Local News

Glendon School is this year’s St. Paul Athletics Association (SPAA) senior girls' basketball champions, defeating Ashmont School.

The Cold Lake community embraced the cool weather as people came together for the first Coldest Night of the Year event hosted by the Cold Lake Food Bank on Feb. 24.  

The Timbits Future All-Star games took place at the Clancy Richard Arena on Feb. 23, celebrating the end of another successful season for St. Paul Minor Hockey’s youngest players.

The Ardmore 4-H Beef Club held its annual Communications Day in Cold Lake on Feb. 25 at the Cold Lake Agricultural Society, celebrating half a century for the local 4-H club.

The Goodridge 4-H Beef Club would like to thank everyone who attended the annual public speaking event Feb. 25.

The Feb. 21 to 23 Future is Here Conference on Industrial Hemp, organized by the Alberta Hemp Alliance saw the future unfold for a unique alliance between Frog Lake First Nations (FLFN), the Town of Elk Point, Natural Fiber Technology and an integrated hemp company, ALLIVE. 

The province projects a meager surplus in its 2024 budget, and funding will not keep pace with Alberta’s growing population

Alberta is introducing new taxes in the provincial budget, with vaping, tobacco, and electric vehicles getting dinged.

With an eye on "refocusing Alberta's health care system," Alberta's 2024 budget adds $1.1 billion in health spending