The City of Fort Saskatchewan will have a new primary emergency operations centre (EOC) in the new City Centre Square with help from a $90,000 investment by Shell and its AOSP joint venture owners, Chevron Canada and Marathon Oil Corporation, the companies announced last week The funding will be used to purchase a back-up...
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Yes, Over Easy, Please has a new but “old” nostalgic look which hails from around the 1900s. We are very pleased to inform our readers that in addition to the new/old look, we have also tripled the distribution of OEP. From the onset, OEP was in its humble community-style canary yellow stock paper and...
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The Fort Saskatchewan Canada Day Committee released a volunteer application form this week in an attempt to streamline the process and encourage individuals to help ensure the celebration goes off without volunteer burn out. The new volunteer application form as well as a list and description of the volunteer jobs are available in the...
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The Fort Saskatchewan Babes on Blades Hockey Team gave a huge boost to the fundraising efforts of Stephie’s Bike Tour for the Stollery. A fundraising event the Babes held, in the form of a pub night at Bear’s Den in Downtown Fort Saskatchewan, raised a grand total of $14,209.22, between ticket sales, silent auctions...
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May 12th marked the Grand opening of Aunty Sue’s restaurant in their new location in the Brant Hotel. Aunty Sue’s is a well known restaurant that has been in business for many years here in the Fort. Sue Tkachuk, the owner of Aunty Sue’s, has built a reputation of serving delicious food, be if...
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On the morning of May 13th, Fort Saskatchewan R.C.M.P. along with the Fire Department and EMS responded to a multi vehicle collision on 99th Avenue at 84th Street. The investigation revealed a Ford F-150 pick-up was northbound on 99th Avenue, and swerved into the southbound lane of traffic, near James Mowat School, causing a...
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The weather forecast is looking great here in Fort Sask for this year’s Red Coat Day downtown festival, from 8am to 3pm this Saturday, May 26th. Sunny skies and a high of 18C are expected to prevail for the day of events, which will include a pancake breakfast, entertainment, bike parade, and more.
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The other day, my wife and I began Spanish lessons. I figured that after struggling with the English language for fifty years, it was time to give up and try another one. (Sometimes a really bright light turns on upstairs and I really “get it!”) I always wanted to learn another language and started...
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So, it seems it’s back to the old talk about oil. Last week’s debacle involved none other than Federal NDP Leader, Thomas Mulcair. He was chided by Premier Redford and others for saying that oilsands success could be a cause of the decline of manufacturing in Eastern Canada. I think if this whole debacle...
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On a desolate highway between here and Denver, Cousin Joe and kids pulled over for a bladder emptying respite. Coffee and pop in thirst-quenching glugs does that. For about 1000 miles prior to the pit stop down through Montana and Wyoming, highways were scattered with blots of red, the residual after-effects of road kill....
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