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St. Albert Arts and Crafts Guild

  • 2002.06
  • Corporate body
  • 1961-1984

The St. Albert Arts and Crafts Guild, a non-profit society, was founded in 1961 and registered under the Societies Act in 1962. The founding members saw a lack of art and cultural programming and facilities in the community and strived to fill that gap. Originally, children's classes were offered for free in the Community Hall. All funds for the organization were raised through fundraising efforts and nominal fees for the adult-oriented courses.

The purpose of the Guild is to:
Foster awareness and appreciation of arts and crafts within the community
Provide opportunity for residents to practices their crafts
Provide instruction in various arts at various skill levels
Provide exhibition opportunities.

The Guild grew quickly and eventually acquired their own studio building. Until 1977 the Guild ran all visual arts programs in St. Albert. In 1976 the Guild had a thousand people registered for classes.

When the St. Albert Place opened with its extensive facilities it was decided to dissolve the Arts and Crafts Guild. The Guild was replaced by separate guilds representing the various arts forms: painters, weavers, potters, etc. The Laubental Council was formed to coordinate the efforts of the various guilds.

St. Albert Cemetery

  • Corporate body

The cemetery is owned and operated by the City of St. Albert in the interest of the public. All monies received from Cemetery Services are utilized in the administration, development, extension and perpetual care of the cemetery.

St. Albert Cemetery

  • Corporate body
  • 1945 -

In 1946, the Edmonton Military Hospital (Jesuit College) was used as a tuberculosis treatment centre for Indigenous peoples in Alberta and the Western Arctic. Of the patients, a total of 98 Indigenous people who had died from TB and could not be returned home for burial were buried on federal land near the Indian Residential School which was operated by the United Church of Canada. Many of the people were buried in unmarked graves, especially Inuit. The Indian Residential School managing the site closed in 1968. In 1979, 2.56 ha were transferred to St. Albert for a civic cemetery. On June 22, 1990, a cairn recording the names of the individuals buried there was dedicated and the Indigenous Cemetery plaque unveiled. The St. Albert Cemetery is owned and operated by the City of St. Albert in the interest of the public. All monies received from Cemetery Services are utilized in the administration, development, extension and perpetual care of the cemetery.

St. Albert Centennial Committee

  • Corporate body
  • 1966

The City of St. Albert formed the St. Albert Centennial Committee for the purposes of organizing activities for Canada’s centennial as well as promoting the event and celebrating the event with the rest of Canada. The St Albert Centennial Committee was formed in April 1966 and its members included Mr. DF MacEachern, Mr. C Tennant, Mr. D Hunt, Mr. R Russell and Mr. G Curial.

St. Albert Children's Theatre

  • Corporate body
  • 1981 -

In 1978 the City of St. Albert introduced performing arts programs that were more relevant to community theatre. By 1979 the City had shifted the program’s emphasis to children’s theatre. In 1981 the City created a Cultural Leadership Coordinator position, which helped focus this programming to develop leadership skills in youth. This focus led to the inception of Imaginings — the City’s 1981 summer drama program. Imaginings presented St. Albert’s first all-children production, The Hobbit. From that, St. Albert Children’s Theatre was born.
In 1983 St. Albert Place opened its doors and St. Albert Children’s Theatre (SACT) became its "resident" company. SACT put on regular spring and winter productions. Also utilized were summer students interested in careers within the theatre community, giving them practical experience. As well as the larger productions produced by the theatre, the organization has also offered drama summer camps.

St. Albert Comets Hockey Club

  • Corporate body
  • 1976

St. Albert Comets Hockey Club was registered as a corporation with the Alberta Consumer and Corporate Affairs Companies Branch on June 7, 1976. The Comets were a member team of the Alberta Major Intermediate Hockey League (AMIHL). They operated under an executive of President, Vice President, Secretary Manager, Time Keeper, Goal Judges, Statistician, and an advertising committee of three persons. 20 players were involved. The financial responsibility of the club toward its players was to supply them with equipment and transportation only. The players did not contribute financially toward the club. They donated their time for practice and games, and helped the club by selling various types of raffle tickets. All executive and other members were local people. Of the 20 players, 7 were local and 13 were from the surrounding area.

St. Albert Community Band

  • MHM
  • Corporate body
  • 1970 -

The St. Albert Community Band was founded in 1970 by its first director, Gerry Wennes, two members of the Lions' Club, John Kaminski and William Cuts, and its president, Gerry Buccini. The Band has continued to grow from its original 25 members to its current membership of over 70 musicians. The Community Band features a concert band, a jazz band, and smaller ensemble groups.

St. Albert District Scouts

  • Corporate body
  • 6 Jun 1977 - Sep 2000

In 1961, the Landing Trail District was formed with the boundaries being North Saskatchewan River in the south, Highway 28 in the east, Highway 43 in the west, and North of Westlock to Farley in the north. St. Albert was in the centre of this new district and was the focal point for Scouting in the district. Landing Trail District's inaugural meeting was on Oct 24, 1961 at the Community Hall in St. Albert. Albin Henry was President, Richard Fowler was District Commissioner. The first Scouting groups in St. Albert were the 1st St. Albert and 2nd St. Albert, which used the basement of the Catholic church as their Scout hall.

On June 6, 1977, St. Albert was ratified as a District in its own right and the name for the District was chosen as "St. Albert District." Phil Sturgess was the President and Chairman, and Colin Ford was the District Commissioner. During the early period of Scouting, St. Albert Cubs and Scouts camped on an island at Island Lake. The island was renamed Nickerson Island after Leo Nickerson died at the Island Lake trying to rescue a Cub from drowning. The Leo Nickerson School is also named for him. In 1987, the first St. Albert District "Camp Bones Wolf Cub Camp" was held at Skeleton Lake. Four separate camps over a month period were held each year from then on through to 1994. In the 1999-2000 year, St. Albert had approximately 450 youth members and 130 adult members.

In September 2000, the Northern Region Scouting district became part of a larger Northern Lights Region to include St. Albert District as well. The St. Albert District Scouts was dissolved to become a part of this larger Area.

St. Albert Festival of the Arts society

  • MHM
  • Corporate body
  • 1979 - 1990

The Festival of the Arts was put on in July in St. Albert annually from 1979 as part of the Summer Games celebrations until 1990 when the Society folded. It included Craft Fair and Sale, Exhibitions of art, poetry contests, dinner theatre and music review, outdoor plays and variety shows, writer's seminar, photography contest, citizenship ceremony and concerts. Kathleen Rowlands was president for a number of years.

St. Albert Games Society

  • Corporate body
  • 1992-1994

On Feb. 3, 1992, St. Albert, Alberta, was declared the host city for the 1994 Alberta Winter Games. In June 1992, Bill Hole was named the Games Chairman. The St. Albert Games Society was incorporated on Dec. 17, 1992 to organize and manage the Alberta Winter Games, which were held on March 3-6, 1994 in various locations in St. Albert and Edmonton. There were indoor and outdoor competitive sports events for the Winter Games: Archery, 5-pin bowling, 10-pin bowling, Special "O" bowling, boxing, fencing, gymnastics, judo, karate, squash, table tennis, wrestling, curling, figure skating, hockey (male), hockey (female), ringette, speed skating, alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, luge, Nordic combined skiing, and freestyle skiing. In addition to sports events, the St. Albert Games Society also organized cultural and promotional events alongside the Winter Games. The Games office was officially opened on March 3, 1993 at 20B Sir Winston Churchill Avenue.

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