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Irma School students and staff received some exciting news from the Alberta Government on March 21. They learned, along with Buffalo Trail Public Schools, that Irma was named as a recipient of a replacement school.
Irma’s new school building will be one of 26 school projects, including nine replacement schools, allocated in Budget 2017. 
A replacement school means
There is officially less than $1 million owed on the Viking Carena Complex. This is a significant figure for the building, which will celebrate the tenth anniversary of it’s grand opening this August, and for the Town of Viking.
When construction began on the Carena its total cost was supposed to be between $7-8 million, however, by the time of the grand opening, the cost had increased
On March 21, at 3:06 pm Wainwright RCMP responded to a Break and Enter to a rural residence near Irma, Alberta. Numerous property items, firearms and a truck were stolen from the home.
Regional Power held another open house for their proposed wind power project on March 16.
The project is a proposed 90 megawatt (MW) wind power farm, which would have the potential to power approximately 50,000 homes. It would be located
Hockey Alberta calls them, “one of the most celebrated families in all of hockey,” so it’s no wonder they would want to induct the Sutters into the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame (AHHF) this summer.
Hockey Alberta and the Hockey Alberta Foundation announced last week that
Irma Female Midgets downed Lac La Biche 6-3 and 3-0 to win their two-game league final series and the East Central Alberta Female Hockey League championship.
On Friday the Aces beat Lac La Biche 6-3 on the road. Irma jumped