Robin Tarnowetzki

Diverse lineup to be featured in Stettler Variety Showcase

The 2014 Stettler Variety Showcase starts up on Jan. 19 with the one-man play “When That I Was” at the Performing Arts Centre.

Wash hands, cough in sleeves to buck flu

It’s flu season again, and Alberta has already encountered a lot of influenza activity.

Stettler skater Rebecca Harvey and coach Danielle Mohn take a break from preparations for the Alberta Winter Games

Harvey skates into Alberta Winter Games

Next month, more than 2,500 athletes, coaches and officials will descend on the Banff area for the Alberta Winter Games.

Stettler skater Rebecca Harvey and coach Danielle Mohn take a break from preparations for the Alberta Winter Games

Mayor applauds FCSS for family, community work

It was a fairly short Stettler town council meeting last Tuesday, but there was still some business to discuss.

Layers of snow cover the twisted burned-out remains of the Klaus home in their farmyard east of Castor last Friday. The Dec. 8 fire claimed two lives and left one more Klaus family member unaccounted for

Surviving son says he ‘knows what happened’

A man who lost his parents and sister in a horrific fire last month told the Stettler Independent that he knows what happened.

Layers of snow cover the twisted burned-out remains of the Klaus home in their farmyard east of Castor last Friday. The Dec. 8 fire claimed two lives and left one more Klaus family member unaccounted for
Big brother Jacob Hofer

New Year’s baby arrives

Stettler’s New Year’s baby didn’t arrive right at the dawn of the New Year, but was still the Stettler area’s first baby of 2014.

Big brother Jacob Hofer
Book details life with MS

MS patient launches book

Just over six years ago, former Big Valley resident William Boulton started to lose feeling in his body.

Book details life with MS
Stan Nattestad recovered his sisters’ Christmas gifts 52 years after hiding them in the attic.

Presents found 50 years later

Fifty-two years ago, Stan Nattestad hid his sisters’ Christmas gifts in the attic.

Stan Nattestad recovered his sisters’ Christmas gifts 52 years after hiding them in the attic.

Not all barnyard animals friendly

Since I grew up on a farm, I don’t harbour fear of many animals.

Shea Heatherington and Jennifer Taylor surround jeans they’ve collected for the Teens for Jeans fundraiser.

Stettler students fit into Teens for Jeans fundraiser

William E Hay Composite High School’s new gay-straight alliance (GSA) has been busy since forming last June.

Shea Heatherington and Jennifer Taylor surround jeans they’ve collected for the Teens for Jeans fundraiser.

Castor cadet squadron suspends training as move to Stettler, Coronation pondered

The Castor cadet squadron has suspended training “temporarily” while the provincial committee of the Air Cadet League decides its fate.

Mayor reflects on Stettler’s stable growth

The past year showed promise for Stettler, Mayor Dick Richards said in a year-end interview with the Independent.

Town councillors balk at pitch for new system of composting

As town council met last week, the talk was all about town programs promoting environmental and literacy growth.

Stettler marks Night Before Night Before

It’s almost Christmas, and that means it’s almost time for a Stettler tradition: The Night Before the Night Before Christmas.

Singing

Four choirs from Gracenotes put Stettler in Christmas spirit

The Gracenotes (ages 13 to 18), the Rhapsody Girls (ages 9 to 12), the Tiny Tenors (boys’ choir) and the Tiny Gracenotes (ages 5 to 8)

Singing

City folk fuel ‘Corner Gas’ stereotype

The rest of Canada holds the stereotype of Toronto that everyone from there thinks the city is the centre of the universe.

Stettler resident P. Sreedharan Pillai said many of India’s Christmas celebrations take place outside.

Stettler gains Christmas traditions

Stettler is home to a diverse group of people, some of whom are far from home for Christmas this year.

Stettler resident P. Sreedharan Pillai said many of India’s Christmas celebrations take place outside.
This is one of the two AEDs — Automated External Defibrillators — purchased by William E. Hay Composite High School. Last week

School board votes in favour of AED purchases

The Clearview School Division revisited the AED purchase question at the school board meeting last Thursday, and this time the board

This is one of the two AEDs — Automated External Defibrillators — purchased by William E. Hay Composite High School. Last week
Jaycee Davidson

William E. Hay Grade 12 Science Fair

Grade 12 students from William E. Hay Composite High School in Stettler presented their projects at the school’s first senior science fair

Jaycee Davidson
Firefighters from the Stettler Regional Fire Department battle a blaze that destroyed a 63 Street house in Stettler last Saturday. The home belonged to Peter Neale

Stettler family loses home in weekend fire

A fire gutted a house on 63 Street in Stettler on Saturday night, with an estimated $500,000 in property damage.

Firefighters from the Stettler Regional Fire Department battle a blaze that destroyed a 63 Street house in Stettler last Saturday. The home belonged to Peter Neale