Vicki Brooker

Elk Point Canada Day celebrations will see an attempt at breaking a Chinese drumming world record on July 1.

Saturday’s 3-3 tie with the Provost Blades added to the Elk Point U18 Avalanche’s 5-2 win at home on Friday night to give the Avs top billing in their two-game, total-point series.

Northern Alberta town and First Nations working together to make natural fibre cement products, including cladding, highway sound barriers and walls, using hemp and other materials.

"These turbines have no business being around people, and there are a lot of people here tonight who are scared."

Minor hockey teams from across the Lakeland will be joined by 26 others from as far away as Fort McMurray, Ponoka, Lloydminster and Meadow Lake as they take to the ice in Cold Lake, Bonnyville and Elk Point in the fifth Ronald McDonald House Winterland Invitational tournament.

It was an intense finish at the 2024 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

ELK POINT - They called it “a little excitement in Elk Point” on Saturday night, as a penalty shot in overtime gave the Elk Point Elks a 6-5 win over the Kitscoty Monarchs of the SaskAlta Senior Hockey League.