Vegreville-Wainwright Member of Parliament Leon Benoit held a series of town hall pre-budget consultation meetings in various parts of the constituency last week and visited Lloydminster on Thursday evening for a closed-door meeting with business leaders in the Border City.

Twenty-two months and $40 million from now, the City of Lloydminster will have a new infrastructure services centre.

After raising approximately $800 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lloydminster, the children at Queen Elizabeth Elementary School had a lunch hour full of Wii Bowling on Thursday.

Infrastructure projects, including road work as well as water and sewer main replacement, will keep BAR Engineering busy in the city.

Bill C-20, the Fair Representation Act, which gives Alberta an additional six seats in the House of Commons, instead of three, received royal assent in December.

Richard Starke officially accepted the nomination as MLA candidate in the Vermilion-Lloydminster constituency on Thursday evening at the Vermilion Regional Centre.

Friends of the Performing Arts donated $11,000 to local schools from their 2011 Mardi Gras event in Lloydminster.

With about four months to go, plans are already being put in place for this year's Relay for Life event.
The committee has made some changes to the annual cancer fundraiser, both in terms of activities for that night and the organization process leading up to it.

The importance of the Internet to daily life is forever increasing and the Alberta government wants more Albertans to have access to the web.

After opening to the public 27 years ago, Bud Miller All-Seasons Park will soon receive needed upgrades and improvements this summer.