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A large crowd attended the Remembrance Day service which took place at the Viking Community Hall on Friday, Nov. 11.
The service started with the Depositing of the Colours led by Legion President Elehda Sevcik followed by the singing of O Canada.
Pastor Alvin Sorenson, of the Golden Valley Lutheran Church, lead the
On Nov. 7, police received a complaint of a theft of fuel from a rural location north of Viking. The complainant advised unknown suspects entered his farmyard and stole fuel from two vehicles. Police have no suspects at this time.
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On Nov. 10, police were advised by Strathcona RCMP that a cell phone that had been stolen from their area was possibly at a rural location northwest of Viking.
The owner of the phone had used the “Find iPhone” app and it was providing an address in Viking RCMP’s jurisdiction. A patrol was
The Village of Irma had a very special guest speaker at their Nov. 11 Remembrance Day ceremony. Gage Pendleton, who turned 93 this year, and is the last living veteran in Irma and area, told his story to a large crowd at the Irma School.
Though there were many elements to the ceremony, including: members of the Canadian Armed Forces from the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Wainwright marching in, a performance
Submitted by
Richard Samson
Thumbs up to 405.5 lbs!
This is the amount of batteries the students of Viking School brought in to Mr. Samson’s grade 7 Science class. The class entered a Nation Wide competition sponsored by Call2Recycle and Earth Day Canada for a chance to win $1,500 for the Junior High Science Program.
To do this, the Science 7 class challenged
On Nov. 1, police were advised of an attempted fraud using the “Grandparent” scam.
The complainant received a phone call from an unknown person claiming to be their “oldest grandson.” When the complainant questioned this, the call was disconnected.
This information was passed on to the Anti-Fraud Section for their follow up.
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On Nov. 2, police received a complaint of an attempted fraud at a local business. The complainant advised a male customer attempted to
Bill and Hjordis Armitage of Angus Acres, located just north of Kinsella, have been inducted into the Alberta Angus Association (AAA) Angus Hall of Fame.
On Aug. 11, the Armitage’s along with various family members attended the AAA annual banquet in Calgary, where they were officially inducted into the hall of fame, which is located in Balzac, Alberta.
There were two nominations for inductions into the hall of fame this year, the Armitages said. One was Angus Acres, in the category of Breed Improvement and the other was