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Beatty Historical House gets facelift

Beatty Historical House gets facelift

Rimbey’s most recognizable landmark underwent a bit of a facelift over the weekend to ensure it remains the community’s most recognizable landmark. Pictured above, a painter puts the final touches on a bit of trim work at the Beatty Historical House.

Hundreds in attendance raise thousands for Gull Lake Golf Course Scholarship Fund

The numbers have been crunched and while there are still cheques and donations rolling in, a recent pro-am golf event held at Gull Lake Golf Course will go a long way in ensuring some young area golfers will have the opportunity to further their educations.
The Rocky Wranglers

The Rocky Wranglers

The Rocky Wranglers performance group kicked off the 78th annual Buck Lake Stampede in style with a dazzling performance and plenty of colour.

Local building boom continues; two more projects set to begin soon

If anyone had any doubts about the building boom in Rimbey, all they need to do is take a drive down the community’s main street for proof as two more construction projects are set to begin.

Barr, Anglin named to magazine’s 50 Most Influential People list

The community of Rimbey continued to receive province-wide recognition following the announcement last week that one of Alberta’s major magazines has included two local residents among the top 50 most influential people.
Canada Day 2008

Canada Day 2008

As part of Canada Day celebrations, held last Tuesday, July 1 at Pas-Ka-Poo Park and later at the Rimbey Soccer Fields, hundreds of residents rose as one and reaffirmed their allegiance to our country during a brief ceremony.
Rimbey Farmers Market at Pas-Ka-Poo Park

Rimbey Farmers Market at Pas-Ka-Poo Park

Blessed with spectacular summer weather, last Saturday’s Rimbey Farmers Market at Pas-Ka-Poo Park drew hundreds of residents to check out the produce and other items. In light of the July 1 celebrations held this Tuesday, many vendors at the market were decked out in red and white and the Maple Leaf.

RCMP stress importance of safe operation of motorcycles during month of July

Now that summer is upon us, motorcycles in central Alberta have become much more prevalent and as such, RCMP Detachments both locally and throughout the province have initiated a campaign to ensure safe riding practices among motorcycle drivers.
Provincial Soccer finals

Provincial Soccer finals

Rimbey was the site of the Provincial Soccer finals this past weekend including action from a match between one of the local teams and Stettler, pictured above. As of press time on Monday morning however, results of the tournament were unavailable.
AESO, Lavesta Group meet for second round of proposed power line location talks

AESO, Lavesta Group meet for second round of proposed power line location talks

Round 2 of an on-going dispute between the electrical industry and the Lavesta Group over proposed power lines running through Rimbey was held last Monday at the Community Centre, however unlike Round 1 held approximately one year ago, this was a much-less confrontational affair.