March - 2023

Angela Mouly

1 day ago
3 min

Greenlawn Goodwill Ladies’ Club

The Greenlawn Goodwill Ladies’ Club hosted a garage sale at the Dewberry Senior’s Centre on March 16. Remaining items from this year’s garage sale on March 16, are being donated to the Onion Lake Thrift Store, which also runs a food bank and a soup kitchen. The club is celebrating 75 years this year. It was created in January of 1948 by a group of 22 farm women living in rural Alberta north of Dewberry (the Greenlawn area). They started a ladies club for social and functional

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Lorna Hamilton

1 day ago
2 min

3rd Annual Roundup Sale

The Student-Managed Farm-Powered by New Holland will be holding its third annual Roundup sale on March 25. According to the group of students the Roundup has grown to become the showcase for all the beef and equine animal science students, as its an opportunity to market and exhibit top quality cattle and horses to the industry. “There’s been a lot of excitement about this year’s sale from all members of the Purebred Unit, and we can’t wait to see you there!” commented Will B

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Braxton Hoare

1 day ago
3 min

Discovering The Possibilities Of AI And Robotics

The race to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technology has become more intense than ever. Companies and even countries are investing heavily in AI research and development, leading to a new arms race in the field of AI. One of the latest breakthroughs in AI is Google’s PaLM-E AI, which is giving robots a brain and revolutionizing the way we think about machine intelligence. The rate of improvement in AI models is exponential, with significant advancements be

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Craig Baird

1 day ago
2 min

A Look At Vermilion In June 1914

Once again, I would like to dive back into the time machine and look at what was going on in Vermilion back in the past, in a particular month. This week, we are going to see what was going on in Vermilion during the week of June 22, 1914. Of course, no one knew that in just over a month, the country would be going into the First World War. For now, though, everyone was simply going about their lives. Over one million acres of land in the Vermilion valley, including 156 secti

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Helen Row Toews

1 day ago
3 min

Prairie Wool

The magic of spring This past weekend my grandson Kayden arrived for another memorable visit. Together we ate things that weren’t good for us, frolicked with newborn calves, and stayed up far too late. We even had a snowball fight, although I have to say Kayden would have made a sneaky sort of gunslinger. Back in the old west, on the show Gunsmoke, Marshall Matt Dillon would have never shot a man in the back or gunned down unsuspecting folks from the safety of a building, no

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Dawn Hames

1 day ago
3 min

Black Bean Soup

The cool temperatures mean it is still soup weather, for a few more weeks. I am looking forward to spring, more sunshine, melting snow, and warmer temperatures. Until then here is a soup to help you through those last weeks of winter. This delicious soup recipe is designed to provide many nutrients that work together and are prepared in a way to help maximize the nutrient value. Black beans are rich in antioxidants. Black beans are a good source of molybdenum, folate, fiber,

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Habitat For Humanity Home Ownership Available

Lorna Hamilton

2 days ago
2 min

Habitat For Humanity Home Ownership Available

Are you a family looking for your first home? If so, this homeownership opportunity may be what you are looking for. The Habitat for Humanity homeownership program is designed to help families obtain affordable home ownership in the home they have available for purchase. Habitat for Humanity currently has one home available in Vermilion. The home is a bungalow-style home that has a kitchen, living room, dining room, 3 bedrooms, and a bathroom on the main level, but also has p

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Angela Mouly

2 days ago
2 min

Cowboy Cowhorse Competition

Second-year Equine students hosted the Ranch Horse Rodeo/Cowboy Cowhorse Competition at Lakeland College from March 17 -19. Equine Instructor, Ron Hoffman said, “It’s a combination of two or three events over the weekend. There is a two-day Canadian Ranch Roping Association Ranch Roping, and in addition on the first day we had several individual events, such as the Open Ranch Horse competition pattern and cow work, the Novice Cowhorse Rein and Box and Two-man Doctoring.”Hoffm

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Craig Baird

Mar 16
2 min

When Vermilion Dominated In Cricket

These days, cricket is not exactly a popular game in Canada. In fact, I doubt anyone reading this could name one cricket team in Canada. Canada has actually had a national cricket team for decades now but we don’t often do well. We have appeared in only four Cricket World Cups, in 1979, 2003, 2007 and 2011, but never made it out of the first round each time. That being said, many enjoy cricket and it is a fascinating sport. So, why am I talking about cricket? Well, back in 19

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Helen Row Toews

Mar 16
3 min

Prairie Wool

I just don’t know Sometimes there are questions in life that have no answer. I thought about this today as my husband and I drove our daughter to the Edmonton Airport. She’s attending university in BC this year. Anyway, we’d been silently cruising the highway, each of us lost in our own thoughts, when suddenly she spoke. “Why is Fort Saskatchewan in Alberta?” And there you have it. The perfect unanswerable question—for me, at least. I’m sure someone knows the correct response

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Dawn Hames

Mar 16
2 min

Cream Of Mushroom And Onion Soup

With cold days still in March it’s great to have a warming homemade soup. Along with great taste, mushrooms, onions, and garlic have some very specific health benefits. Eating the white button mushroom reduces the risk of breast and prostate cancer. An extract of white button mushrooms is equivalent to eating 3.5 ounces a day and has been shown to exhibit a decrease in existing tumor size. Shitake mushrooms have been used for centuries by the Chinese and Japanese to boost the

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Angela Mouly

Mar 16
4 min

Town Council

Vermilion Town Council met on March 7, discussing two public hearings for a land use bylaw amendment, and a road closure bylaw. They also discussed street improvement, library funding; and (for information only) a grader purchase and a roll-off bin truck purchase. A motion to accept the land use bylaw amendment was carried, adding CR1 and CR2 as new Country Residential Districts. Director of Infrastructure and Planning, Ben McPhee, said increasing the maximum lot size would b

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Angela Mouly

Mar 16
2 min

U18 Renegades Close Out Season

A tough way to end their season, the U18 Tier 2 Dewberry Marwayne Renegades lost out in playoff game 2 of round 2 against Kitscoty, but with a young team are looking forward to picking things back up next year. Head coach, Zack Hines, said their game on March 8, was not a normal hockey game. He said it was a penalty-filled affair with the Renegades accruing approximately 80 penalty minutes, which is five to ten times what they normally have. However, even with a 9-4 score, th

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Lorna Hamilton

Mar 16
2 min

DB-Delicious Bites Opening Soon

Vermilion will soon have the opportunity to try out and enjoy a new restaurant. The Pandey family, Bishnu, Divina, and their 5-year-old son Rayce Alexander moved to Vermilion from Saskatchewan to own and operate their family-style restaurant, where they are currently completing some renovations and set up in the former Hubkins Restaurant building. Bishnu is no stranger to the restaurant world and completed his training to become a chef more than 25 years ago in Dubai, and is

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ASIRT Investigation Continues Into RCMP Officer Involved Shooting Causing Injury In Vermilion

Lorna Hamilton

Mar 16
2 min

ASIRT Investigation Continues Into RCMP Officer Involved Shooting Causing Injury In Vermilion

According to a release on March 8 from Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), it has been concluded that on March 1 at approximately 3:15 p.m. the Vermilion RCMP assisted EMS in transporting a 33-year-old male to the Vermilion Health Centre. Around 10 p.m. an RCMP officer accompanied the male outside the centre to smoke a cigarette. Upon re-entering the health centre, the man grabbed a fire extinguisher from the wall and engaged in a confrontation with the RCMP offic

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Craig Baird

Mar 7
2 min

The Vermilion Scrip Experiment

During The Great Depression, unemployment was rampant and many citizens of Vermilion could barely make ends meet. In 1935, the Social Credit Party was elected to power on the promise of providing $25 every month to every person in Alberta. That promise was enough to wipe out every United Farmers of Alberta MLA in the election. Premier William Aberhart touted his scrip, stating that his flow of credit theory would help residents of the community. He and his candidates stated t

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Helen Row Toews

Mar 7
2 min

Prairie Wool

Real riches Is it just me, or do you notice an increase in wealth management commercials? Wait. It’s probably me. I didn’t notice them before since I own nothing to speak of and have no discernable wealth to manage. Considering the last advert I saw, announcing that they cater to clients ranging from extremely affluent to ultra-high net worth (otherwise known as stinkin’ rich), it’s no wonder I didn’t pay attention. Now, if advertising was designed to reach folks labelled as

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Dawn Hames

Mar 7
2 min

Keto Sponge Cake

For various reasons, some people have to eat gluten-free. They may be in your family, or in your group of friends. Maybe it’s you that has to ditch the gluten. People with celiac disease can not have gluten. Then there are people that find gluten hard to digest, or that the gluten protein is interfering with their thyroid and weight loss efforts. So, when friends and family come over with special dietary needs, you can wow them with this quick-to-make gluten-free, keto-friend

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Angela Mouly

Mar 7
1 min

ACAC Provincial Championships

Lakeland College was honoured to host the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) Curling Championships from March 3 – 5. Lakeland College’s Mixed Team went into the tournament in 3rd place and made their way to the gold medal game against NAIT. During the opening ceremonies, ACAC Curling Convener Gregg Meropoulis said, “I think curling has one of the most loyal fan bases. Thank you to Lakeland College (LC) for hosting and the Vermilion Curling Club (VCC) for the facility

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Angela Mouly

Mar 7
3 min

County Open House

Over 100 people attended the County of Vermilion River’s (CVR) Open House at the Kitscoty Community Hall on March 2. Instead of meeting with each division or being offered a presentation-style delivery with only enough time for a few questions, CAO Alan Parkin said this style of event gave each attending resident the opportunity to ask several questions to council and staff from each department. Residents discussed finance, agriculture, the natural gas utility, planning and c

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