Book Signing
Donna Perkins looks on as local author and artist Sheilagh Foster signed copies of her new children’s book “Song to Sadrack” in front of the train station in McBride on the afternoon of Saturday July 4, 2020. […]
Arts
High art
Residents of Valemount are responding positively to a new art installation outside the local post office. Art critiques are calling it unmitigated genius: the flag pole, notably at full mast, has been bashed over the post office. Some say it represents a modern nation unaware of the struggle raging inside of it for equality. […]
“Creative jolt” comes from doing it live
Even though Sharon Stearns’ latest play is about people rebuilding after a world collapses, she doubts her play will adapt to a digital format during ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. […]
Student poetry submissions
The Goat invited local students to submit poems on the topic of COVID-19, social distancing or spring. Brightness of Spring By Kestrel R. New life colors Everywhere I see! What great sights Living in […]
McBride taxidermy museum goes to auction
By Andru McCracken The artifacts that make up Oscar’s Wildlife Museum in McBride will be up for auction between 10am Friday, May 8 and Wednesday, May 13. And the incredible collection can be perused from […]
Solidarity in Isolation: local photographer’s COVID-19 docuseries
Local photographer Kat McNaughton of Kat’s Studio Co decided to document this strange time of social distancing and do something to cheer people up. For this docuseries she titled Solidarity in Isolation: Through the Lens, […]
Lost in Space
Canoe Valley Skating Club held their 47th consecutive skating carnival on March 7th. The carnival marked Sharonrose Shalla’s 30th year coaching the club. Skaters dazzled the audience with their spaced out costumes, one skater took […]
Treeplanter-fronted Sask band can’t resist Valemount: Multiple St. Patrick’s shows this year
By Goat Staff Valemount is in for a genre-defying evening of original, female-fronted tunes Monday, March 16th. The Valemount Legion will be hosting Rymestone (Sask), 0Stella (Edmonton/Dublin) and the Robson Valley’s own Cat Crowley. The […]
Through the Seasons
By ANDREA ARNOLD The McBride Figure Skating Club presented their annual carnival on Saturday February 29, 2020. This year’s theme, “Through the Seasons” took attendees through all four seasons, beginning with spring as the skaters […]
Staving off Cabin Fever
By Jean Ann Berkenpas With the mercury dropping down to -40C last week, many families were stuck indoors. My family is one that spends a big part of our day outside, so we were strained […]
Transformative librarian on the move
By Andru McCracken The remarkable librarian Naomi Balla-Boudreau is leaving McBride. She has decided to take a position in Deep River in the Ottawa Valley, north of Algonquin Park in Ontario, it’s very close to […]