St. Paul News

St. Paul’s Heritage Festival is once again offering tantalizing tastes for the tongue and a feast for the eyes and ears as well, with different cultural foods, music, dances, entertainment and displays this Thursday at the Senior Citizens Centre.

The riding of Westlock – St. Paul might cease to exist if proposed changes to the federal electoral boundaries go ahead, with St. Paul instead becoming part of a Lakeland riding.

The first official heat wave of the summer is now over, with temperatures last week pushing past 30 degrees Celsius for most of the week, along with a day of watching the skies after Environment Canada issued a tornado watch for a large part of north

A lineup of all-star entertainment will be kicking off at the Vilna Cultural Centre from July 20 to 22, as Vilna’s Ag Society gets set to enjoy its 2nd Annual Vilna Cowboy Fest.

A number of unique acts from all over the country took to the stage at the Boscombe Hillbilly Jam this past weekend.

A private citizen approached the Town of St. Paul council at its July 9 meeting, asking the town to help pay to repair a vandalized window that she felt the town was partly responsible for causing.

In 1912, the community of St. Lina was established. Although the community now only consists of a handful of homes, a post office, a Catholic church and a community hall, ties to the community of past and present residents remain strong.

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.