By KIRANDEEP SINGH Neighbor Aid is the non-profit volunteer organization meant to help people in need. It is run by the churches in Camrose, providing outreach to the community. Their name stems off the idea that they are helping as neighbours who are there for each other. They help provide services like soup kitchens, specialty… Read More Neighbour Aid: The Camrose Community Helping One Another
SUBMITTED BY THE CAMROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY (SHANNON STOLEE) “It’s funny; in this era of e-mail and voice mail and all those things that even I did not grow up with, a plain old paper letter takes on amazing intimacy.” – Elizabeth Kostova ‘Tis the season for warm wishes and glad tidings, and the Camrose Public Library… Read More The World Needs More Love Letters, Write Yours at the Camrose Public Library
SUBMITTED BY THE CAMROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY (NICOLE BANNICK) The geese have flown south, and days are cooler. The snow has begun to fall, and is sticking this time. Night comes earlier, and the Northern Lights are more easily seen in the sky. It will soon be the time of year that children and adults around… Read More Winter Happenings at the Camrose Public Library
BY ALIZA GRAHAM The Camrose Aquatic Centre is currently under construction and is planned to reopen in 2020. The entire facility will be closed for approximately 14 months while the remaining construction takes place. The plan has been in the making since August 2017, and was recently put into motion in the fall of 2018.… Read More Aquatic Centre Upgrades Will Bring First Class Facility to Camrose
BY KIRANDEEP SINGH Author, journalist, and broadcaster Ted Barris will be visiting the Bailey Theatre to speak about the importance of World War II history through his book The Dam Busters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid Against Nazi Germany. The Dam Busters is a story that goes back to 1943, the middle of the… Read More Ted Barris and World War II History
BY ALIZA GRAHAM The Camrose Open Door is a regional non-profit organization that is funded in various ways including government contracts, government grants, private grants, donations and fundraising. Youth from throughout the central region of Alberta, who are between the ages of 11 and 24, can come to the Open Door in times of need… Read More Camrose Open Door Offers Support for Camrose and Region Youth
SUBMITTED BY CAMROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY (KELLY HIGGINS) Libraries and book clubs go together like mac and cheese. It just makes so much sense that one would go with the other and you would be hard pressed to find a public library that does not offer some form of book club to its community. Book clubs… Read More The Plot Matures: A Book Club for 20-Somethings
