Year: 2012

As at Nov. 1, the Village of New Norway ceased to exist as such, and officially becomes part of Camrose County, as the Hamlet of New Norway. A non-binding dissolution vote was held on June 21 this year, with 117 total voters, or 50.8 per cent of eligible voters taking part. Of those, 59 per…

  At the beginning of the first performance of the 2012 – 2013 Forestburg Concert Series on Saturday, Nov. 17 in Forestburg at the Community Hall, Rev. Jope Langejans announced there would be an all-Albertan roster this season.

Starting with the October 2013 general election, the terms of elected officials will be extended to four years. Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths confirmed the government’s intention to amend the term extension. Municipal politicians are currently elected to serve for a three-year period. The last election was October of 2010 and the next election is…

“Outstanding, inspiring, touching.” That’s what Amanda Welliver had to say about the recent self-esteem workshop she taught in Hardisty, for 19 enthusiastic kids aged 10 to 16, called, “I am beautiful because…”

The Hardisty Stampeders hosted the Tofield Satellites in their season home opener in the Battle River Hockey League on Saturday, Nov. 10. The home town fans came out in droves to support their boys, unfortunately the fans got to see their team get beat in all aspects of the game and lose 8 – 2.

The Palace Theatre, in Daysland, ran as a privately owned movie theatre until 1996, then in the summer of 1999, the Town of Daysland and Daysland Ag. Society were persuaded by a dedicated group of citizens who convinced the town that this was an asset the town didn’t want to lose, and later those citizens…

During the Oct. 26 meeting of Flagstaff County, the council reviewed information regarding the creation of a full-time Village Foreman position at the county level to contract to the Villages of Strome and Galahad. As both municipalities require the position be filled, but neither can afford to do so on a full time basis, and…

Flagstaff County has reviewed and approved applications for their 2013 Regional Recreation Grant totalling over $405,000 for Flagstaff recreational programming. During their Oct. 26 regular County Council meeting, council voted to increase the participation on the Recreation committee to include all councillors. “The subject is so volatile, everybody needs to be exposed [to the decision-making…

Most of the 10 municipalities within Flagstaff County, as well as the surrounding area, held Remembrance Day services, from Wednesday all the way to Sunday, as school breaks were accommodated. Many local municipalities were visited by troops on exercises from CFB Wainwright, who were thrilled to include these servicemen in their services, both as special…

The Daysland North-stars hosted the Sedgewick Sabres on Saturday, Nov. 3 in their home opener in the Battle River Hockey League 2012-13 season.

Gary Leffew from Santa Maria, California came to the Flagstaff Riding Arena in Forestburg to host a bull riding school for the weekend of Nov. 2 – 4.