By Rob Vogt Local Press Writer Another season of peewee football kicked off for the Claresholm Cobras this past weekend with a jamboree in Raymond that saw the Cobras go undefeated. The Cobras travelled to Raymond’s Victoria Sports Park football field on Saturday, Sept. 7, where all 10 teams in the Southern Alberta Minor Football Association were there to determine … Read more…
Beware the un-dead By Rob Vogt Local Press Writer The streets of Claresholm will come alive with the undead when the sun sets on Friday the 13th. The Claresholm Local Press, Claresholm and District Family and Community Support Services, Your Dollar Store with More, Gratitude and Tim Hortons are putting on the fifth annual Zombie Walk this Friday night, Sept. … Read more…
Multi-use buildings By Rob Vogt Local Press Writer The children at Learn-A-Lot Playschool would benefit in a variety of ways if they move from their current location in the basement of the town office building to a space in a proposed new community multi-use building adjacent to West Meadow Elementary School. Last week staff and volunteers were busy getting the … Read more…
Multi-use buildings By Rob Vogt Local Press Writer There would be a lot of benefits for the children at the Claresholm Child Care Society if they moved to a new multi-use community building adjacent to West Meadow Elementary School. Right now the day care is the only licensed and accredited child-care centre in Claresholm, said Kim Gugala, who is the … Read more…
Police beat By Rob Vogt Local Press Writer The Claresholm RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance in returning a lost bike to its owner. On Sept. 5, a mountain bike was turned in to the Claresholm RCMP detachment. The bike was located by the elementary school about one week earlier. If you are missing a mountain bike, you are encouraged to … Read more…
By Rob Vogt Local Press Writer After coming for so many years and coming close just as often, Aaron Roy finally did it. The bullrider from Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan hung on for eight seconds on two different bulls to win the 16th annual Glen Keeley Memorial Bullriding at the Stavely Arena on Saturday night, Aug. 31. Announcer David Poulsen interviewed … Read more…
By Rob Vogt Local Press Writer A Claresholm man has been charged by the Calgary Police Service in connection to an officer-related shooting last week. According to information from the Calgary Police Service and the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), at approximately 4:05 a.m., on Sunday, Aug. 25, police were called to a parking lot in a shopping complex, … Read more…