The city finalizes the $49. 4 million budget for 2022 and proposes a smaller tax backlog. Whitecourt’s council approved a $49. 4 million budget, expecting more spending than the $42. 8 million budget bill passed in December. Despite the accumulation of expenditures, the final budget proposes a tax accumulation of 2. 4%, lower than the accumulation of 2. 61% expected in December.
Young baseball players will enjoy the “box of dreams. “Whitecourt Minor Baseball president Randy Lynch said the planned redesign of a ball box on Graham Acres will allow for greater use by youth and greater accessibility for players with disabilities. The upgrade will be made imaginable through the Jays Care Foundation, the charitable arm of the Toronto Blue Jays, which offers a $70,000 grant to the Whitecourt Club.
The local dancer excels on the foreign stage. Demi Potts, 12, returned to Whitecourt after taking first place in the Young Women’s Fantasy Shawl Ball at the 2022 Meeting of Nations Powwow. The event took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 28-30.
Ride for Mom is back in force. Despite the rainy weather, the Alzheimer’s Walk for Mom returned, for the first time since 2019, said Joanne Belke, co-organizer with Terry Wise. “It’s wonderful that we fainted and other people were excited,” Wise said. Wise won the 2022 Health Award from the Edmonton Association of Fundraising Professionals and Area Chapter in mid-November.
Hundreds of others leave as Rotarians restart fundraising for Lobsterfest. After a hiatus of more than two years, the Rotary Club of Whitecourt’s Lobster and Beef Fundraiser has made its triumphant return to St. Lawrence Church. Joseph. La service project coordinator, Holly Astill, said the occasion sold out this year, with 40 tables set up to serve another 340 people.
Members of the percentage classes of the Whitecourt Church of Romania and Ukraine this spring. Three families from Whitecourt and Mayerthorpe traveled to Romania in early spring, where they met Ukrainian refugees and did work. Chad Merrifield and Ian Smith also visited Ukraine for a day.
A 3% tax increase was approved for the citizens of the groves. Woodlands County Council passed an asset tax rate bill, which raises city rates up to 3% by 2022. The county’s five-year recovery plan followed in October 2019 had proposed a 3% rate increase. year up
Woodlands says no to the center’s association. Woodlands County has issued a press release regarding the proposed allocation for the Center for Arts, Culture and Conventions and Library. “Woodlands County has held the same position since 2016 in connection with this assignment and chooses not to participate,” it reads.
Firefighters can be proud of Mexico’s mission, the leader says. Whitecourt Fire Chief Brian Wynn and Capt. Bill McAree are back in town after completing their Los Amigos adventure to Mazatlan, Mexico, this spring. Along with a Rotary club in Lethbridge, the two joined other volunteers to deliver a fleet of donated service cars from across Alberta, adding the Whitecourt 3 engine.
To mark Pride Month, members of Whitecourt’s LGBT community, allies, friends, and a circle of family gathered at Rotary Park.
The structure’s manager gets a $40,000 contract, but the city says the outlet is not a “closed deal. “Although Whitecourt City Council has not yet approved the structure of a proposed cultural centre, Clark Builders will manage the allocation if it is built. Special assembly on July 11, the board awarded a contract covering secondary to Rotary Park, a site improvement and structure drawings for the medium to Clark Builders.
The county accuses the city of failing in intelligent religion after Whitecourt established a cost-sharing framework. area. After Woodlands unsuccessfully appealed a judgment passed to prevent the deal from being carried out based on an arbitrator’s decision, councils reviewed a draft drafted by the city.
Concerned citizens post a petition for a new hospital, percentage stories. With long-standing calls from network leaders for a new gym in Whitecourt failing to make progress, one advocate hoped a grassroots effort would make a difference. Lynne Connell filed the petition asking the Alberta legislature to mark the Whitecourt Health Centre as a “high priority for a complete replacement. “He presented the petition with more than 4300 signatures to MP Martin Long in December.
Future owners are welcome to open Royal LePage. Whitecourt had a new business with the opening of a Royal LePage real estate brokerage firm at 5031 52nd Avenue. The new one celebrated its inauguration with a barbecue.
Keep an eye out for Whitecourt’s rising football stars. The Whitecourt Warriors U13 men’s team had a successful football season this summer. The team went to the provincial championships in Camrose in July, where they won silver. The occasion crowned an undefeated in a different way. season, head coach Casey Hadley said.
Women’s hockey is back in the spotlight. Women’s hockey is expected to return this fall to Whitecourt after a half-decade absence. Minor Hockey. ” But I felt for a long time that there was still a need in the city. “
Whitecourt Taekwondo strikes back with a new gymnasium, an academy. As with many clubs and groups, Whitecourt Taekwondo has been hit hard by COVID. school.
Petition filed after a drowning death. The drowning death of a 14-year-old Edmonton boy in Rotary Park has drawn condolences and condemnation. Hassan Mohamed reportedly played with his double brother on the slide on Sunday, August 14 when he jumped a rock, slipped and fell into the pond water.
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