medical … Read more…
National Newspaper Week | October 6-12, 2019 The Claresholm Local Press is celebrating National Newspaper Week this week, and our 93rd Anniversary. The Claresholm Local Press was started by a single man and is still a proud independent community newspaper. We take pride in sharing our community’s news and events from week to week, and hope you continue to support … Read more…
So a petition has been submitted seeking a plebiscite on the town’s bylaw to borrow $2.8 million. Now it is in the hands of the town’s chief administrative officer to determine if the petition is valid. There are many ways that names, or petitioners as they are referred to in the Municipal Government Act, can be excluded. If there is … Read more…
…a comment from the Claresholm Local Press There are different ways of doing things, and last week had two very instructive examples of positive, effective ways of communicating and helping the community. The first was at last Monday’s town council meeting when a resident of Mountain View Estates appeared as a delegation to talk about the need for more road … Read more…
We live in a world where certain things are acceptable and certain things are not. The strength of our community, our province and our nation is its diversity of opinions. We are strong because we do not all agree with each other all the time, and the free and positive exchange of ideas makes us strong. It is the very … Read more…
When the Willow Creek Composite High School Cobras take on the Cold Lake Royals in the provincial football final this Saturday, it will have special interest for me. My ties to Cold Lake are deep. When I was in university, my house league football team was loaded with Royals – the entire right side of my offensive line, and two wide … Read more…