Food, Food, Food for the Food Bank

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Jackie of Capri, Diane of Nail Magic and Tracy of Escape held their annual Customer Appreciation Day and Christmas Party on November 25, 2011. There many specials and giveaways to be had but most importantly they asked for their customers support in helping the food bank. Once again the customer came through with flying colors [...]

Baking Funds Donated

Warwick Ladies #1

Submitted On November the 26th at the Fire Hall’s “Spirit of Christmas” function the Warwick Ladies Club members baked and sold their baking. The proceeds from their baked goods went towards the Christmas Bureau of which the total was $436.70. They also had a raffle in conjunction with the bake sale and the lucky winner [...]

Food For Fines!

Food for fines

Submitted by Jo-Anne Cooper, Term Library Manager   The Library Board approved holding the annual Food for Fines campaign from Oct. 1 – 31 at Vegreville Centennial Library.  Vegreville library patrons could pay off their fines by donating  non-perishable food items for the Food Bank.  $1 in fines was waved for each item donated up to [...]

Drive Away Hunger

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Farm CreditCanadawould like to thankA.L.HortonSchooland Deerland Equipment for helping us with our Drive Away Hunger Program this year.A.L.HortonSchoolstudents collected over 1500 lbs in food and Deerland Equipment provided Farm CreditCanadawith a tractor and trailer to haul the food from the school to the Vegreville Food Bank. This year, the FCC Drive Away Hunger tour collected [...]

Loves Custom Meats receives Gold Standard

Ken Brimacombe (right), presents Loves Custom Meats owner, Lambert Love (left), with his Gold Standard certificate.

Loves Custom Meats, a local, family owned and operated slaughter, cutting and processing facility was recently audited by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) in which they received a Gold Standard.

Unusual Carrot Find

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This carrot was dug from Lorne and Colette Katerenchuks garden southeast of Smoky Lake on Sunday September 18, 2011.

Pulse Canada tours Chinese delegates through Prairies

Chinese delegates, Pulse Canada representatives, Zone 5 commissioners and the translator all stop for a photograph at the Pysanka Egg in Vegreville.

Three Chinese delegates were on a bit of a whirlwind adventure this week, touring a number of destinations throughout the prairies – all in six days.

Mundare Farmer’s Day

Shelley Clark, Nick Wolanski, Chrsi Wirstuk are the food servers.

Roughly 300 people came out June 10th to enjoy Mundare Farmer’s Day supper held on Main Street in Mundare.

Is food Wasted or not? If…

Is food Wasted or not? If…

Jobsite inspections focus on safety of young workers

The second of three planned focused inspections for 2011 is underway as Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) officers increase inspections where young Albertans work.

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Donate to Help Vegreville Get a Portable Ultrasound Machine

The Hospital Board is taking donations through paypal to help raise funds for a portable ultrasound machine. The new machine, the Sonosite M-Turbo, is a high performance mobile ultrasound machine that doctors hope to use as a diagnostic tool in the hospital to speed up diagnosis times in patients, allowing doctors to make accurate, informed decisions about patient care in shorter time periods. The mobile ultrasound unit can be applied in areas of care such as Anesthesia, Critical Care, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Women’s Health, Cardiovascular Disease Management, Surgeries and more. With support from the community, this incredibly valuable tool can be added to the list of ways that St. Joseph’s General Hospital works to bring the community better health.

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