Fall Festival at Wildroots Flowers and Gifts

The local College of New Caledonia campus held a lunch on Oct. 2 to welcome back students for the new academic year. Chili, bannock dogs and cupcakes were served. Attendees were informed about the new discount program offered for students in 亚洲天堂 Lake, which had not been running since 2013. Students can take advantage of discounted prices at local shops and for some services, such as gym memberships at the Lakeside Multiplex. (Blair McBride photo)

Convincing physicians to come to 亚洲天堂 Lake has never been an easy task, and getting them to stay an even more difficult one.

Southside resident Mike Robertson snapped this photo just before the sunrise, at Tchesinkut Lake.

The Southside Senior鈥檚 Housing Society (SSHS) hosted its Connecting Consumers and Producers Harvest Supper event on Sept. 21 in the Grassy Plains Community Hall. Local agricultural producers set up 11 displays and about 65 people attended the dinner. The entire meal was prepared with food items purchased from local producers, including vegetables and meat. Proceeds from the event will go towards the SSHS project. It was the first supper of its kind to be held by the society.

The Friends of the Track held their active and informational event at the Lakes District Secondary School track on Sept. 25. Around 190 people of all ages came down and walked, jogged and ran along the track, with some giving donations towards the project to resurface the track with asphalt. So far around $32,000 has been raised for the scheme, including $12,500 from the Royal Bank of Canada. The project is estimated to cost $150,000-$175,000 in total and should begin by next spring.

Open Mic at the Multiplex

Some students at William Konkin Elementary, Lakes District Secondary School and Woyenne Primary School pose in their bright tops on Sept. 30 for Orange Shirt Day, held annually across Canada to commemorate the experiences of Indigenous children who were sent to residential schools. The first Orange Shirt Day was held in 2013. (Blair McBride photos)

When Belgian exchange student H茅l猫ne Georges stepped out of the airport in Prince George, her eyes widened at the expanse of green trees and vegetation before her.

Walter Wilson, qualified mining engineer and prospector, came to 亚洲天堂 Lake as forest ranger. He used the building built by Carl Ostberg as a residence.