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… Hurt by increasing internet advertising revenues, much of the larger Mainstream Media resorted to News Entertainment simply for ratings and sales, but certainly not for morals and integrity.
The Village of Ryley seems to never be short of controversies, and a battle between administration, council and a concerned citizens group called Ryley Public Advisory Council (RPAC) doesn’t seem to be going away.
The large and vocal group of several dozen citizens is disputing the Village’s past and present spending habits, feeling it knows better where and how to spend monies paid annually to the Village from Clean Harbors as a hosting fee to deflect any negativity caused by having a hazardous waste site overlooking the municipality.
Tofield Historical Society President Mary Taylor of Tofield has been honoured with a Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers presented by the Alberta Museums Association (AMA) on behalf of the Governor General of Canada.
Tofield Tier 4 Novice (1-4-1) beat Wetaskiwin in its own barn Dec. 23, 5-3.
Wetaskiwin was leading 3-0 after the first frame before Tofield fought back to tie the game 12:40 into the third.
Marek Fritz scored the winner with 7:17 remaining.
Tofield Mercury – first published on Aug. 28, 1918 – is only 33 weeks away from turning 100 years old. We thought it would be fun to give you a little news from our very first issue: Volume 1, Number 1, The Tofield Mercury. Do you recognize names? Here is a sampling:
Tofielder’s Car Stolen
J.D. Hannon spent an anxious two days as 
Two men have been arrested and face 35 charges,
after Tofield and Redwater RCMP in conjunction with
the Edmonton General Investigative Section (GIS)
North, have completed a lengthy investigation into
two separate bank robberies including the ATB in
Holden in 2016.
At approximately 3:30
pm on May 2, 2016 two
masked men entered the
Holden ATB pulling what
appeared to be a gun and
demanded cash.
