Here’s what else is making news in the March 18, 2014 edition of the Tofield Mercury, on news stands now!

– Tofield community hears update on doctor’s new clinic at St. Patrick’s Day Health Foundation Dinner;

– “Welcome to our Community!” – Local poet Mary Kowalchuk writes poem for incoming Dr. and Mrs. Muneer;

– Tofield School Drama Department presenting musical Bergeracky this week at Alliance Church;

– Opinion: Minister of Education Jeff Johnson writes that curriculum criticism doesn’t add up as preparing students for a modern economy requires teaching the basics plus much more; ASCA and ATA presidents also weigh in with letters to the editor;

– Loose Ends columnist Carol Livingstone discusses bathroom lighting in “Bright Light, Bright Light!;”

– Tofield Curling Club hosts successful Ladies Bonspiel with 19 teams participating from Thursday to Sunday – photos and winners;

– St. Patricks’s Day celebrated at the Tofield Community Hall with good food and great company;

– Holden School honours soldiers who served in Afghanistan as mission formally ends;

– Beaver County Chronicle:
– Backlog of grain to be eased with rail shipments;

– Bison on the move: the third transfer of Elk Island Plains Bison to Montana’s American Prairies Reserve