REVS event brings first sign of spring
The annual spring REVS (registration, education, volunteer services) event took place Feb. 28 with another strong showing. Historically a smaller event than the one in the fall, the crowds wereRead More »
Bighorns Club brings in celebrity hunter Cody Robbins
One of the oldest outdoors hunting clubs in Alberta, the Standard Bighorns Club, hopes to draw in a large crowd of 250 avid outdoor enthusiasts next weekend at their annualRead More »
WCWA fundraiser success
This year marked the 24th annual wild game dinner and auction of the Wheatland Conservation and Wildlife Association (WCWA), held on March 3 at the Strathmore Civic Centre. Despite theRead More »
Busy week for Strathmore Overnight Shelter
Two days after more than 35 individuals braved frigid temperatures to raise money for the Strathmore Overnight Shelter (SOS) at its second annual Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser, UnitedRead More »
Standard Co-op dissolves
A large majority of Standard Co-op members voted in favour of the store’s dissolution last week, after ongoing losses and dwindling cashflow left the ledger dripping with red ink forRead More »
Classical duo Latitude 49 takes stage at Arts on 817
In December 2016, Strathmore born-and-raised violinist Timothy Steeves and award-winning Canadian pianist Jani Parsons were ready to bring down the roof of the Strathmore United Church with their talents. ThereRead More »
Municipal intel gathered by AAMDC
Strength in numbers is something the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC) employs in dealing with governance issues in Alberta. AAMDC president Al Kemmere, who is also aRead More »
Family experiments with different art
When 28-year-old Ty Dahl returned home from the hospital after spending the month of December fighting influenza B and viral pneumonia, his stepdad Kevin Ellis scrambled to find something toRead More »
Rod Beattie returns to Rosebud in Wingfield’s Inferno
Wingfield’s Inferno, sixth in a series of one-man comedy plays performed by Rod Beattie, comes to Rosebud Theatre, March 9-10. Walt Wingfield, a Toronto stockbroker, left the big city inRead More »
Rosebud presents Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Christ
Joseph Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Christ will be performed in Rosebud’s Akokiniskway Gallery, March 10, with narration written and performed by Morris Ertman. Ertman, Rosebud Theatre’s artistic director,Read More »
Sunset Haven addresses bedbugs
Shortly after a single bedbug was found at Sunset Haven, Wheatland Housing’s independent living facility, management, residents and JAPCO Pest Control Services met the situation head on to stop theRead More »