Government Services

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, Foremost, Alberta
Ph: (403) 867-2766   Fax: (403) 867-2700
Email: fcss40ml@bowisland.com

Forty Mile Community Resource Centre/ Forty Mile Early Childhood Development Coalition                            

The Forty Mile ECD Coalition is a group of parents, service providers, community agencies, and stakeholders who are working towards increasing awareness and understanding of the importance of the early years. Supporting early childhood programs and families throughout the Forty Mile Region.

Foremost Location

119 Main Street
Box 272  Foremost, AB, T0K 0X0
Hours: Mon – Thurs 9:30am – 4:30pm
Ph: (403) 867-3077

Fax: (403) 867-2700

Forty Mile Early Childhood Development Coordinator: Terri-Lynn Arnal

Facebook: 40mileECD
Email: 40mlecdcoalition@gmail.com

Bow Island Location

116 North Railway Ave W,
Box 1006 Bow Island, AB T0K 0G0

Hours: Mon – Fri 10:00 am-5:00pm

Ph: (403) 545-6222

Fax: (403) 545-6887
Email: Chris.pinchin@40milecrc.ca

web: www.40milecrc.ca

County of Forty Mile No.8

(403) 867-3530

303 Main Street, Foremost

County Administrator: Dale Brown

Associate Administrator: Keith Bodin

Public Works Superintendent: Wes Hollingsworth

Municipal Enforcement Officer: Stewart Payne

Fire Chief: Dustin McGarry

Public Works shop: (403) 867-3940

Agricultural shop: (403) 867-3939

Foremost Municipal Library

Library Manager: Joan Beutler

Foremost Municipal Library is part of the Shortgrass Library System.      

Winter Hours (September 1-June 30):

Tuesday & Wednesday  10:30 am to 5:30 pm

Thursdays 10:00 am - 6:30 pm  

Fridays 10:30 am - 4:30 pm

Closed - Saturday, Sunday & Monday

Summer Hours (July & August)

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Fridays  10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm

Closed Saturday & Sunday

103 – 1st Avenue East
Foremost, Alberta, T0K 0X0
Tel: (403) 867-3855

Email: forlib@shortgrass.ca
Web: foremost.shortgrass.ca/

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

Foremost is served by the Foremost and Bow Island Detachments of the RCMP.

The Administration Office is located at 401 2nd Avenue East, Bow Island, Alberta (403) 545-2784.

The Foremost Detachment office is located at 401-3rd Avenue West, with two Constables residing in the Village.

Foremost/ Bow Island Non-Emergencies: (403) 545-2784

Complaints/ Dispatch: (403) 545-2100

For Emergencies call 911

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.

The Foremost Unmanned aircraft systems range is the first approved beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), Unmanned Air System (UAS) range in Canada and is one of two non-military BVLOS training and development centres for UAS in North America.

Contact: Doug Hanna, Foremost UAS Range Manager/ Safety Officer (403) 488-7208

Canada Post Office

The post office is located at 111 Main Street.

The Post Mistress is Marlene Kultgen (403) 867-3600 and the post office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. (Closed 12:00 - 12:30 pm for lunch)

Out-of-town mail arrives in Foremost at approximately 11:30 a.m. and outbound mail must be at the post office before 2:15 p.m.

Fish and Wildlife

The Fish and Wildlife Office in Foremost has PERMANENTLY CLOSED as of September 2018 (403) 867-3826.

Fish and Wildlife Enforcement- Lethbridge: (403) 381-5266

Fish and Wildlife Enforcement- Medicine Hat: (403) 589-3680

With the closing of the Office in Foremost, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat both share the area. Depending on your location please contact the closest Enforcement office. 

If there is an emergency please call 1 (800) 642-3800 or visit http://www.alberta.ca/report-poacher.aspx

Agriculture Financial Services

The Corporation Insurance office: (403) 867-3666.

218 Main Street, Foremost

Office hours are 8:15 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday.

Annual Events

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.

Theatrical Society – Fall Dinner Theatre & Spring Production