Tis the season for holiday cheer – the kind of cheer you get from scoring a great deal on something you’ve been looking for a while. The smart shoppers know the best opportunities, Black Friday and beyond, lay outside of the city limits, so what’s stopping you from heading east of Edmonton for some great retail opportunities? To help you out, we outlined some of the best sales and deals going on in some grade A shops you should check …
NEW at Thiel’s Greenhouses in Bruderheim…A project you can SINK your teeth into! Thiel’s Greenhouse is expanding into hydroponic fresh food! THEY NEED YOUR HELP…. Nadine’s Fresh Food Scene: Grow it – Eat it – Live it The short story: Get really cool gifts and experiences to help reach a goal. It’s holiday shopping and you know where your dollars are going. Nadine is getting new equipment to grow fresh local food and is crowdfunding through the Alberta Treasury Branch …
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2017 Photo Contest! Go East of Edmonton is proud to present the winners for the 2017 Photo Contest! They say that a picture is worth a thousand words so we’ll let the winning images speak for themselves. Enjoy! Category: Best Attractions & Events Winner: Linda Long Photo Information: Harvest Festival at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village Category: Best Wildlife Winner: Colleen Berg Photo Information: Baby cub in the woods near Myrnam. Can you spot …
Where can you find a Fall parade, hay rides, stage entertainment, loads of kids’ activities, a car show, family supper and dance, and so much more? At the 19th annual Andrew Garlic Festival Come out to the community of Andrew on Saturday, October 14th and enjoy a family day packed full of festivities and all things garlic. Wait; garlic? Yes, garlic! The Amazing Garlic Race, Garlic Bingo, and the famous garlic peeling contest – these are but three of the …
— March 2017 — Kevin, Jolene & Brandon Kisilevich waiting for the Vegreville Country Fair Parade to begin (2001). It was 1996 and married couple, Kevin and Jolene Kisilevich were on the cusp of starting their own marketing business, The Marketer. Jolene was a graphic designer and Kevin was a marketing graduate. They had the skills to receive their first contract — creating the Vegreville Kinsmen Telephone Directory — but they didn’t have an important piece of equipment. “We had …
Come one, come all, to the 15th annual Gun & Accessory Show in Vegreville, hosted by the Vegreville Wildlife Federation (VWF). It’s more than guns – it has something fun for everyone. Happening this weekend! We are very excited to announce that this year’s event will be a great show – it’s sold out for vendors with a total of 42 booths plus concession. There are a lot of new vendors this year. Photo credit to www.country106.ca Of course, there …
November 9th marked the day of the Go East of Edmonton Regional Tourism organization’s Fall Special Event, hosted this year at the beautiful Red Feather Ridge event facility southeast of Mannville – owned and operated by Doug and Cheryl Livingstone, who have been actively involved in Alberta tourism for many years. The focus on this year’s event was on how we are changing tourism in our region east of Edmonton with two excellent presentations in the vein of that theme, …
Go East of Edmonton is proud to present the winners for the 2016 Photo Contest! They say that a picture is worth a thousand words so we’ll let the winning images speak for themselves. Enjoy! Category: Best Attraction Winner: JoAnne Lemke of Edmonton Photo Information: Church in Myrnam. Category: Best Land Adventure Winner: Brandon Born of Cold Lake Photo Information: The Cold Lake Trestle Bridge. Category: Best Event Winner: Rochelle Power of Andrew Photo Information: 2016 Vegreville Country Fair on …
Are you up to date on the many important accomplishments that the Go East of Edmonton Regional Tourism Organization has achieved this year? Are you wondering about what our plans for further growth are for 2017? Come out to the Red Feather Ridge (located between Mannville and Vermilion) on November 9th from 11:30-3:00 for an important event for the tourism industry to update everyone on the incredibly successful promotional campaigns this year and other tourism development underway. You’ll enjoy a …
We’re rapidly coming up on back to school time but there’s just enough time to squeeze every drop of summer out of August! Read on to discover some of the many fantastic things we have in our east of Edmonton region for the kids to love Make a Splash at the Waterpark! We’ve got some amazing splash parks in many communities in our region, including right here in the home town of the Go East of Edmonton travel guide – …