One youth dead following drug overdose

One youth is dead following a drug overdose from Sept. 22. RCMP confirm the 16-year-old male youth died while in hospital. Police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding this incident.… Read More »

Take care when using cannabis

According to a recent story in the Calgary Herald, there are over 200 hundred cannabis stores in Calgary. An additional 100 more stores have been refused in that city, mostly… Read More »

Welcome to winter

Hello Strathmore! Welcome to winter. From fields full of combines to fields covered in snow for the second September in a row. With trade disputes hammering our export markets, excessive… Read More »

Square dancing gets a face lift

Most people associate square dancing with a hoedown in the barn, old people, fiddle music and women wearing big puffy dresses. “Not true,” said Dave Littlefair, local square dance instructor… Read More »

Kings defence leads to more offence

Backed by a solid defensive game, the Wheatland Kings offence was clicking on all cylinders going into the team’s second weekend of action. After allowing six goals against in the… Read More »

Badgers season well underway

Alberta Minor Football’s Central Football League is well into their season now, and the Strathmore Community Football Association Badgers bantam and peewee teams have each passed the halfway mark in… Read More »

Kroon, Harris M. (Babe)

Kroon, Harris M. (Babe) Kroon, Harris M. Born in Standard, Alberta October 01, 1924. Passed away in Calgary October 21, 2019. Born and raised in Standard, Harris joined the Canadian… Read More »