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No plans to reroute train service from Wainwright: VIA Rail

byMeridian Source Staff

July 17, 2026

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No plans to reroute train service from Wainwright: VIA Rail
Local Wainwright leaders are celebrating news that VIA Rail’s Canadian passenger train service will remain on the CN main line. Read more: Lloyd boys help Alberta win the West In a letter dated July 13, 2026, VIA Rail advised local leaders within the Municipal District of Wainwright that it has no plans to reroute train…
Alberta’s Payne relishes breaking Sask streak in Western U16 football
Cobi Payne and the rest of Team Alberta rewrote the script at the Western Canadian Challenge U16 football championship in early July at Winnipeg. Read more: Nikiforuk on top of the West with Alberta’s U16 football team The Albertans, including Payne’s Lloydminster buddy and Holy Rosary High School teammate Daniel Nikiforuk, bucked a trend in…
Wildfire evacuation expert to headline Lloydminster disaster conference
A leading wildfire evacuation expert is set to challenge how Saskatchewan communities prepare for and respond to increasingly frequent seasonal wildfires at an upcoming regional disaster conference. Read more: Lloydminster Border Brutes bring home bronze Alex Post, the emergency management specialist with the Saskatoon Tribal Council, will headline a key breakout session at the annual…
New Rotary president outlines goals for year
The Rotary Club of Lloydminster’s new president had a chance to lay out some goals for the upcoming year, including a focus on service and membership. Read more: Free online suicide prevention training launched for Lloydminster residents Charlene Rowein, Rotary Club of Lloydminster president, took to the podium outlining her term’s focus. “When we look…
Winning ways pave Lloydminster Border Brutes’ provincial lacrosse run
The Lloydminster Border Brutes won four of their five games en route to a bronze-medal finish in the Alberta Lacrosse Association’s U17 B provincials this past weekend at Medicine Hat. Read more: Lloyd boys help Alberta win the West In the third-place game Sunday, the Border Brutes topped the Okotoks Raiders 9-6. Lloydminster had won…