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Tree pickup has begun
By Rechell McDonald The annual Christmas tree pickup service began on January 11 and is scheduled to run through until the end of the month. There is no set pickup…
Teen Centre re-opens
By Rechell McDonald The Whitecourt Teen Centre, run by the Boys and Girls Club, saw a brief shut down period late in 2015 as they lost their management team to…
Whitecourt Town Council update
The business plan for the proposed Arts & Culture Centre has been drafted. Duncan Webb, President of Webb Management which was contracted to complete the study, presented findings and highlights…
New play coming to town… Shangri-La!
By Rechell McDonald The Whitecourt & Woodlands Performing Arts Society will be presenting Shangri-La, a comedy/drama created and performed by Judy Wensel. The play will take place on February 7…
A lot to do with FCSS in Mayerthorpe
By Susan Hofforth Over the next two and a half months, there are a lot of events, classes, and community activities available in Mayerthorpe for seniors, or parents with toddlers.…
Karaoke Night Out in Whitecourt
By Susan Hofforth The NOW series of events has been running in Whitecourt for the past year and is still extremely popular. Every month a new, exciting activity is planned…
Fox Creek rattled by second large earthquake
By Nerissa McNaughton Last January Fox Creek was shaken by an earthquake. This January, the small town experienced another earthquake, and this one was large enough to be biggest fracking-related…
Shot Grizzly
On November 16 at 0844hrs, Alberta Fish & Wildlife officers responded to a shot and left Grizzly bear on the Weyerhaeuser cut-across from the Groat Creek Haul Road south of…
Josie’s Toy Drive for the Neurosurgery Kids Fund
By Susan Hofforth How can you cheer up a five-year-old girl who is about to have brain surgery? Give her something to look forward to after the operation like the…
Blue Ridge Boxers compete in Bronze Gloves Tournament
By Nerissa McNaughton The 2015 Bronze Gloves boxing tournament took place in Whitecourt this year and boxers from the local Blue Ridge Club were on hand to demonstrate their skills.…
2015 wildfire stats released
By Rechell McDonald It was a summer on fire, literally. We can all still clearly remember the mounds of news footage showing fires burning out of control all across western…
Trouble on the homefront
By Nerissa McNaughton What can you do when you have a landlord/tenant issue? Quite a lot, apparently. We’re not naming names but it’s come to our attention that at least…
Painting with sponges!
Children who attended the Messy Hands program on November 5 at the Allan & Jean Millar Centre cut to the chase and painted pictures with sponges. This program was held…
Toddlers having fun
Festive Friday for Toddlers! This drop-in program features rhythmic music, stories, songs, and dancing for toddlers from 10 months of age to 2 1/2 years, and is held at the…
Veterans’ Living Book
By Rechell McDonald The Whitecourt & District Public Library and the Royal Canadian Legion hosted a “Veterans’ Living Books” session on November 9 at the Allan & Jean Millar Centre…