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On November 18th, police received a complaint of an erratic driver westbound on Highway 14.
The caller advised he was following a welding truck that was all over the road and driving at speeds that were unsafe for the icy road conditions.
“We are really excited to expand our agricultural offering into the Viking area and look forward to serving the community,” Carol Rollheiser, General Manager of Wild Rose Co-op said in a telephone interview last week.
Although Viking Town Council has not taken an official vote, Viking’s Chief Administrator Officer (CAO) has been informed that his contract which ends Dec. 31, 2013 will not be renewed.
Flo Bascuric has a hard time holding back tears as she talks about her family caught in the typhoon which hit the Phillipines Friday, Nov. 8 and brought devastation which she says her family members there describe as beyond imagination.
On November 5th, police responded to a complaint of a jack-knifed semi south of Viking at the intersection of Highways 36 and 26. The driver advised he had attempted to turn around in the intersection and was in the process of backing up when the trailers entered the ditch. The driver was issued a violation ticket for Sec.33 UHRRR.
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The distribution of $300,000 in surplus funds Beaver Municipal Solutions announced in February has received approval from The Minister of Municipal Affairs which means Viking will receive an estimated $41,000.