100th Day of School
No layoff plans resulting from well shut-ins
New Family Focus service direction set
With the conclusion of the long-standing Home Services contract with Alberta Health Services on Oct. 31, 2011, the Viking/Beaver Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) program has set a Family Focus as its new direction for services over the next three to five years.
In November 2011 the VBFCSS Board carried out a strategic planning session to consider the needs of residents of the Town of Viking, Village of Holden and Beaver County.
Local team vies for provincial spot
COMMUNITIES ON ALERT AS RCMP shooting DRAMA UNFOLDED south of Sedgewick
Communities surrounding Sedgewick were on high alert last week as RCMP officers searched for a suspect originally termed a person of interest who police said witnessed a gun battle that killed one man and sent two RCMP officers to the hospital with bullet wounds.
By Friday morning, Feb. 10, police confirmed they had arrested Sawyer Clarke Robison, 27 without incident within 15 kilometres of the farm where two RCMP officers were shot. He was unarmed.