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A report to Viking Council Aug. 21 indicated that the second phase of the Highway 619 water and sewer replacement project was 75 per cent complete.
The project is given high priority on the action items listed at the meeting with a report provided to council.
Brettzky’s Hockey Challenge is coming to Viking once again this weekend from Aug. 11-13.
The 2017 Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held on July 23 in Canmore.
On July 31, police received a complaint of a fire. Kinsella Fire Department was on scene of a tractor fire.
On August 1, police responded to a complaint of a male trespassing on the complainant’s property.
The 104th Annual Bruce Stampede took place over the weekend from July 28-30. As usual, various trailers and RVs filled the camping grounds surrounding the rodeo arena days before the events started.
Caribou Publishing is making some staffing changes between local newspapers including the Viking Weekly Review.
As of later this month, Erika Josephison’s tenure as associate editor/reporter of the Weekly Review will end, as she is moving on to other ventures. So too will Shannon Zelinski in our office. We wish them both well.
Replacing Erika will be no stranger to anyone
On July 24 , at approximately 3 a.m., Vermilion RCMP were alerted to a suspicious male checking vehicles in the rural area, and was seen with a firearm. Members of the Vegreville RCMP attempted to stop the suspect vehicle near Vegreville, however, it failed to stop.
Members from the Vermilion, Vegreville and Viking RCMP detachments, as well as RCMP Police Dog Services were involved in a pursuit with the suspects north of Viking.
Police were able to deploy a spike belt