St. Paul News

It was a text message no one could believe. When Bonnie Smyl texted her husband, Roland Joly, and his business co-owner, Vernon Goad, that they had a won a million dollars, their response was to ask if it was a joke.

Dr. Hester Gordon felt the stirrings to return to northern Canada, and found that impulse answered when she moved to St. Paul, through one of her mother’s old connections.

The sound of about 100 motorbikes filled the air at the Ashmont Agriplex on June 23, as riders in the second annual Hillbilly Hammerdown motorcycle run started their bikes and hit the road for a 350 km run at 11 a.m.

The 17th annual Hillbilly Jam is sneaking up again and organizers are preparing to welcome hundreds of performers and campers to the Boscombe Community Centre for the July 13 to 15 weekend.

A fire may have set the project back once, but from the ashes of that disaster rose a new building that will provide student housing in St. Paul, with Portage College celebrating its overcoming of adversity last Thursday.

As of today, the Town of St. Paul has a new Recreational Director, but the person filling the job left vacant by outgoing director Scott Walker is no stranger to recreational activities in the community.

The federal government has passed its 425-page budget implementation bill, one that Westlock – St. Paul MP Brian Storseth says is an important piece of legislation for Canadians moving forward.

Since the ages of four and seven, Dustin Ouellette and Ty Yuschyshyn have enjoyed playing hockey.

If anyone knows the lesson of perseverance and the rewards that lie at the end of it, it’s Diane Robinson.

Enbridge’s oil pumping station about 24 km south of Elk Point is now fully operational after suffering a release last week, but further evaluations in terms of testing the soil around the site continue, said company spokesperson Graham White.