Fun at Eastlink Park
After an extended delay due to a lack of snow and warmer-than-seasonal temperatures, Eastlink Park finally opened up its T-Bar on Friday to the delight of local skiers and snowboarders.…
Roadtrippin’ in Whitecourt and chatting up Canadian country music artist Michelle Wright
Last Thursday night, the lights in the fieldhouse at the Allan and Jean Millar Centre were turneddown low as everything else was turned up: excitement, fun, and, most importantly, sound.…
Bottle drive success!
Whitecourt Revz Club Volleyball held a bottle drive on Saturday and ended up with a mountain of bottle-filled bags. Pictures on the club’s Facebook page showed players all smiles, standing…
Free ‘Journey North’ experience coming to Whitecourt in early February
The Canadian Arctic is a vast landscape of rugged beauty and challenging terrain that most willnot experience up close and personal in their lifetimes. Expeditions into Canada’s northernterritories are long…
A weekend of hockey
The U9 Whitecourt Wolverines hosted a big tournament over the weekend, bringing 19 out-of-town teams to the community for two days of fun on the ice at JDA Place. With…
Dealing with trauma and threats in a school setting is a tough but necessary conversation to have
When emergencies strike within the walls or on the grounds of a school, the reaction of schoolstaff plays a huge role in how the situation is handled and what the…
Inferno’s fire of determination grants them access to competition bid that will take them over 4,600km away
When friends Jessica Haggith and Melissa Rempel decided to join forces about two years ago and purchase equipment from Sabres Cheer to start their own company, Prestige Athletics, they couldn’t…
Warm hearts made the recent deep freeze a little easier to handle
With extreme cold temperatures blanketing much of the province last week and through the weekend, Albertans had to dig deep. Layering up was a prerequisite to venturing outside into the…
Heroes in the Sky – An update from STARS Air Ambulance for the area
STARS Air Ambulance, founded by Dr. Gregory Powell, has been a staple in the province for 38 years.There are six bases from which STARS operates: Calgary, Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Saskatoon,…
The claws are out, and teeth are bared as the Wolverines battle to hold a top-five spot in the AJHL
The Whitecourt Wolverines took lessons from their namesake during two big games last week againstclose competitors on the stats board. With a declining number of regular season games left to…
Winter Wonderland
After a milder-than-normal November and December, January is getting things back on track, dipping the thermostat way down. Rather than complain about frozen fingers, iced-up eyelashes and frigid winds, here’s…
BGC Whitecourt is expanding its focus on socializing and mental health support for teens
The BGC (Boys & Girls Club) of Whitecourt and District is focusing more on teen-related programming,with several programs and events planned for the new year. Dawn Alvarez, Youth ProgrammingCoordinator, has…
Looking back on 2023
How is 2023 already over? I don’t know about you, but these past twelve months were one of thefastest, if not the fastest, twelve months I’ve lived through. Each month…
Youth are the highest users of Whitecourt Transit, with over half of all rides
Transit buses in Whitecourt have seen a surge in ridership through 2023, surpassing pre-COVID numbersfrom before 2020. When looking at the numbers of riders in the seats between January and…