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MD Sponsors Seats for Seniors
The Friends of the Grande Spirit Foundation are hosting their Annual Harvest Dine & Dance on October 4th and the ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ is sponsoring a corporate table (8 seats) ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ to attend. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
*** ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ & ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ. ***
Tickets are also available for any business or individual to purchase. Corporate tables are $850, which includes 8 dinner tickets, 2 bottles of wine, signage and advertising, or $80 per individual.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ดโ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.
Doors will open at 5:00 pm, dinner will be served at 6:00 pm, and will be followed by a live & silent auction as well as a dance with live music by Night Ryders.
๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ต (780) 978-3310 ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ต@๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ญ.๐ค๐ข ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ต๐๐ต.
Free to Pick Orchard
DID YOU KNOW that the MD of Spirit River has an orchard at Nardam on top of the hill? Our Agricultural crew has planted haskaps, strawberries, cranberries, apple trees, saskatoon berries, and a few other species.
Currently, there is a limited production of saskatoon berries that are ready to be picked.
The MD Agricultural crew is in the middle of adding mulch and will also be picking up new fruit trees to plant.
#NardamOrchards #mdofspiritriver #FruitHarvest
Asphalt Millings Sponsor
Voter Registration Deadline
With the 2025 Municipal Elections coming up on October 20th, the deadline for registering to vote is fast approaching.
All voters in the MD of Spirit River MUST be on the permanent Electors Registry to vote. To register or check your registration status, go to www.voterlink.ab.ca by August 15, 2025.
The MD of Spirit River receives its list of eligible voters from Voterlink, so please confirm that your information is correct to ensure youโre ready to vote.
If you do not register beforehand, you will be required to register at the voting station on Election Day. Pre-registering simply makes the voting process faster.
Council Meeting
FREE Business Advice
DID YOU KNOW that business owners in the Peace Region, including the Municipal District of Spirit River #133, can access FREE, practical business support through the Sunstone Strategic Wayfinder Program?
Offered in partnership with Northern Sunrise County, Community Futures Peace Country, and Sunstone Strategic, this program is designed to help local entrepreneurs, start-ups, and existing businesses that are facing barriers or looking to grow and diversify.
Whatโs included:
- Individual advisory sessions
- Support with business planning, marketing, and branding
- Peer networking and discussion groups
- Access to small business tools and resources
Open to anyone in the region, whether you are new to business or well established.
To book a session, go to:
https://calendly.com/sunstonestrategic/wayfinder-advisory-session?month=2025-08
For more information, contact Jason at jason@sunstonestrategic.com.
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Beautification Plaque Presentations
Congratulations to our Rural Farm Beautification Contest Winners!!
MD Office Closed on Aug.4th 2025
Nomination Deadline
With only 12 weeks remaining until the 2025 Alberta Municipal Elections on October 20th, the deadline for anyone wishing to throw their hat in the ring will be here before we know it.
The nomination period for the election began on January 1, 2025, and ends at 12:00 noon on Nomination Day, which is September 22, 2025.
Nominations must be filed using Form 4 – Nomination Paper and Candidate’s Acceptance and Form 5 – Candidate Information. These forms can be found @ www.alberta.ca/municipal-election-forms. You may also contact the MDโs office if you need assistance accessing the nomination forms or filling them out accurately.
Your nomination paper must be signed by at least five (5) voters eligible to vote in the election. The signatures collected must be from people who are residents in your municipality on the date of signing the nomination, and include the voter’s name, address (street address or legal description of residence), and signature.
For more information about running for Council, including the MDโs Nomination Package, check out mdspiritriver.ab.ca/departments/administration/notice-board.
Summer Bus Tour – Girouxville & Watino
On Friday, August 1st, the MD Transit Bus will be heading to Girouxville & Watino. Call the office at 780-864-3500 to save your spot on the bus!
Bus Fare: Age 16+ $25; Under 16 $5 due upon registration. Bus leaves the MD garage at 8:30am to pick-up passengers at designated locations and will be returning between 3:30 and 4:00pm.
Riders are responsible for all expenses over and above the bus fare.
** Priority given to seniors and those who are mobility challenged **