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Satellites fold, for at least a year

Tofield Satellites senior AA hockey club management has informed the North Central Hockey League that it will be folding for the 2016/17 season, and has asked for a one year leave of absence.

The news is bad for hockey in Tofield, and also for the recreation centre losing a $10,000 per year ice rental customer

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Tour de l’Alberta cyclists stop at station in Tofield

Tour-BikersFor the first time, cyclists participating in the Tour de l’Alberta event rolled through Tofield and made a pit stop to rest and rejuvenate.

Upwards of 200 cyclists came east down Highway 14 from Beaumont and turned into Tofield at the service road. Their journey took them to the east side of Tofield to make

Ryley’s Railway Avenue using innovative 3D cellular confinement system – looks like a honeycomb before filled in and paved over
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Ryley’s Railway Avenue using innovative 3D cellular confinement system – looks like a honeycomb before filled in and paved over

RyleyRoad-layingdownRyley’s 50th Avenue is receiving a major upgrade and paving through a village project which started July 4. More commonly referred to as Railway Avenue, the road is being upgraded by Paradox Access Solutions.

The company is using a technique it says will prolong the life of the road over extended periods.

The work started with the stripping of the old asphalt and cold mix on the road and upgrading the sub-standard grade levels on the west end of the road.

After the road was compacted with soil, the company started placing a geocell “Tough Cell” called