Langdon News

For the first time since the pandemic began, the Langdon Community Association (LCA) has announced the return of Hobby Days, a monthly event which provides a space for local artisans and crafters in Langdon to work on their chosen creative pursuit.

According to Terry Hillestad, the president of the East Rocky View Pickleball Club, the clinic is open to anyone in Langdon who wishes to try out the activity and learn the basics of how the sport is played. 

A cost analysis for snow removal service on a two-block section in Langdon will be discussed during Rocky View County's (RVC) 2022 budget deliberations in January.

A Langdon-area pianist and music teacher has received rock star recognition for his artistry after entering an online cover competition which ran during the month of October (Oct. 15 to 31).

The hamlet of Langdon lit it up Dec. 10 to 15 for the second annual Light Up Langdon contest, powered by the Langdon and District Chamber of Commerce.

The Dalemead Quilt Guild’s Comfort Quilt Committee, a coalition of quilters in southeast Rocky View County who make quilts for the greater good, sent out a call to local quilters to donate or sponsor a quilt in support of ICU nurses at South Health Campus.

“It’s just a lot of fun. Everyone really got into it last year. There were a lot of people who put up Christmas lights, and we encouraged people to drive around and look at the lights as well. It’s just an uplifting thing for the community.”

During the 2020-21 school year, a group of elementary school teachers at Sarah Thompson School in Langdon found success with a new way of learning making use of an interactive board game in the style of Dungeons and Dragons.

A Langdon-area equine facility is offering horse-drawn sleigh and wagon rides this holiday season, featuring traditional draft horses and sleigh bells in the snow.

Midfielder Mackenzie Georgsen, of Langdon, was a member of the SAIT Trojans women’s soccer team, who recently placed third at the 2021 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) national championships at Humber College, in Toronto.