Lakeland residents will have the opportunity to observe Remembrance Day at public ceremonies in their communities on November 11. The Cold Lake branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is once again leading the service at Cold Lake Energy Centre, where it had been prior to the Covid pandemic. A Legion colour party, military personnel including […]
The ice is in, or going in, at curling clubs across the Lakeland. Play has already begun in Cold Lake and St. Paul, Bonnyville’s women’s and mixed leagues will start immediately after the club’s Annual General Meeting tonight, with other programs starting in the days to follow. Elk Point Curling Club expects to begin play […]
The Wakulchyk family farm near Iron River has been selected as a BMO Farm Family Award recipient by FarmFair International. FarmFair is one of Canada’s leading cattle industry expositions, held in Edmonton every November. The Wakulchyk family first came to Canada from Russia in 1928, homesteading at Garth, Alberta south of Wolf Lake. Twenty years […]
Amid all the bad news of the Covid-19 pandemic for the past couple of years, there was a little ray of good news: our anti-Covid measures kept influenza under control. With most of those measures relaxing, flu forecasters are warning of an influenza resurgence. Alberta began its annual flu shot campaign yesterday, and Bonnyville pharmacist […]
October 4 was the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Bonnyville Friendship Centre marked the day with its fifth annual Stolen Sisters vigil. Many high-profile cases are part of Canada’s national awareness of the issue, but the Friendship Centre’s community initiatives director Janet Gobert says every community has its […]
Flowers bloom in spring and summer, but a vibrant community blossoms all year round. That’s the thinking behind St. Paul’s submission for a special Communities in Bloom (CiB) award for the community’s winter initiatives. Having risen through the provincial and national CiB levels, St. Paul is now competing in the International Challenge. Penny Fox of […]
Events were held in the Lakeland and across the country on Friday to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day is also referred to as Orange Shirt Day in recognition of the suffering inflicted by Residential Schools. It referes to the experience of Phyllis (Jack) Webstad, who as a 6-year-old had her […]
The provincial government has selected a work by Saddle Lake Cree Nation sculptor Stewart Steinhauer to be the centrepiece of the Reconciliation Garden on the legislature grounds. The sculpture will be installed in the spring and unveiled April 30, 2023. “I am proud to announce that Alberta’s government is one step closer to fulfilling Call […]
Mysteries in nature stimulate one’s curiosity. Most people are more likely to notice a flock of birds, ducks, or geese than a single bird. At times we will tell of when the skies darken with massive flocks of migratory birds. Thinking globally, the largest documented flock of birds witnessed by humans was in Africa, […]
Royal Canadian Legion branches across Canada held memorial parades in honour of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday. The Legion’s national headquarters, or Dominion Command, sent out the instruction to branches through their respective provincial/territorial commands. Local parades were held in Cold Lake and St. Paul. Cold Lake Branch 211’s president Todd Rorke said it was […]