Local woman runs to advocate for positive mental health
Jessi Chayer’s birthday wish came true this year when she not only completed an ultra-marathon on her birthday as a fundraiser for an important organization close to her heart, but… Read More »
Successful hosting of championship baseball
Strathmore held the prestigious AA Minor Western Canada Baseball Championship on Aug. 16-18 with games at the Kinsmen Park diamond, Strathmore ag grounds diamond and the Fair Field Cheadle Lions… Read More »
Gleichen car show and dance a success
The Gleichen and District Community Association (GDCA) held a very successful car show and dance on Saturday, July 27. The weather co-operated for most of the day although we did… Read More »
Training future rodeo champions
The Strathmore and District Agricultural Society hosted its first rodeo school on August 12-13. Twenty-one aspiring rodeo champions attended the two-day event where they were taught bull riding and bull… Read More »
Butter tarts and kidney beans
What do butter tarts and kidneys have in common? Leah Lalonde. Leah owns the Canadian Buttertart Factory in Strathmore, and from Sept. 6 to 8, she will raise money for… Read More »
Alberta Sheriffs charity golf tournament
The Alberta Sheriffs Branch is hosting a charity golf tournament on Saturday Aug. 17 at the Strathmore Golf Club in support of Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC). In 2013,… Read More »
High scores dominated in final rodeo performance
Dawson Hay and Clint Laye saved the best for last at the 2019 Strathmore Stampede rodeo on Monday. As the final competitors to go in their respective events, both Hay… Read More »
Bensmiller takes chuckwagon crown
Although he hails from Dewberry, Alta., Kurt Bensmiller feels right at home in Strathmore. The 36-year-old reinsman won his second straight World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA) show title aboard his… Read More »
Strathmore Thunder girls’ fastpitch softball program looking to the future
The Strathmore Thunder girls’ fastpitch softball program is winding up a successful season, and looking forward to the future that includes a special two-game event on Aug. 27. This year,… Read More »
Local Badgers win bronze medal
Three members of the Strathmore Badgers bantam football team represented Team Alberta at the U16 Western Challenge July 15-18 in Kamloops, B.C. Locals Jack Warrack, Bennett Salmon and Brady Johansen… Read More »
Baseball westerns coming to Strathmore
The AA Minor Western Canada Baseball Championships will be held for the first time in Strathmore, from Aug. 16-18. Hosted by the Strathmore Reds, teams from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan… Read More »