Two local cross-country ski clubs welcomed new and “new-again” skiers at events on January 11. Both events were well-attended. Lakeland Cross-Country Ski Club offered cookies and hot chocolate as well as instruction and advice at St. Paul Golf Course. Rentals and ski waxing were available. Bonnyville Nordic Ski Club also hosted an instructional event that […]
St. Paul mayor Maureen Miller believes there is a powerful case for major improvements to the community’s healthcare and seniors’ housing requirements. A needs assessment regarding upgrades to care and facilities at St. Therese – St. Paul Healthcare Centre complements the identified needs for improved seniors’ housing, Miller said, and provides an opportunity for coordinated […]
The Alberta Association of Optometrists (AAO) says it was “blindsided” by changes to Alberta’s coverage for certain services, which they say will have an impact on seniors and rural residents. The changes were distributed to optometrists by the Alberta health ministry January 3, and are to take effect February 1. Under the changes, partial eye […]
Christmas and New Years Day have come and gone, and winter activities are resuming. For some organizations the holiday period is their busiest time, planning and presenting special events and programs for the season. For others, activity continues as normal, but with a Christmas theme. And some take a brief hiatus. But as they say […]
I lie awake at night from time to time, conjuring up new journeys and reliving past travels. Cities explored, countries discovered, time zones conquered, and often a list of destinations to be re-examined jostle through my mind as I try to fall asleep. Of all the places I have visited, only a relative few stick […]
Operation Red Nose, a volunteer service offering safe rides during the holiday party season, is celebrating the success of its 2024 national campaign. The initiative operated in 70 communities across Canada in November and December. Cold Lake was the only Alberta community with the service available, thanks to the volunteer efforts of the Cold Lake […]
All outstanding health service standards noncompliances at Points West Living in Cold Lake have been rectified. The Alberta Health standards and licensing web page had reported 37 noncompliances after a July audit, and reported the same standards noncompliant on November 7. The website now shows all were rectified as of December 5. Dana Burr, director […]
Mereline Griffith’s Valley Girl preserves a vanishing way of life “Rural is rural, and it always will be.” Mereline Griffith was talking about her new book, Valley Girl: These Are My Stories—a memoir of her youth in the northern BC interior. Griffith and her husband Bill now live on the shore of Moose Lake, near Bonnyville. She has […]
The colours, the lights, the music, the dance—Christmas is when the arts come alive. Or is it? Maybe it’s more accurate to say Christmas is when we open our eyes to all the ways art enhances our lives. Because art is always there. It surrounds us every day, in ways we may take for granted. […]
The TuneAgers choir from Bonnyville invited their friends from four other community choirs to raise their voices and lift spirits at their annual Christmas Choir festival concert last Thursday. The program offered traditional carols and new arrangements of sacred songs, and a couple of seasonal secular selections. Each of the five choirs delivered energy and […]