Kathy McKale, Principal, Cold Lake Elementary School My husband Homer McKale is at it again—creating new train displays to spread cheer to everyone once again at Christmas time! Last year, he designed the Holiday Express train display table for all of the students, staff and parents at Cold Lake Elementary School. This year I nudged him […]
History is personal. “Je me raconte” (“I tell myself”) is a project of the Association Canadienne-Francaise de l’Alberta (ACFA) in St. Paul. Through a series of short videos, local residents tell their own stories—stories which tell us much about the region’s past. Roger and Virginie Dallaire produce the videos. Roger is a storyteller and musician, […]
The Cold Lake Multicultural Association had a somewhat toned-down Diwali celebration this year, but with online programming and a massive effort to get delicious Indian food out to people, they managed to involve much of the Cold Lake community. Diwali is a five-day Festival of Light celebrated by Hindu, Sikh, and Jain adherents. It is […]
The two foundations that operate the seniors’ lodges in Cold Lake, Bonnyville, St. Paul, and Elk Point both say the Covid experience has been difficult, but staff and residents are coping. The Lakeland Housing Foundation operates Cold Lake Lodge and Bonnylodge; the M.D. of St. Paul Foundation operates Sunnyside Manor and Elk Point Heritage Lodge. […]
Perhaps it is just luck that a person happens to look up at the right time, peer into the heavens and spot a flock of migratory birds. During the autumn of 2017, Elaine and I were sitting on a picnic bench near the beach in Cold Lake Provincial Park, when up in the clear blue […]
A new general surgeon and a family medicine physician will be practicing in St. Paul in the new year. Alberta Health Services (AHS) announced they have recruited the doctors with the help of government and community partners. The new general surgeon, currently in Saskatchewan, is expected to start in St. Paul in February. Recruiting for […]
St. Paul and Cold Lake Legions held small Remembrance Day ceremonies last Wednesday, and urged the public to mark their own observances at home. At both locations, some people still came out to watch and participate from a distance. The Bonnyville branch proceeded with a Covid-compliant public ceremony, which drew approximately 200 people. “It was […]
During the 2019 provincial election, the UCP accused the NDP of having lied about the provincial carbon tax, a key part of its climate-change policy. They said the NDP had intended to implement the tax all along—but they knew it would be unpopular, so they downplayed it in their 2015 election platform. This dishonesty by […]
Jeff Gaye Through our last issue, our regular contributor Jean Schoenmaker and I discovered we have something in common. Each of us has a family member who died at Passcehndaele within 24 hours of each other, November 10 and 11, 1917. Both Wesley Pyne and Ernest Gaye were with the Canadian Expeditionary Force near Ypres […]
Legion branches across the Lakeland are finding ways to observe Remembrance Day during the Covid-19 pandemic. In most cases, that means there won’t be public ceremonies. Cold Lake and St. Paul branches will hold small ceremonies with approximately a dozen people to lay wreaths and formally remember the sacrifices made by generations of Canadian military […]