Community Futures St. Paul - Smoky Lake

09/03/2026

🔥 **THURSDAY — THE RODEO ACTION BEGINS!** 🤠🐂

Rodeo Week keeps rolling tomorrow with a full day of events around St. Paul — and it all leads up to **PERFORMANCE #1 of the LRA SHOWDOWN RODEO!** 🔥

🥞 29th Pancake Breakfast
🌶️ Chili Cook-Off
🛍️ Love Local Vendor’s Market
🐂 **LRA Showdown Rodeo — 1st Performance**

📅 **Thursday, September 3**
👇 Check out the poster for times, locations & details!

🎟️ **DON’T WAIT — GET YOUR RODEO TICKETS BEFORE YOU HEAD TO THE ARENA:**
https://events.frontdoorplus.com/event/2494

**It’s finally rodeo time, St. Paul! LET’S GO! 🔥🤠**

09/03/2026

🚀 Power Up Your Business This Fall!
Whether you’re running a growing company or launching a new idea, Power Up North 2026 is built to give you real, usable skills you can apply the moment you’re back at work.

At this year’s conference, you’ll learn how to:
✨ Strengthen your operations with practical, hands-on tools
✨ Improve your marketing, sales, and customer experience
✨ Build systems that make your business more resilient
✨ Apply proven strategies from experts who understand rural entrepreneurship
✨ Connect with business owners who face the same challenges you do

With keynote speakers Heather Thomson and Amanda Wagner, plus sessions led by industry pros and regional partners, you’ll walk away with insights you can immediately put into action.

📍 October 6 & 7, 2026 – Athabasca Regional Multiplex
🎟️ Tickets available now at https://www.powerupnorth.com/
Let’s build stronger businesses across Northern Alberta — together.

09/01/2026

📣 LOCAL BUSINESSES & ORGANIZATIONS — WE NEED YOU! 📣

Our annual Community Awareness events are happening September 9 & 10, and the deadline to register a table is quickly approaching!

We’re looking for local businesses, organizations, clubs, and community groups to join us and showcase what you do in our communities. Whether you’re sharing information, recruiting members, promoting your services, or simply connecting with local residents — we want you there! ❤️

⏰ Registration is closing soon, so don’t miss your chance to be part of this year’s Community Awareness!

👉 Register your table today and help us make this year’s event one to remember!

And if you’re a community member, mark your calendar and come see what’s happening right here at home! You never know what local programs, services, businesses, or organizations you might discover.

📍 St. Paul – September 9th
📍Elk Point – September 10th

09/01/2026

Rodeo week is kicking off here in St. Paul and we want to celebrate with an afternoon of free donuts, drinks, Giggy the mascot and more! We will be set up with the Servus Credit Union for their hamburger lunch 11am - 1:30pm.

Bring your friends, family and stop by for a fun afternoon this Wednesday September 2nd!

09/01/2026

🔥 **THIS IS RODEO.** 🔥

The **37th Annual Showdown Rodeo & LRA Finals** are coming to St. Paul! 🤠

⚡ Big rides. Big wrecks. Big crowds.
🏆 The best of the LRA battling for the FINALS.
📅 **September 3–6**

**DON’T WAIT FOR THE DOOR. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW.**

🎟️ https://events.frontdoorplus.com/event/2494

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08/31/2026

08/31/2026

🤠 RODEO WEEK IS ALMOST HERE, ST. PAUL! 🐂🎉

It’s not just a rodeo — it’s a FULL WEEK of events happening around St. Paul! Check out the official 2026 LRA Finals Schedule of Events and start making your plans for August 30 – September 6!

There is SO much happening throughout the week, including:

🐂 FREE Ranch Rodeo
🥞 Pancake Breakfasts
🍔 BBQs, community meals & Chili Cook-Off
🎶 Live Music & Rodeo Week Kick-Off Party
🛍️ Vendor Markets
🤠 5 LRA SHOWDOWN performances
🎉 Parade celebrating the Legion’s 100th
🏃 Rodeo Mile
🍺 AG Social House & Beer Gardens
🐐 Smitty’s Family Fun Zone
🍔 No Frills Rodeo Dinner
🎸 Big Dawg Afterparty — Live Band, DJ, Mechanical Bull & Caesar Bar
🙏 Cowboy Worship Service
➕ and even more happening throughout the week!

There’s something happening almost every day, so SAVE THIS SCHEDULE to your phone and share it with your rodeo crew! 📲

And if you haven’t purchased your rodeo tickets yet, don’t wait! We have sold out in previous years, and buying ahead means you know you’re in. 🎟️

👉 Rodeo & Afterparty Tickets:
https://events.frontdoorplus.com/event/2494

📅 August 30 – September 6, 2026
📍 St. Paul, Alberta

Eight days. One community. A whole lot of western fun. 🤠🔥

WHO’S READY FOR RODEO WEEK?! 🐂🙌

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