Serving Town of Viking, Village of Irma, Village of Holden, Hamlet of Bruce, Hamlet of Kinsella - and surrounding areas!
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
A regular meeting of Viking Town Council was held on Oct. 17.
Council heard a presentation from Beaver Municipal Solutions updating them on the Landfill Approval Renewal process.
Members of BMS explained that the Landfill Permit must be renewed every ten years and that they
On Oct. 24, police received a complaint of a vehicle speeding through a construction zone on Highway 36.
The complainant was able to provide a license plate number so the registered owner was contacted by police.
The driver in the incident
The Second Annual Fall Crawl, presented by the Viking Ag and Historical Societies was held over the weekend before Halloween.
Following a successful year last year that Society members said saw about 600 people tour the haunted house and