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McLennan Santa Day Celebration Saturday, December 10

Tom Henihan Express Staff @SmokyRiverExprs McLennan Santa Day happens on December 10 at the Elks Hall, beginning at 11am and running to 3pm. As usual, the event promises to be a lot of fun for kids with a free hotdog…

December 4, 2017 · by Admin2015 ·

PICs – More Remembrance Day posters by students at Georges P. Vanier

Here is another poster submitted by a Georges P. Vanier student, for the Royal Canadian Legion’s poster and literary contest, which is held each year.  

December 4, 2017 · by Admin2015 ·

PIC – Christmas lights are up

T’is the season. Members of the public works department in Falher set up Christmas lights on the street lights along Main Street on Nov. 23.

November 30, 2017 · by Admin2015 ·

Girouxville Enhancement Committee offers a “Winter Blaze” of comedy, music and great food

Tom Henihan Express Staff @SmokyRiverExprs Over two hundred people attended “Winter Blaze” at Girouxville Community Hall, a fundraising event put on by Girouxville Enhancement Committee. The event included a prime rib supper catered by Sam and staff from Esquire Hotel…

November 29, 2017 · by Admin2015 ·

Falher Christmas Expo & Santa Day held Nov. 25

Mac Olsen Express Staff @SmokyRiverExprs   The annual Falher Christmas Expo & Santa Day was held at the Centre Chevaliers on Nov. 25. The building was filled to capacity with merchants and shoppers, and there were other activities, such as…

November 27, 2017 · by Admin2015 ·

Ecole Providence students re-enact realities of war at school Remembrance Day ceremony

Tom Henihan Expresss Staff @SmokyRiverExprs On the days leading up to the school’s Remembrance Day ceremony, Ecole Providence students watched videos related to Canadian military involvement in conflicts beginning with the First World War. They also read numerous books on…

November 26, 2017 · by Admin2015 ·

PICs – More Remembrance Day photos

November 26, 2017 · by Admin2015 ·

GPV students submit posters, poems for Remembrance Day contest

Mac Olsen Express Staff Students at Georges P. Vanier have submitted their posters and poems to the Royal Canadian Legion for judging in a contest. The Royal Canadian Legion holds a poster and literary contest each year for Remembrance Day.…

November 26, 2017 · by Admin2015 ·

Georges P. Vanier holds Remembrance Day service Nov. 9

Mac Olsen Express Staff @SmokyRiverExprs Students and teachers at Georges P. Vanier took time on Nov. 9 to remember those who served and sacrificed in war. Two student mentors, Kaitlyn Langelier and Gabriel Bruneau, hosted the event. One of the…

November 25, 2017 · by Admin2015 ·

Smoky River Running Club’s November 12 event, certainly a “Run to Remember”

Tom Henihan Express Staff Athletes from Edmonton, Sherwood Park and Grande Prairie along with some from the surrounding communities of High Prairie, Peace River, Grimshaw and the immediate area, participated in the first annual “Run to Remember,” an event held…

November 25, 2017 · by Admin2015 ·

Ecole Heritage Remembrance Day Ceremony, November 10

  Tom Henihan Express Staff @SmokyRiverExprs On Friday November 10, with the Franco-Albertan, Albertan, Canadian and Legion flags on display and with a backdrop of newspaper clippings relating to Canada’s involvement in the wars and the Canadian veterans who served…

November 24, 2017 · by Admin2015 ·

To you from failing hands we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high

Tom Henihan Express Staff @SmokyRiverExprs Following a rendition of “The Last Post” at the beginning of the McLennan Remembrance Day ceremony, Royal Canadian Legion President, Dave Champion called for two minutes of silence. “During those two minutes of silence, we…

November 22, 2017 · by Admin2015 ·

PICs – The spirit of Halloween at Georges P. Vanier

Like all the other school, students and staff at Georges P. Vanier in Donnelly got into the spirit of Halloween on October 31. Here is a small sample of the costumes and found at Georges P. Vanier that day.  

November 19, 2017 · by Admin2015 ·

First Nations veterans and others honoured at Ecole Routhier’s Remembrance Day service

Mac Olsen Express Staff @SmokyRiverExprs The Cree Code Talkers of the Second World War were the theme of this year’s Remembrance Service at Ecole Routhier in Falher. The school held its Remembrance Day service in the morning of Nov. 9,…

November 15, 2017 · by Admin2015 ·

Guy Parish Bazaar annual turkey and tourtière supper draws support from throughout the region

Tom Henihan Express Staff @SmokyRiverExprs Guy Parish Bazaar, an annual, turkey and tourtière supper fundraiser, took place at the Guy Community Centre, Sunday November 5. “The planning happens in early September: buying turkeys locally and we buy about 355lbs of…

November 15, 2017 · by Admin2015 ·