CLP - Local Press

06/03/2026

Registration still open until June 11!

🎉 WHAT UP WEDNESDAY! 🎉



The countdown is on, and we're excited to officially reveal the dates and locations for the events at the 2026 Southern Alberta Summer Games! 🏅☀️



Get ready to mark your calendars, plan your teams, and start gearing up for an incredible summer of competition, fun, and community spirit. Stay tuned to see where all the action will take place!

Note: official times will be not be posted until Friday, June 26th due to scheduling after registration is closed! Thanks for you understanding! 🎉

06/03/2026

The Local Press apologizes for publishing an error in the MD NOTICE OF MAILING OF THE 2026 COMBINED ASSESSMENT AND TAX NOTICES.
It should read The 2026 Combined Assessment and Tax Notices for properties within the Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 were mailed Thursday, May 28, 2026.
Not the 2024 notice.
MD of Willow Creek

06/03/2026

New flood mapping studies launched this spring will produce about 260 kilometres of new or updated flood mapping for 10 communities. This is on top of the nearly 600 kilometres of flood mapping that was already underway across the province.

Flood mapping helps communities understand where it’s safe to farm, safe to build and how to best prepare for emergency situations.

View flood maps for any community in the province online through Alberta’s Flood Awareness Map Application.

For more information, visit: https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=962538D30500C-C26B-0EE6-CCD8709D0873D619

06/03/2026

Grad photos are up in IGA! Thanks to all the sponsors for joining with us to make this possible and to IGA for the window space!

06/03/2026

Willow Creek from the green bridge June 2 at 8:45 pm, and the old water treatment plant (WC Brewery).

06/02/2026

Good tips for your home from Maxwell Capital Realty, and a great photo of Willow Creek showing the high volume of water.

The rain continues and the surf's up on Willow Creek. Still within the banks but it brings to mind all of you and your personal stream flows coming off of your roof. Did you put the extensions on your downspout? Is anything coming out of your downspout or have leaves and pine needles caused it to overflow along the eavestrough? Is there a negative grade at the basement wall where water is pooling? Keeping water away from your foundation and out of the soffits is good homeownership practice. This rain came slowly and sunk in so adding the extra water from your roof is not a good idea. There has been over 3 inches of rain locally and the mad math on that means for every 1000 sqft of roof x 1 inch of rain you have 519 imperial gallons of water. Now multiply that by 3 inches of this lovely rain...makes you pause, doesn't it? So put on rain gear and take a walk around your house to see where the problem spots are. Preventing water intrusion is a whole lot cheaper than fixing the problems later. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

06/02/2026

Leave wildlife alone.

Injured wildlife has a better chance of survival when tended to by Mother Nature. The best thing is to leave the injured animal alone.

Animals will be stressed from the injury and will be further stressed from attempts to intervene. Stressed animals can become aggressive and cause injury to you and further injury to themselves.

Do not take the animal home to attempt to nurse it to health. In most cases, it is illegal to possess live wildlife.

Learn more: alberta.ca/orphaned-or-injured-wildlife.aspx

06/02/2026

Be sure to scan the QR code on the window or door of local businesses to access discounts and deals!