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Nathaniel Reid takes his turn at the hoop to score as many baskets as possible out of 15 shots. Mac Olsen Express Staff @SmokyRiverExprs   Georges P. Vanier in Donnelly hosted a basketball skills contest for children on March 2.…
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Mac Olsen Spotlight Tickets for a black powder cannon are now available to purchase for the High Prairie Gun and Sportsman Show. The cannon will actually fire and is valued at $2,500. Tickets are available for $10 each from members…
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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Without your knowledge, you have made it to the top of a very influential person’s list. This can only mean good things for your future, Aries. Be proud of yourself. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21…
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Richard Froese Spotlight Adventures with times to horse around and learn life skills are all part of High Prairie Wilderness Camp that opens its first season this summer. “We are excited to launch the camp,” says camp director Aaron Harbidge,…
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Dan Dibbelt Smoky River Regional Economic Development Check out ‘Occupied’ on Netflix My wife and I just finished watching a great television series on Netflix. ‘Occupied’ is a Norwegian based television series with English subtitles, whose premise is Norway decides…
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Tom Henihan Express Staff The McLennan Library Electronics Program got underway on March 2. The session for the age 8 to 12 year olds, ran from 4.15 to 5.15 pm with six kids working in pairs. During that initial session,…
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Joe McWilliams For Spotlight Fire season in Alberta started on March 1 and looking around at the snow-covered landscape, you might think: ‘Fire season? ‘Give me a break!’ That’s one way of looking at it. Here’s another one. A week…
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Spotlight Staff Twenty-nine walk-in clinics across Alberta can now prescribe and supply naloxone, a drug that can temporarily reverse a fentanyl overdose, buying a user time to seek potentially life-saving medical treatment. Alberta Health Services (AHS), with funding from Alberta…
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