Immigration Open House By Rob Vogt Local Press Writer Claresholm is one of just 11 communities across Canada, and the only one in Alberta, selected for a Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot. Brady Schnell, the town’s economic development officer, is heading up the program and he explained it to those gathered at the Claresholm Community Centre for an open house … Read more…
Before he was the MLA for Livingstone-Macleod, Roger Reid and his wife Darleen owned the Tim Horton’s in Claresholm where they employed a lot of foreign workers. Reid shared that experience, and much more, as part of an open house on immigration hosted by the Town of Claresholm at the Claresholm Community Centre on Nov. 9. Reid described Claresholm as a … Read more…
Honouring service Claresholm Branch No. 41 of the Royal Canadian Legion held their annual Veterans Banquet on Sunday, Nov. 3, where they honoured veterans. Here in back from left are veterans Werner Dressler; John Pinkerton; Alfred Hansen; Noel Burles; Ed Garrett; Bud Stewart; Duane Southgate; Nigel Edmunds; and Brian Thibeau; while in front from left are Dana Butler; Jeanne Balleny; … Read more…
By Rob Vogt Local Press Writer The Claresholm Local Press family has lost one of its patriarchs. Roy Pachal, who was a pressman with the newspaper for more than 45 years, passed away on the weekend at the age of 87. His association with the Local Press goes back to 1953 when Pachal and his friend George Taylor had quit … Read more…
By Tim Bryson Coach of the WCCHS Cobras The Willow Creek Composite High School Cobras rolled to their ninth South Zone Tier-4 championship with a convincing 54-13 win over W.R. Myers of Taber last Friday, Nov. 1, before a large and lively crowd at the Snake Pit. Once again, the Cobras got off to a fast start on offense, as Jackson … Read more…
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Claresholm Branch No. 41 of the Royal Canadian Legion kicked off their annual poppy campaign by pinning the first poppy on Deputy Mayor Craig Zimmer on Friday, Oct. 25. From left are Leonard Weiss, pinning the poppy on Zimmer, while Brian Thibeau, the Legion’s sergeant-at-arms, and Margaret Smith, the Legion’s poppy chair, look on. Photo by Rob Vogt