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On days when buses are cancelled, rural areas tend to have lower numbers of students in attendance than in other schools.

The Cold Lake Community Learning Centre hosted the 21st annual Festival of Words: How to Train Your Dragon to Read, on Jan. 25 at the Cold Lake Seniors Society’s hall. 

The long-running festival, which has been taking place annually since 2001, will feature sleigh rides, a chance to participate in curling, a free lunch, along with delicious homemade cinnamon buns made by a local church.

A photograph of a lynx taken by Donna Feledichuk will appear on the front cover of the March/April edition of Canadian Geographic.

The Elk Point Oilmen’s Bonspiel sweeps onto the Elk Point Curling Club ice on Thursday for the 40th time, but it can’t actually be called the 40th Annual Bonspiel.

The closures and liquidation efforts will commence immediately, according to Peavey Mart. Peavey Mart locations in the Lakeland include St. Paul, Vermilion and Vegreville.

The community event took place at the Bold Centre on Saturday, Jan. 25.

Saturday was declared Pink Day at the A.G. Ross Arena. This is an annual event that has been held for the past three years. All proceeds from the 50/50's and raffle table that day was to be donated to a local cancer victim.

The organization representing Alberta physicians is calling out a government panel's COVID-19 report as “anti-science.”