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September 10 is world suicide prevention day, and to raise awareness, Flagstaff Family and Community Services and FFCS along with other community partners will be hosting a series of events in four Flagstaff Communities on Tuesday, Sept. 8. FFCS, along with the Faith Ministry, FIRST, municipal officials, and MLA Jackie Lovely will start in Daysland…
Daysland People Show Good Spirit Originally published May 23, 1925 – Another instance of friendly spirit in the Daysland district was shown this week when the men of the neighbourhood assembled at the farm of the late Charles Richards on Tuesday. Those willing helpers brought 143 horses, 19 plows, four harrows and four drills. They…
Originally published in The Community Press – March 14, 1995 – Cecil John Kinross was just 22 when he won the Victoria Cross for heroic actions taken at Passchendaele during the First World War. Members of the CJ Kinross Legion, Lougheed Branch No. 180, unveiled a cairn with a memorial plaque in his honour last…
The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant…Ever! showcased on the Palace Theatre stage in Daysland on Wednesday, Nov. 29 to a packed house. The play is set in St. John’s, Newfoundland. At the start, Mrs. O’Brien finally gets her chance to direct the pageant when Mrs. Armstrong gets in an altercation with a moose. It doesn’t…
RCMP responded to 62 occurrences between Nov. 16 and 22. Members responded to three 911 hangups, attending scenes in Alliance and Killam. Police responded to a call regarding an injured moose near Heisler, determining that the moose had been involved in a collision with a vehicle. One complaint of assault to RCMP was determined to…
The Killam RCMP Detachment responded to 42 calls from June 4 to 10. Ongoing issues with Telus resulted in three false 911 calls, with a fourth call coming from an accidental dial. Police received a call regarding an abandoned vehicle from a caller asking about the availability of the vehicle for purchase. RCMP received a…
Maurice Dureault, Regional Manager for Paterson Grain welcomed 400 invited guests to the grand opening of the new Flagstaff Facility near Daysland on Wednesday, with a great turnout despite the rainy day. Dureault invited those who wished to brave the weather to come into the facility to watch the official ribbon cutting, by Flagstaff County…
Flagstaff Waste is a society owned and operated by every municipality with Flagstaff County, including the County, and Rosalind, the society owns and operates the Flagstaff Regional Landfill.
Sven Bernard has a dream of bringing production of Canada’s first Canadian-built motorcycles to Heisler, and it is getting closer to fruition.
A few years ago, in 2011, Lynne Jenkinson, Executive Director of Flagstaff Family and Community Services, was approached about putting in a nomination form for the board of directors for Vision Credit Union, by a private citizen. “It was just when I took over as Executive Director, though,” she says, “so I decided not to…