Thanks to your amazing support
The GOAT's Christmas Wish
was able to help over a dozen individuals and families in 2023,
including the 6 stories you heard on the air this season!

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2023 GOAT CHRISTMAS WISH ARCHIVE

GOAT CHRISTMAS WISH 2023 #1:
KENDRA GILCHRIST AUDIO LINK

GOAT CHRISTMAS WISH 2023 #2:
ROCKY & LYNNE UNDERHILL AUDIO LINK

GOAT CHRISTMAS WISH 2023 #3:
CYE GLYNNE & FAMILY AUDIO LINK 

GOAT CHRISTMAS WISH 2023 #4:
KARLA, CARTER & CECELIA AUDIO LINK

GOAT CHRISTMAS WISH 2023 #5:

GOAT CHRISTMAS WISH 2023 #6:
GARY BRAHAM AUDIO LINK

2022 NOMINATION ARCHIVES

GOAT CHRISTMAS WISH 2022 #1:
KELLY WOODS AUDIO LINK
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GOAT CHRISTMAS WISH 2022 #2:
KATIE RYAN AUDIO LINK

GOAT CHRISTMAS WISH 2022 #3:
HANN FAMILY AUDIO LINK

GOAT CHRISTMAS WISH 2022 #4:
WICH FAMILY AUDIO LINK

GOAT CHRISTMAS WISH 2022 #6:
LARSEN FAMILY AUDIO LINK

2021 NOMINATION ARCHIVES

GOAT WISH 2021 #1
The Coombs Family (Lloydminster) (Monday, December 13th)

COOMBS AUDIO LINK

GOAT WISH 2021 #2
The Thomas Family (Lloydminster) (Tuesday, December 14th)

THOMAS AUDIO LINK

GOAT WISH 2021 #3
The Teichreb Family (Lloydminster) (Wednesday, December 15th)

TEICHREB AUDIO LINK

GOAT WISH 2021 #4
The Ruhl Family (Lloydminster) (Thursday, December 16th #1)

RUHL FAMILY AUDIO LINK

GOAT WISH 2021 #5
The Lakatos Family (Waseca, SK) (Thursday, December 16th #2)

LAKATOS FAMILY AUDIO LINK

GOAT WISH 2021 #6
The Deschamps Family (Kitscoty, AB) (Friday, December 17th)

DESCHAMPS FAMILY AUDIO LINK

2020 NOMINATION ARCHIVES

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GOAT WISH 2020 #1
The Carson Family (Lloydminster) (Monday, December 14th)

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GOAT WISH 2020 #2
The Kam Family (Mannville, AB) (Tuesday, December 15th AM)

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GOAT WISH 2020 #3
The Smith Family (Lloydminster) (Tuesday, December 15th PM)

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GOAT WISH 2020 #4
The Franks Family (Maidstone, SK) (Wednesday, December 16th AM 1)

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GOAT WISH 2020 #5
The Kenyon Family (Maidstone, SK) (Wednesday, December 16th AM 2)

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GOAT WISH 2020 #6
The Hill-Lukan Family (Blackfoot, AB) (Thursday, December 17th AM 1)

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GOAT WISH 2020 #7
The Niessen Family (Clandonald, AB) (Thursday, December 17th AM 2)

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GOAT WISH 2020 #8
The MacDonald Family (Irma, AB) (Friday, December 18th)

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Masking will no longer be required in Alberta Health Services facilities as of June 19. This includes all facilities and contracted sites such as Alberta Precision Laboratories, Covenant Health, CapitalCare, and Carewest. 

The requirement will no longer be in place for patients and visitors, as well as AHS staff including physicians, midwives, students, volunteers, and contractors. 

“The decision to rescind the current requirement for continuous masking was made based on a number of factors, including declining COVID-19 cases, testing positivity rate, wastewater data and hospital admission rates for respiratory illnesses in Alberta, as well as consultation with stakeholders including patients, families, advisory councils, clinicians and frontline managers,” reads a news release from AHS. 

The health authority says it respects the choice to voluntarily wear a mask and encourages people to continue to wear it if they wish. 

“AHS continues to encourage visitors or designated family support persons who have had respiratory symptoms to wait to visit loved ones until 10 days after symptom onset, and all visitors and support persons are recommended to mask when visiting symptomatic patients or residents,” the news release says. 

Masks will still be available at facilities for those who want to wear them. 

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According to the latest report from the Alberta Real Estate Association the North East Region, which includes Lloydminster, saw a decline across the board in May compared to the same month last year.

The average price in the region was $378,034, a 13.7 per cent decline from 2022, with 121 properties sold in the 31-day period, down 9.7 per cent. Apartment prices saw the biggest dip, with the average price being $111,842 down 28.7 per cent.

Compared to 2022 inventory in the area was up 9.9 per cent with 521 properties on the market. A property on average remained on the market for nearly four and a half months, up 21.7 per cent from last year.

So far in 2023, sales for the North East Region are down 34 per cent, with only 427 properties sold. The average price is $354,483 which is an 11 per cent dip.

Across Alberta, the average price saw a 2.8 per cent increase, at $470,037, while sales were down 5.6 per cent compared to last year with 8,752 properties sold. The provincial inventory is also down 18.4 per cent, with a property on average being on the market for just over two months.

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During the 2023 4-H Expo sale, a handful of purchased projects were donated to local organizations in the community, with this years sale including Fed Calf’s and Market Lambs.

In the Market Lamb category Georgia Spurrell’s project was named Grand Champion Ewe, and Kaci Carlson’s project was Reserve Champion Ewe. Briar Blanchette’s project was Grand Champion Market Lamb and Briggs Blanchette’s project received the Reserve Champion Award. Respectively the Market Lambs were purchased by Beaver Hill Auction Services Ltd. And TJF Farm & Transport.

After the sale Northern Livestock Sales, Eaton Livestock, and Copeland Auctions donated the lambs they purchased to local non-profits, including The Olive Tree and Men’s Shelter.

For the Fed Calf Category Keylen Eaton’s project won Grand Champion and Isabelle Pratte’s project received the Reserve award and the Champion Home Grown award. Respectively these projects were purchased by Titan Livestock and Twin Lakes Land & Cattle.

During the sale a fed calf sold for an average of $3.90 per pound on 100 head and the lamb average was $649 on 37 market lambs.

Outside of the Market Lamb and Fed Calf categories and sales, several other 4-H project categories were also shown during the event. These other project categories include cow/calf, light horse, multi projects, bench projects, archery and canine.

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In a month's time, the Lloyd Ex Fair will kick off the summer festivities with the annual parade. This year’s staging area is in the Civic Centre Parking lot, with the route starting on 49th Avenue heading north. The route will turn west on 56th Street heading over to 50th Avenue where it will head southbound beginning the loop back to 49th Avenue, using 51st Street, 51st Avenue, 60th Street, 65th Avenue and 46th Street past City Hall, with the final leg being northbound on 49th Avenue ending back at the staging area.

The parade will start at 10 am, with this year’s Parade Marshal being Dr. Nekkt Jamal, DD.

This year the fair will run from July 12th to 15th and will include a petting zoo put on by Meadow Croft, along with agriculture exhibits including the Beef Pen Show, Sheep Show and Draft Horse Show. This year's program will also include Team Roping and Sorting competitions, Gymkhana and a new program being added, Draft Horse Riding.

On July 15th, the 2nd Annual Running with the Bulls event will be held in front of the Grandstand. In conjunction with the Running with the Bulls kids ages 6 to 12 can take part in the Calf Scramble and Wild Pony Races competition.

A full list of events for the four-day fair can be found on the Lloyd Ex website. Tickets to get in range from free for those 6 and under, to $15 for those 16 to 64 years old.

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A $50,000 donation from Co-Op's Community Spaces program will see the first all-inclusive park space get built in the City of Lloydminster.

Set to be built in the Aurora neighbourhood, the approximately 2,840 square metre play structure will include a splash pad and shelter, with the funding going towards to the purchase inclusive and accessible playground features to help ensure children of all ages and abilities can access the area with ease.

Land Sales Coordinator with the City of Lloydminster, Wendy Wagner, says it's a day long in the making, and should be ready to welcome kids and families from across the city by the spring of next year.

"We wanted to raise the bar and make something that was for everybody in the community to be able to participate in community spaces, and education and programming in our spaces outside," she says.

"We are doing a site walk, and then the equipment is ordered, so we will start breaking ground in the middle or end of August, and all the services in by the end of September. It will be up and running in Spring 2024 at 100 per cent."

West Family Connections Executive Director Sherri Husch-Foote says they're thrilled to be able to steward the grant funding into what she believes is something foundational for not only the development of children, but the development of inclusive environments in the community.

"It's critical for families in our community; having a park that is on the Saskatchewan side that provides accessibility from a transportation perspective is really important," she says.

"It was really key for us in the development of our early years family resource centre programming to have a Saskatchewan park that is not only accessible from a play aspect, but a transportation and feasibility for families to get to,"

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A 42-year-old Lloydminster man is facing charges following an investigation into drug trafficking in the area.

The Lloydminster RCMP says the investigation began last month, and resulted in officers conducting a traffic stop resulting in the seizure of 47 grams of what is believed to be meth, as well as a handgun style bb gun, brass knuckles, and various items that police describe as drug paraphernalia.

Authorities say the traffic stop also resulted in a search warrant being issued for a local home, where police allegedly found further evidence of drug trafficking. Subsequently, 42-year-old Christopher Ironstand has been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of a prohibited weapon.

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The United Conservative Party has been projected to form a second consecutive majority government in Alberta.

With 70 per cent of polls reporting late Monday, the UCP led or were projected to win 52 of 87 ridings, with the Alberta NDP slotting back into the opposition, leading or projected to win 35 seats.

Premier-elect Danielle Smith comfortably won her riding in Brooks—Medicine Hat with 13,237 votes, ahead of NDP candidate Gwendoline Dirk finishing second with just 5,451 votes. Alberta Party candidate Barry Morishita rounded out the top three with 1,228 votes.

NDP Leader Rachel Notley also swept to victory in her riding of Edmonton—Strathcona with 10,322 votes, ahead of UCP candidate Emad El-Zien finishing with 2,342 votes, good enough for second place. In her concession speech, she said she is staying on as leader of the opposition.

As of 11 p.m. Monday, approximately 1.25 million votes had been tabulated across Alberta, for an unofficial turnout of 44.54 per cent.

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Alberta Wildfire officials are hoping mother nature will work with firefighters as they continue to battle over two dozen out-of-control wildfires across Alberta. As of 3 p.m. Sunday, 108 active wildfires were reported on the provincial dashboard, with 30 of them listed as out of control.

Executive Director of the Alberta Emergency Management Agency Colin Blair says approximately 30,000 people have been evacuated from regions across central and northwestern Alberta, and while many are curious as to what they will be returning home to, a full assessment is still very much a work in progress.

"I want to stress that many of you want to know the extent of damage, at this time, reports are still coming in," he said during a media availability Sunday.

"In some cases, ongoing smoke and fire conditions prevent us from fully assessing property loss, and until we can do that we are limited in the details we can provide. We know structures have been lost, but our priority is protecting lives and dealing with the emergency response first and foremost."

However, some good news came in the form of rain in the northwestern part of the province on Sunday, with regions like Fox Creek, approximately 2 and a half hours from Edmonton, receiving scattered amounts of precipitation for much of the morning and afternoon.

"It did have an impact on fire behaviour today in that area. It allowed firefighters to work on the areas of some wildfires they haven't been able to get close to because of extreme wildfire behaviour," says Christie Tucker with Alberta Wildfire.

"We are expecting this trend to continue over the next couple of days with cooler temperatures and higher humidity helping firefighters who are working in the south and central parts of the province," Tucker adds.

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A fire and off-highway vehicle (OHV) restriction is in effect for all Forest Protection Areas across Alberta due to extreme fire danger. During a fire ban, all existing permits in a forest area are suspended, and no new fire permits will be issued.

All outdoor wood fires are banned, including wood campfires on public lands, wood campfires on private land, and provincial campgrounds. All off-highway vehicle use on public lands, including designated trails is prohibited as well. Propane and natural gas-powered appliances, as well as indoor wood fires contained within a device with a chimney and spark arrestor are still allowed under the restriction.

Alberta Wildfire officials say as of the morning of May 5th, 78 wildfires were reported across the province, already burning upwards of 25,000 hectares of land.

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