The Kalyna Country Primary Care Network (PCN) at Midtown Medical Clinic in Vermilion hosts several ongoing programs, and has a Happiness Basics workshop coming up in February. The online classes run for an hour and a half and are meant for anyone over 18 years of age. “They teach skills …
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Vermilion mayor joins the conversations on restaurant rebellion
Mayor Caroline McAuley weighed in conversations surrounding regional mayors sitting for dine-in meal service in contravention of the public health orders and current restaurant restrictions. “Certainly it is having a huge impact, the businesses are seriously hurting. We had invited MLA Garth Rowswell to our December 16 council meeting and …
Read More »Snow Angel program in Mannville encourages helping neighbours
Mannville-Minburn-Innisfree Family & Community Support Services (M-M-I F.C.S.S) has expanded their ‘Random Acts Of Kindness – Snow Angel Project’ this year as a way to encourage community involvement. Local organizations have stepped up to shovel in the past but this year with Covid, they have welcomed anyone to do a …
Read More »Joining in to support Bell Let’s Talk Day
Vermilion’s Mental Health Conference had speakers share experiences to help. Today Bell Canada is encouraging people to start conversations about mental health and wellness and will donate more towards initiatives across the country as part of their annual ‘Bell Let’s Talk Day.’ They raised $7.7 million for mental health initiatives …
Read More »Lakeland Rowing Club receives funding to upgrade dock flotation system
The Lakeland Rowing Club (LRC) in Vermilion has received three grants to contribute to the upgrade of their dock flotation system later this spring. The $4,500 contribution will cover approximately half of the total cost. “We’re so thankful to each the Vermilion Credit Union (VCU) who got us rolling, the …
Read More »Vermilion Continuing Care experiencing COVID outbreak
On January 24, Vermilion’s Continuing Care Centre (CCC) was designated with COVID-19 outbreak status. AHS Central Zone’s Senior Communications Advisor, Yolanda Genu, could not confirm how many cases there were or whether they were staff or residents, saying case numbers for outbreaks change rapidly and often. On Tuesday, AHS added …
Read More »Ultrasound clinic in Vermilion closes but hope remains for the service in the future
Heartland Ultrasound Inc recently closed at Midtown Medical Clinic in Vermilion. Mayfair Diagnostics out of Calgary (a company who had previously done a lot of their reporting) was looking at taking it over, but so far is unable due to lack of sonographers. June Diament, one of the directors for …
Read More »Organics collection to begin in Vermilion this spring
The Town of Vermilion’s Director of Planning and Infrastructure, Derek Young, said organics collection is expected to begin in April, with information to be distributed to residents in February. “We are very excited as an administration to be offering an organics recycling opportunity to our residents,” said CAO, George Rogers. …
Read More »Half ready to roll out bison courses at Lakeland College in Vermilion
Last year’s $4 million bison donation from Armin and Rita Mueller, has prompted the purchase of 200 bison and the creation of new curriculum material at Lakeland College. The Animal Science Technology program in Vermilion currently has four majors (dairy, beef, equine, and livestock), and the bison will become a …
Read More »Brand new $1.4 million fire truck arrived in Vermilion yesterday
The Town of Vermilion purchased a Rosenbauer 104’ Cobra Platform fire truck from Rocky Mountain Phoenix out of Red Deer for $1.4 million and it showed up on Thursday. After a two-year process designing it specifically to fit their needs, the Vermilion Fire Department (VFD) was excited to pull the …
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