Gerry Lampow

1 week ago | mylloydminsternow.com | Gerry Lampow

Turtleford RCMP are asking for your help to find 13-year-old Taylor Thomas. She was last seen on June 19 at about 9:00 p.m. at a home on Macaskill Avenue in Glaslyn. Taylor is five feet one inch tall with a slim build, brown eyes, and black hair. She was last seen wearing a black hoodie and jeans. Police are trying to get a picture of Taylor. Taylor is known to travel to the Pelican Lake First Nation area, but her current whereabouts are unknown.

1 week ago | mylloydminsternow.com | Gerry Lampow

Lloydminster area farmers have a local option for aerial spraying with the launch of Bradley Air. Named in honour of their business partner and friend, Brad Wright, Cortney and Garth George are hitching their wagon to an aerial spraying operation based at the Lloydminster Airport. “Brad and Garth started spraying together a couple years ago. They’ve been friends for a long time. Brad, tragically passed last year,” says Cortney George, operations manager for the new company.

1 week ago | mylloydminsternow.com | Gerry Lampow

The Cutter Rally for Cancer is donating $37,159.60 for cancer care at the Lloydminster Hospital. The group made the donation to the Lloydminster Region Health Foundation. The funds will support services at the Oncology ward, and chemotherapy unit for patients to receive the care they need close to home. The Crude Master Transport Nurses Scholarship and the Cutter Rally For Cancer Grant Professional Development funds will receive $20,000.

1 week ago | mylloydminsternow.com | Gerry Lampow

Cenovus Energy believes a well case is the culprit in the uncontrolled release at Rush Lake Thermal Facility. A well case is a large pipe that is placed in the well to support its structure. The thermal facility north of Paynton suffered a release of water vapour, oil and gas, which was reported on May 9. Berms have been put in place and at least one farm family was evacuated from the area surrounding the well as the company set up a five kilometre radius around the site.

1 week ago | mylloydminsternow.com | Gerry Lampow

When the County of Vermilion River holds its next meeting on June 24, the proposed changes to the municipal development plan and land use bylaw will be dropped. The public outcry has added fuel to the debate in the county with the changes up for a second reading. The second public hearing on the proposals on June 11 was a full house, with residents voicing their concerns over the changes and the effects they may have.