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 […]
Photographer Mel Broadbent captured community events in St. Paul over the weekend.
Barbara Hollis, Richelle Mason, and Dawn Hidson of Cold Lake Knit and Purl made a Christmas tree of 350 homemade “granny squares” and set it up at the North branch of the Cold Lake Library. The crocheted squares were made over the course of the year, including some that were made at Knit and Purl […]
St. Paul Regional Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) invited seniors from the towns of St. Paul and Elk Point, and throughout the County of St. Paul, to their annual Christmas Seniors’ Festival last Wednesday. The festival ran from mid-morning to early afternoon and included a sumptuous turkey dinner. Nine different seniors-serving organizations had information […]
A health service standards audit of Points West Living in Cold Lake has identified noncompliances under 37 categories—the same 37 that were reported in July. In a report following its July 15 audit, the Continuing Care Licensing Office (CCLO) reported 37 shortcomings and gave the facility until October 29 to rectify them. The new report, […]
L’automne c’est le temps des récoltes, le temps d’engranger la semence qui a soigneusement poussé tout l’été. C’est le temps de récolter les fruits et légumes du jardin qui ont maturé sous l’œil avisé du jardinier. Mais pas de cela pour nous cette année. Avec le travail et divers projets sur la ferme, nous avons […]
Introducing Ruth —a sure-footed, independent 94-year-old lady with a bounce in her walk, who liked to attend programs in seniors’ homes across Chatham, Ontario. She was at my show in one facility one day, and again the next day at another. I guess that makes her a groupie! Seeing her a second time in as […]
Lakeland communities honour the fallen The Royal Canadian Legion mounted Remembrance Day parades and ceremonies in communities across Canada yesterday. Traditional observances were marked in Elk Point, St. Paul, Bonnyville, and Cold Lake, with large public turnout at every ceremony. This year is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion that launched the liberation […]
Johanne Vandenborn’s dolls support LHS “Shoppa-Paw-Looza” auction It’s an old story: kids grow up, and favourite toys get left behind. Johanne Vandenborn spends all year rehabilitating old dolls to be sold at the Lakeland Humane Society’s “Shoppa-Paw-Looza” online auction, which runs from November 20 to 26 this year. The dolls are cleaned up and given […]