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Top Stories This Week - January 6, 2010

A quick look at 2009 in the Smoky River Region

This weeks paper is dedicated to the last year’s trials and tribulations in the Smoky River Region. Pictured are the Jean Cote LAHF troupe who put on their annual murder mystery last February.

G.P. Vanier band needs your help
Georges P. Vanier junior high band students are working hard to raise enough money to go on a trip of a lifetime this spring.

Warm thank you from Smoky River FCSS
Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) would like to extend a warm thank you to all those who were able to donate this year to the Christmas Hamper program.

"Vanier Vistro" gives students skills, chance to shine
As the guests approach the classroom door at Georges P. Vanier School in Donnelly, they are met by maitre d’ Spencer Dumont.

Government’s nuclear decision criticized
The province’s recent decision to go ahead with nuclear power plant requests is making members of one local group uneasy.

Beef congress features a variety of events
Plans are in high gear for the 12th annual Peace Country Beef Congress.

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Commentary: A few thoughts on mortality
Some folks turn to the comfort of religion when faced with the prospect of death. Observing this, other folks conclude that fear of death is what spawned and maintains religion.

Saying good-riddance to 2009
I figured completing the year in review newspaper would bore me. After all, re-capping everything I’ve already written, edited (hopefully) and digested to the point I never want to see it again.

Outdoor Corner: Bush Land: Going, Going Go......!
I guess I heard, more often than before this fall, from anguished hunters, “There’s no place to hunt.” While the millions of acres of crown land in the green zone seemingly belie this statement, in actual fact, quality places to hunt on private land have diminished.

Sports

Regals narrowly beat Pirates in Falher
With Christmas wind breathing down their necks, the Falher Pirates welcomed the High Prairie Regals to their pond on Dec. 12, hoping to make the reception a chilly one.

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