People in the Lakeland are known for working hard at their industrial, agricultural, or service-sector jobs. But we love to leave the work clothes behind and put on our best for a good community cause. The St. Paul and District Hospital Foundation held its annual gala April 5, and the Bonnyville Health Foundation gala was […]
The Cold Lake Ag Society (CLAS) honoured longtime board member Dennis Dube with a Lifetime membership at their Bullarama event April 5. Dennis was first roped in to volunteering with CLAS in 1981. Merrill Reid and Gilbert Friske stopped by his Double D Bobcat shop and suggested the small Bobcat loader would be a useful […]
It’s open! The Strathcona Performing Arts Centre in Bonnyville offered its first public performance March 21, and followed up with its inaugural Lakeland Live show March 29. Mike Plume headlined the March 21 show with songs and stories about his youth in Bonnyville and his subsequent life on the road as a touring musician. It […]
It’s a hockey tournament for a children’s charity, but organizer Darcy Pashak says not to expect a bunch of sweethearts on the ice at the 2025 Thermal Cup. Six teams from the region’s oil and gas companies are vying for the Cup and accompanying bragging rights at the day-long tournament April 12. Proceeds go to […]
Four centenarians—Mrs. Mary Loch (100), Mr. William McGregor (102), Mr. James Krawiec (101), and Mrs. Agnes Sawchuk (100)—sat for a picture at their home in Bonnylodge last week. Every year of these four remarkable lives was experienced differently by each person. Their combined life experience of 403 years, if imagined consecutively, would go back to […]
Jeff Gaye Spring (such as it is) is sugaring-off time in maple bush country, and the cabane à sucre, or sugar shack, is an important part of French Canadian culture. The Bonnyville – Cold Lake region of ACFA, the French Canadian association in Alberta, teamed up with the Town of Bonnyville to offer a cabane […]
For Clayton Bellamy, the last three years has been like the blink of an eye. It’s also been an eternity. Bellamy was inside the Strathcona Performing Arts Centre in Bonnyville on Saturday, helping put the finishing touches on the venue before its inaugural concert March 21. The project has been spearheaded by his Clayton Bellamy […]
The 2027 Alberta 55 Plus Games have been awarded to Fort McMurray. Participants in 24 sporting events will compete for medals and a chance to qualify for the 2028 Canada Games. Meanwhile 55 Plus Zone 7, which includes Cold Lake, Bonnyville, St. Paul, and well beyond, is organizing playdowns for the 2025 Alberta Games. Leduc […]
A secret recipe, family intrigue, false identities, and murder most foul: this is a job for private detective Nick Noir. The Elk Point Allied Arts stage becomes the Precious Perks Coffee Shoppe for the troupe’s spring production of Death By Chocolate, written by Craig Sodaro. The play runs over two weekends: March 28 – 30, […]
