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Vermilion Comes Out Strong For First Hometown Celebration

Vermilion’s first Hometown Celebration proved to be a hit Thursday night, with more than 700 people coming through the gates for an evening of live music, food and community. Featuring Canadian country artist Nate Haller, the inaugural event brought a large crowd together and offered Vermilion something a little different as summer began to wind down. Throughout the evening, people gathered around the grounds, stopping for something to eat, spending time in the beer gardens a

Sonya Lee

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Vermilion In September 1926

Things began on Sept. 1 when J.W.G. Morrison was chosen to be the representative for the Conservatives in the upcoming federal election. Unfortunately, when the election happened later in the year, Morrison finished with only 26 per cent of the vote and lost to the United Farmers of Alberta candidate Henry Spencer. A day later on Sept. 2 when Lord Clarendon and his party arrived in Vermilion to look over the new Clan Donald settlement and interview the homesteaders for the Br

Craig Baird

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Mixed Bean Salad

Summer and Fall are the perfect time to enjoy lots of salads. It’s especially nice when you can make them ahead and just pull them out of the refrigerator. This one is also great to take to pot lucks, barbeques, out to harvesters in the field and any outdoor entertaining that is on your list. If you study the blue zones of the world, which have the highest percentage of healthy centurions, people that live to be 100 and over, and are healthy, what most of them have in common

Dawn Hames

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Vermilion Comes Out Strong For First Hometown Celebration

Vermilion’s first Hometown Celebration proved to be a hit Thursday night, with more than 700 people coming through the gates for an evening of live music, food and community. Featuring Canadian country artist Nate Haller, the inaugural event brought a large crowd together and offered Vermilion something a little different as summer began to wind down. Throughout the evening, people gathered around the grounds, stopping for something to eat, spending time in the beer gardens a

Sonya Lee

1 day ago2 min read