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Val Vincett, Staff Reporter The All for Stars group hosted its 19th annual hockey tournament at the Forestburg arena on the weekend of Mar. 3 – 4. There were raffles at the door plus two tables of silent auction items that had been donated by generous sponsors.
Jae Robbins – Staff Reporter Killam Wheat Kings hosted the Vegreville Rangers for games three and four in Killam on the weekend. Killam took a 3-1 series lead over the Rangers, winning both games. On Friday, Mar. 2, the Wheat Kings took the early lead at the midway point of the first period…
Jae Robbins – Staff Reporter The Daysland North-stars advanced to the BRHL finals with two straight wins over the Hardisty Stampeders to win the best-of-seven series.
Leslie Cholowsky – Editor Flagstaff County has partnered with Heritage Collaborative Inc. in a pilot project to document heritage barns within the county.
Jae Robbins – Staff Reporter Game three of BRHL semi-finals between the Daysland Northstars and the Hardisty Stampeders got underway Friday in the Daysland arena with the Northstars leading the series by two games.
Jae Robbins – Staff Reporter Coming off a 6-2 loss in game three on Friday in Provost, the Sedgewick Sabres were down three games to the Provost Blades and facing elimination in game four in Sedgewick on Saturday. They came out and put everything on the line to stay alive in the BRHL semi finals with…
Vegreville Observer photo By Leslie Cholowsky The Killam Jr. B Wheat Kings played their first game of the semi-finals on Saturday in Vegreville, defeating the Rangers 6-2. Wheat King Jordan Sand opened the scoring in the first period, assisted by James Newby and Austin Wilson, ending the first period in the lead.
Leslie Cholowsky – Editor On Feb. 14, RCMP located the suspect vehicle in the recent shootings of two Killam detachment RCMP officers, hidden among various vehicles and equipment on private rural property southeast of Lougheed. According to RCMP, the Explosive Disposal Unit was used to make sure it was safe to approach and…
Leslie Cholowsky – Editor The last Wednesday in February is informally becoming known as Anti-Bullying Day in Canada, also celebrated as Pink Shirt Day. A group of parents in Flagstaff decided to make a strong stand against bullying this year, and want to get the message out.
Leslie Cholowsky – Editor Family Day ice fishing participants got to watch the Hardisty Fire Department train on Fish Lake Monday, as they performed simulated rescues in the open water area of the lake on Monday. Fire Chief Todd Baumgartner was on hand to direct the training session, which had firefighters suited up…