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Pre-registration is open for the Peace River Brigade, June 22 to 28, 2022. The pre-registration is to identify the number of people interested in doing the brigade this summer as either a team crew with access to their own boat or unattached paddlers without a boat looking to join a crew.

Seasonal staff are now out in full swing and will be out monitoring crop land, industrial sites and pasture for weed and crop pests.

The governments of Alberta and Canada are celebrating the start of construction on a new $24.8-million housing project that will provide needed homes for seniors with a range of care needs in Spirit River.

A cool, wet spring has created seeding delays in many areas of northern Alberta. It is estimated that producers in the area are collectively over 1.2 million acres behind normal progress.

Saddle Hills County is excited to announce that we will be hosting the Volunteer Appreciation BBQ for 2022.

Saddle Hills County has added a new feature to its Maps page on the County website. Beginning May 26, 2022, users of County maps can now take advantage of the new Municite Interactive Map.

At their regular meeting on May 24, 2022 Saddle Hills County Council declared June 6 -12 as Senmiors' Week.

Spring is a good time to plant larger caliper trees in your property. The “caliper tree” is an older tree with at least 4 cm in diameter in stem/ trunk measured 15 cm above ground level.

As a community, Saddle Hills County has managed to raise more than $51,000 for the citizens of the Ukraine. Payment was sent this week to the Canada-Ukraine foundation in support of the embattled citizens of the Eastern European nation which has been at war since February.

Local Photographer and Videographer Billi Comstock has provided us with another stunning video exploring Saddle Hills County.