Author: Admin2015

SPORTS – Falher junior women’s curling team makes history at a junior provincial level for the area

Pictured above, left-right are Coach Charles Simoneau (Guy); Megan Krassman (Medicine Hat); Ashton Skrlik (Nampa); Carley Wolfe (Peace River); and Kayla Skrlik (Peace River). Alain Blanchette Behind the Hack Imagine being the BEST junior women’s curling team in Alberta, which…

January 20, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

Ukrainian New Years dinner event held in Guy

Express Staff The annual Ukrainian New Years dinner was held at the Guy community hall on Jan. 16. Besides the dinner, the High Prairie Zirka Dancers performed, as they did in 2015. The event was a fundraiser for the hall.…

January 18, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

Donnelly council approves fire protection services agreement with M.D.

Above, left, Katrina Jolie swears the oath of office as CAO Lilliane Bessette reads it to her, and Mayor Myrna Lanctot looks on. Jolie was sworn in during the Donnelly council meeting on Jan. 11.   Express Staff During their…

January 18, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

‘Stand By Your Firefighter’ plaque for former Donnelly Fire Department, 92 years of history

After 92 years of service, the Donnelly Fire Department has been amalgamated with Smoky River Fire and Rescue. However, the history of the Donnelly Fire Department will live on in the form of a plaque. In December, Mayor Myrna Lanctot…

January 18, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

Providence skating program closer to goal following breakfast fundraiser

Community members attend pancake breakfast and equipment donation drop-off in support of Providence skating program. Tom Henihan Express Staff @SmokyRiverExprs Learning to skate and playing hockey is a rite of passage for every Canadian kid and of course getting the…

January 18, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

Saying goodbye to 2015 – October

Everyone gathers at the park next to the Paroisse Notre Dame de Lourdes in Girouxville on Sept. 30 for a group photo, following the Terry Fox Run by staff and students of Ecole Routhier and Georges P. Vanier.  

January 17, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

Reeve shares 2015 view

by Reeve Robert Brochu, M.D. of Smoky River No. 130 On behalf of Council and staff, I wish everyone a wonderful and prosperous year. Looking back at 2015 it was quite a year with new provincial and federal governments. We look…

January 17, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

McLennan Crafts Club invites the creative and the curious to drop by

by Tom Henihan For those interested in crafts such as quilting, sewing or crafting in general, the McLennan Crafts Club meets every second Monday from 10am to 4pm, enjoys a good lunch together, shares ideas and tell stories while they…

January 17, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

McLennan Library gets go ahead to offer innovative electronics program

by Tom Henihan McLennan Library Board has approved the acquisition of electronic or robotics kits to offer a new program designed for kids to construct a variety of electronic and remote control devices. The program will introduce the children to…

January 17, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

COMMENTARY – These are troubling waters

by Jeff Burgar When it comes to both our new federal and provincial governments, I’m still in “Give ‘em a chance to do good” mode. It isn’t easy. To all appearances, neither Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or Premier Rachel Notley…

January 17, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

SPORTS – Pirates lose to the Comets in overtime, but shut out the Regals

by Mac Olsen The new year didn’t begin well for the Falher Pirates, as they lost 4-3 to the Manning Comets in overtime, at home on Jan. 2. “They got one lucky bounce at the end,” says coach Shawn Gervais.…

January 17, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

KEYBOARD COMMANDO – If Trump becomes POTUS, Ottawa & Edmonton will have to listen

by Mac Olsen It’s already been a cartoon on Facebook, but I would love to see it become a reality. President Barack Obama is standing before Donald Trump on his TV series, ‘The Apprentice’, with his face down in a…

January 17, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

OBITUARY – Sylva Joseph Morin passes away at the age of 89

Sylva Joseph Morin was born in Falher on September 24, 1926 to Wilfrid and Rose-Aimee Morin. Dad was the thirteenth of sixteen children. He was asked to quit school in Grade 8 to help out on the family farm. As…

January 17, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

SPOTLIGHT – The boom and the bust: Trapping live fox pups was big business in Grouard in the early 1900s

Chris Clegg Spotlight It lasted only a few years, but for a short time in the early 1900s the business of catching live fox pups brought tremendous wealth to a few Grouard men willing and able to catch them. Buyers…

January 17, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

SPOTLIGHT – Record lottery jackpot year on Prairies

by Spotlight Staff Were you one of the lucky ones? More western lottery players than ever before will look back on 2015 as a year of extraordinary good luck. A record 76 lottery prizes of $1 million and more were…

January 17, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·