St. Paul News

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.

Starting next month, tougher punishments will be enforced to those caught drinking and driving in an attempt to curb or eliminate the amount of accidents involving impaired drivers.

A tale of starvation, anger and conflict unfolded in Frog Lake in 1885, but the site of what was once bloodshed is now hoped to be a site of cultural understanding and reconciliation.

About 230,000 litres of heavy crude oil was released from a pipeline, about 24 kilometres south of the Town of Elk Point on Monday, with the area since secured and cleanup efforts underway.