2008 - Year in Review

January 1 *The year 2008 began the same way 2009 will, that being in the form of a review of the events that occurred in Rimbey and the surrounding area over the previous 12 months. *The Alberta Citizens Watch on Continuing Care announced that they had launched a web site to provide... more

Winfield, Buck Lake, Alder Flats residents to pay waste management fee

Review staff: Residents of Winfield, Buck Lake and Alder Flats will be shelling out a bit more in the new year following a recent meeting of the County of Wetaskiwin Council which approved a Waste Management Bylaw for a number of... more

• Local grads among 10 central Albertans awarded Health Care scholarships
• Tiny tot visits with St. Nick
• ConocoPhillips helps out Rimbey Food Bank

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Tri-County Riding Club 2008 Awards Banquet

By Linda Johnston and Review staff: The Tri-County Riding Club held their annual Awards Banquet on Sunday, November 23, 2008 at the Alder Flats Bowling Alley in the Seniors Centre. As always, it was a potluck affair with a huge variety... more

• Karate Kids complete over 5,000 pushups to raise over $5,000 for Kids in Need
• Local boxers travel to Calgary for series of fights, return with one win, one loss
• Lacombe foursome captures championship of 2008 Bentley Farmer’s Bonspiel

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Sylvan Lake RCMP Detachment – Bentley and area crime report

Thursday, Nov. 27 - 5:55 p.m. - Members received a complaint of a large rig being moved on Highway 12 with no pilot vehicles. The complainant felt moving the rig at night was causing a traffic hazard. Members were not... more

• Rimbey RCMP Detachment weekly crime report
• Bentley Community News: Bentley Snowball 2008 names queen
• First Rimbey Festival of Lights deemed a huge success

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Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

An optimist stays up to see the New Year in. A pessimist waits to make sure the old one leaves. - Bill Vaughan Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in... more

• May we all enjoy a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year!
• Let’s Talk Taxes: Alberta’s budget bubble
• Like it or not, the coalition stands for democracy, not the Conservatives

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Bentley Community News: first-ever ladies night banquet

A ladies only Christmas banquet and evening that was open to all ladies in the area was held in the Bentley Community Hall on November 29 and was deemed a wonderful success. Dress was semi-formal so ladies had a chance... more

• Alberta elder advocate disappointed, saddened by Demographic Planning Commission
• Submitter suggests provincial politicians do the right thing and return massive pay raises
• Letter writer says his trust in provincial government eroding quickly

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