Forty Mile Regional Family & Community Support Services
The Forty Mile Regional FCSS is a community information and referral resource. FCSS partners with other agencies to meet the needs identified by our community. Some of the programs and services Forty Mile Regional FCSS offers are:
- Grant Funding & Information
- Home Help & Handyman Services
- Volunteer Recognition & Support
- Referrals to Counseling Agencies
- Suicide Prevention & Intervention
- Youth Initiatives & Teen Presentations
- Respite for Families
- Playgrounds
- Literacy Programs
- Rural Health & Safety
- Red Cross Babysitting Course
- Home Alone Course
Corinna Roth-Beacome – FCSS Director/Community Worker
Mailing Address: Box 100 Bow Island, AB T0K 0G0
119 Main Street
Call for an appointment
Ph: (403) 867-2766 Fax: (403) 867-2700
Email: fcss40ml@bowisland.com
Web: www.fcss40mile.ca
Forty Mile Community Resource Centre
(formally Youth Connections)
Foremost Location
119 Main Street
Box 272 Foremost, AB, T0K 0X0
Hours: Mon – Thurs 9:30am – 4:45pm
Ph: (403) 867-3077
Fax: (403) 867-2700
Email: crc4mst@shockware.com
Web: www.40milecrc.ca
Bow Island Location
116 North Railway Ave W,
Box 1006 Bow Island, AB T0K 0G0
Hours: Mon – Wed & Fri 10:00 am-5:00pm, Thurs – 1:00pm – 8:00pm
Ph: (403) 545-6222
Fax: (403) 545-6887
Email: bicrc@shockware.com
web: www.40milecrc.ca
Foremost Municipal Library
Joan Beutler – Library Manager
Foremost Municipal Library is part of the Shortgrass Library System.
Hours of operation are:
Monday - Friday 10:00am to 4:00pm
Tuesday and Thursday evenings 6:30 to 8:00 pm
103 – 1st Avenue East
Foremost, Alberta, T0K OXO
Tel: (403) 867-3855
Fax: (403) 867-3858
Email: forlib@shortgrass-lib.ab.ca
Web: www.shortgrass.ca/foremost
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Foremost is served by the Foremost and Bow Island Detachments of the RCMP. The Administration Office is located in Bow Island (Tel: 403-545-2784). The Foremost Detachment office is located at 401-3rd Avenue West, with two Constables residing in the Village.
Airport
An all-weather airport is located two miles west of the Village, and north of Highway 61. It features a paved and lighted runway, restrooms, first aid, picnic tables and a telephone. Aviation fuel and oil are also available.
Canada Post Office
The post office is located at 111 Main Street. The Post Mistress is Tracy Harty (Tel: 403-867-3600) and the post office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Out-of-town mail arrives in Foremost at approximately 11:00 a.m. and outbound mail must be at the post office before 1:15 p.m.
Fish and Wildlife
The Fish and Wildlife officer is Robert Morrison, whose office is located at 312 Main Street (Tel: 403-867-3826).
Agriculture Financial Services
The Corporation Insurance office is located at 312 Main Street (Tel: 403-867-3666). Office hours are 8:15 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday.
Motor Vehicle
Foremost issuing office for license plates, operators’ licenses, address changes, etc. is located at 117 Main Street (Tel: 403-867-3805). Hours of operation are 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday.
Annual Events
Annual Rodeo and Tuff Trucks Competition – Foremost hosts the Rodeo and Tuff Trucks Competition every year on the third weekend of June. This rodeo is a Chinook Rodeo Association sanctioned event.
For Rodeo information, contact Clark Metheral at 403-867-2348.
For Tuff Trucks information, contact Christopher Ehnes at 403-635-9222.
Theatrical Society – Fall Dinner Theatre & Spring Production