Fireman’s Ball celebrates efforts of local fire department
- Community
- 04:35 PM, Feb 14
Patience and perseverance tends to pay off in the end and for Opasquia School that has proven to be true in a very big way.
READ MOREThis Wednesday it was Tim Horton’s Camp Day as the local Tim Horton’s on OCN hosted a barbeque fundraiser to help two local kids go to camp as well as selling Camp Day t-shirts to help fundraise for Camp Day.
READ MOREThe end of a short but important era for animal care in The Pas and area came on Saturday as after four years of operation The Pas Cats and Kittens is closing down.
READ MOREThis Thursday a number of walkers from Norway House Cree Nation passed by The Pas and area. They are headed to Winnipeg in their 10th annual Red Road Walk for Missing and Murdered which started initially in 2008.
READ MOREThe next round of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 19’s Chase the Ace won’t officially begin until October; however some important news relating to that event was announced late last week.
READ MOREOpaskwayak Indian Days (OID) is just under a month away and there are many events and things to look forward to as the annual celebration draws near.
READ MORELast Saturday the annual Picnic In The Park was hosted by a number of family members of Gale Ballantyne whose brother, a street person in The Pas who passed away four years ago.
READ MOREPlans are being made to paint a pride-themed crosswalk in The Pas.
READ MORELast month from September 17 to 23 was the Tim Horton’s Smile Cookie Week during which Tim Horton’s franchises all over Canada fundraised for local charities. The Tim Horton’s on Opaskwayak Cree Nation was no different as they fundraised for The Pas
READ MOREThe Home Routes Concert Series has long been a staple for The Pas and area, having been in place for over a decade.
READ MOREThe competition to see who will be the 2019 Northern Manitoba Trappers’ Festival Fur Queen is in the stretch drive and on Wednesday night the four candidates put their talents and skills on display for a panel of judges and a large audience.
READ MOREThe 55th annual Fireman’s Ball was held last Friday, a chance for local firefighters to honour their own and their families for the time and effort they put into the community.
READ MOREPerhaps no one was more surprised and excited than Cherilyn Muilenburg.
READ MORETraditionally, the Queen Trapper competition is just that, a competition. This year it came down to two sisters who were each urging the other on towards the crown.
READ MOREThey did it! The Pas Huskies won the Good Deeds Cup.
READ MOREIt was a time for fun for many young children in The Pas and area as the Fun-Key Ducks, a family-friendly children’s entertainment group, came to perform at Kelsey Community School, much to the delight of many kids Sunday afternoon.
READ MOREOn March 27, University College of the North presented funds raised from the 9th Annual UCN Pancake Breakfast to the Northern Manitoba Trappers’ Festival.
READ MOREMany hockey communities all across Canada were affected by the vehicle accident that killed 15 people from the Saskatchewan Junior A hockey team Humboldt Broncos Friday night when the team bus collided into a tractor trailer.
READ MOREOn Saturday the 24th annual Bill Bannock Classic Fishing Derby took place out on Clearwater Lake, it was a time to win a lot of prizes as well as to enjoy what turned out to be a nice, sunny day with little to no wind.
READ MOREToday is 4/20, which holds a special place in cannabis culture as a day to celebrate the smoking of the illegal substance of cannabis, usually at 4:20 p.m.
READ MORE“It’s brought so many people together. It’s such an awful event but it’s brought people together.”
READ MOREOne community project that has been moving forward quickly recently is the effort to construct a new spray park for The Pas.
READ MOREThe annual The Pas & District Chamber of Commerce Trade Show took place this past weekend at the Roy H. Johnston Arena as various vendors both local and visiting setting up shop in the arena.
READ MORELast month one local youth got the chance of a lifetime as the Autism Society of Manitoba nominated Elishia Fidler, who has autism,
READ MOREThis past Wednesday Ecole Opasquia School presented The Lion King Kids, a play the students of Opasquia have been working on for quite some time.
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