November - 2022

Lorna Hamilton

Nov 29, 2022
1 min

Derwent Fire Department Donates

This past May the Derwent Fire Department planted 21 acres of wheat for its 2nd annual STARS Air Ambulance fundraiser, and their goal was to beat their previous year’s total of $17,500 and they did it by $2,500. “Thirteen thousand seven hundred came from the crop sale, and the rest was from donations totaling $20,000,” said Deputy Chief for the Derwent Fire Department Ed Mailhot. Mailhot said that they chose STARS because a large portion of the cost to operate the STARS air a

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2022 Snowmobile Expo: They Don’t Make’em Like that Anymore

Lorna Hamilton

Nov 29, 2022
2 min

2022 Snowmobile Expo: They Don’t Make’em Like that Anymore

The Vermilion Ridge Riders 9th annual Snowmobile Expo was held on November 26 at the Vermilion Regional Centre, and it was certainly a success for the club as they had 350 people in attendance throughout the day, and the hall was filled with vintage and collectible sleds. “This show is amazing,” commented Chris Brookes, Executive Director of the Alberta Snowmobile Association. Throughout the show the rarest of the rare were on display including a 1961 Autoboggan, a 1963 Trail

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Coca–Cola Christmas Caravan Visits Vermilion

Lorna Hamilton

Nov 29, 2022
3 min

Coca–Cola Christmas Caravan Visits Vermilion

The Coca-Cola Christmas Caravan visited Cornerstone Co-op on November 26 as part of its cross-country initiative which is scheduled to visit over 100 local communities. During this leg of the campaign, local employees from the Lloydminster Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited facility were on hand to help attendees have their picture taken with Santa and the Iconic festively decorated red Coca-Cola truck. District Manager, Rebecca Myers for Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited Lloy

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Craig Baird

Nov 29, 2022
2 min

Vermilion’s Old Prince Passes

The residents of Vermilion, and especially the agricultural students, were in mourning in November 1939 when news of the passing of a prince hit. Known as Old Prince in the community died on Nov. 3, 1939 at the age of 33. While that may seem young, it is quite old for a horse. Old Prince, who had spent 26 years in Vermilion, was a fixture of the agriculture school in Vermilion, having arrived in 1913. Highly regarded, he was often part of alumni annual banquets, despite being

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Helen Row Toews

Nov 29, 2022
3 min

Prairie Wool

Door-to-door “Great,” I said aloud as I checked my computer this morning. “Another load of junk mail to deal with.” This time I received: offers for proven weight-loss medications (I resent those), a loan approval I hadn’t asked for, warnings that a service I’ve never used was about to expire, and coupons offering reduced-price help for my ailing prostate. However, lurking at the bottom of the list was the one that hurt the most. Apparently, I can now receive compensation for

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Dawn Hames

Nov 29, 2022
2 min

Caramel Popcorn And Sugar Cookies

It's full-on winter outside, with the holidays just around the corner. Holiday entertaining is always more fun with some handy special snacks that are easy to make, and make you shine brighter than the star on top of your Christmas tree. Caramel popcorn is one of those special treats that are perfect for the Christmas season. When you use an air popper to pop the popcorn you start off with the healthiest version. Whether it’s a bunch of friends coming over, or family for holi

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Angela Mouly

Nov 29, 2022
2 min

Savor

The Good Life Institute hosted Savor once again at the Vermilion Regional Centre on November 18. Approximately 175 people enjoyed the scotch and wine tasting event as well as sampling several other local flavours. “Savor is an opportunity for local food vendors and distilleries to feature what they have to offer,” said coordinator Candice Anderson. “We’re extremely thankful to the community for the support; we love everyone’s positive feedback on the experience and how vocal

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Angela Mouly

Nov 29, 2022
1 min

‘What’s For Dinner?

The Walking Through Grief Society hosted ‘What’s For Dinner; Healthy Eating As We Age’ at the Kitscoty Senior’s Centre on November 18. Community dietitian, Caroline McAuley, led a speech and PowerPoint presentation while cooking a nutritional recipe. Approximately 20 people participated and enjoyed refreshments and learning new recipes and tips to take home. Overall they reviewed cooking for one and ways to get in their nutrients and simplify cooking as they age. “I came look

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Lorna Hamilton

Nov 29, 2022
1 min

Knights Of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

The Knights of Columbus held a pancake breakfast at St. Jerome’s school in the Fr. Cordeau Centre on November 27. Knights of Columbus members prepared pancakes, sausages, ham, scrambled eggs, and hash browns, as well as strawberries and whipped cream which you could have on your pancakes or for dessert. While volunteers from CLASS checked in on patrons and cleaned tables and dishes. The breakfast is held the last Sunday of every month until the end of April except for the mon

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Lorna Hamilton

Nov 29, 2022
1 min

Lions Club Meeting Had Special Guest

The Vermilion Lions Club held a meeting on November 22 and with it was a special guest. Lions of Alberta District Governor Suzanne Leshchyshyn from Blindman Valley Lions club brought greetings from Lions International. During the meeting, Leshchyshyn spoke on the five priorities of Lions, which are diabetes, vision, hunger, environment, and childhood cancer. “She discussed the importance of local projects and recruiting new members,” commented Lions member Pat Calyniuk. While

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Vermilion And District Chamber Of Commerce Hosts Light Up Parade

Lorna Hamilton

Nov 29, 2022
1 min

Vermilion And District Chamber Of Commerce Hosts Light Up Parade

The Vermilion Chamber kicked off the Christmas season with the Light Up Parade and night activities on Mainstreet which included some delicious food on November 24. A substantial crowd enjoyed the many floats which were decorated brightly with lights and donned holiday scenes and a visit from good ol’ Santa Claus who travelled on the back of the Vermilion Fire Departments' ladder truck. Attendees eagerly took part in a hot dog sale hosted by Vermilion’s own Junior B Tigers, w

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Angela Mouly

Nov 9, 2022
2 min

Legion Making Fallen Heroes Memorials

The Royal Canadian Legion, Field Marshal Alexander Branch #11 in Vermilion is looking to collect photos and service records to create soldier memorials through the Canadian Fallen Heroes Foundation. The foundation initiated these memorials to recognize over 117,000 soldiers from WWI, WWII, the Korean War, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and UN Peacekeeping missions who did not make it home alive. Legion member, Barry Roth, has spent the past eight years compiling information for the mem

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Braxton Hoare

Nov 9, 2022
2 min

Elon Musk Buys Twitter

The world’s richest man has recently acquired one of the biggest social media platforms after publicly stating how unsatisfied he is with the current state of censorship on the platform. In fact Musk proposes a radical shift in how we censor all content online, opting to make twitter more of a wild west in his approach. One of Elon’s first major changes since taking the company private has been to make the platform's essential blue checkmark a paid feature so that only those

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Helen Row Toews

Nov 9, 2022
2 min

Prairie Wool

Treasures Are you the sort of person that likes garage sales? Auctions? Flea markets? Do you hunt for bargains in the cut-price bin at the grocery store, or only buy items when they’re on sale? If you said yes to any of the above, then perhaps you also scan the highways and byways for stuff that accidentally falls from the back of a truck or is otherwise discarded and lost. I know a man who does just that. His name is Darin Porochnavy, and he is—a Master Finder. According to

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Craig Baird

Nov 9, 2022
2 min

Brimacombe Wins Top Job

A. Brimacombe received the honour of being the first overseer of the village of Vermilion. Since Vermilion was only a village at the time, it had an overseer but once it became a town later that year, it would have a mayor. As for Brimacombe, he had been in the area for some time, and lived near Bowtell before Vermilion became the main commercial centre for the area. In his election, he was elected by acclamation. Harry Bowtell, for whom Bowtell was named, was brought in as t

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Angela Mouly

Nov 9, 2022
2 min

Folk Club To Host The McDades

The Vermilion Folk Club is looking forward to welcoming the McDade family to perform at the Vermilion Legion on November 19, at 7 p.m. Originally from Edmonton, the siblings Shannon, Solon, and Jeremiah grew up playing folk music at old-time dances and are now highly acclaimed for their work. They won a Juno Award for ‘Best Roots Album (Group),’ and two Canadian Folk Music Awards for ‘World Group of the Year’ and ‘Instrumental Album of the Year’. Having Scottish and Irish her

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Angela Mouly

Nov 9, 2022
2 min

Town Council

The Vermilion Town Council met on November 1 and had one delegation from Vermilion Play Development (VPD). The non-profit organization provides childcare and early learning for families in the Town of Vermilion and the County of Vermilion River. They currently run three programs at Vermilion Elementary School and one at Lakeland College but are planning to expand with two new programs. One will be at Parkview Alliance Church in Vermilion and the other will be in Two Hills. “W

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Nov 9, 2022
3 min

High-Speed Internet: A Game-Changer For Vermilion

Big news: Vermilion is on the verge of getting high-speed internet. If someone read that in Calgary or Edmonton, they might think they’d accidentally stumbled on an article from fifteen years ago. But this is definitely 2022. It’s very hard for those who live in major centres to imagine that there are places that still don’t have broadband internet access; it’s become an absolute necessity and seems to be available everywhere you go. But the truth is that many small towns acr

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High-speed Internet Will Soon Be Available To Vermilion

Lorna Hamilton

Nov 9, 2022
5 min

High-speed Internet Will Soon Be Available To Vermilion

The day of slow connections, lagging Zoom calls, internet crashes, and freeze-ups will soon be a thing of the past according to the Town of Vermilion, Alberta Broadband Networks, and Primus Telecommunications. The three entities have been in collaboration for the past 18 months and their efforts are almost to fruition as they held a ribbon-cutting celebration on November 1 at the Vermilion Regional Centre that included mayors and dignitaries from surrounding communities; as w

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Angela Mouly

Nov 2, 2022
2 min

CLASS AGM

Vermilion River Adult Learning (CLASS) held its AGM on October 26. Created by the late Art Boggs amidst the Vietnam War, the organization is looking forward to celebrating their 50th Anniversary in April 2023. Gary Walsh shared that the organization had received a $99,609 Community Adult Learning Program (CALP) Grant from Alberta Advanced Education as their main funding for the 2021-2022 year. Their budget for 2022-2023 shows an additional CALP amount of $36,947. “All CALP’S

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