St. Paul News

Many community members will not only be ringing in the New Year with family and friends at the third annual New Year’s Eve benefit dance, they will also be supporting two families from the area.

A gift of fabric from the leftovers of Cecile Brochu’s cupboard became a lasting tribute and dedication to the active member of the Mallaig community, in the form of a quilt that was given to her family.

It was a celebration like no other, complete with goats, green hair, and a school-wide synchronized dance to celebrate the smashing of a goal to collect 1,000 lbs. of food for the local food bank.

Dr. Oladipo Odubanjo, the Associated Medical Clinic’s newest family physician, is slowly getting used to the winter weather in St. Paul, after arriving in town from the United Kingdom a month and a half ago.

What started off as one little girl’s dream to help sick kids turned into a gym full of students cheering on their peers while they shaved their heads for the Make-a-Wish Foundation at Glendon School on Nov. 30.

Festivities marking new life unfolded in Saddle Lake Cree Nation on Dec. 2, as community members gathered for the reserve’s first ever celebration of its babies, born in the year 2010.

The Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) has vowed to continue a battle for hunting rights after Provincial Court Judge Ted Fisher handed down a Dec. 1 decision that Métis harvester Garry Hirsekorn was guilty of hunting without a license near Cypress Hills.

Kids’ faces lit up as they saw Santa, their laughter rang out as they catapulted through the bounce house and all ages enjoyed coffee and hot chocolate after winding their way through St. Paul on horse-drawn wagon rides in the snow.

Ruth Snyder has always enjoyed writing from when she wrote to relatives as a child living in Africa to her recent short story on parenting published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Devotional Stories for Mothers.

The Third Annual Indian Residential School Gathering, to be held Jan. 5 to 7, is aimed at healing the hurts inflicted by residential schools.