News and Stories

Livestock on offer at Lakeland’s RoundUp sale
Students in Lakeland College’s animal science technology program are gearing up to put their learning into action at the 5th annual RoundUp Livestock Auction on March 22. The student-led event is a key piece of the college’s Student-Managed Farm – Powered by New Holland (SMF) experience....

Powering up a career in power engineering
Kateryna Svidrak is on her way to a career in power engineer, and she credits Lakeland College’s process and power engineering (PPE) program and Women Building Futures (WBF) for helping her get there. Svidrak moved to Lloydminster from her home in Ukraine in 2022. She finished her final year...

Women’s conference brings inspiration and opportunity
From health advice to financial advice and everything in between, the 14th annual Lloydminster Inspiring Women Conference on Feb. 4 had something for every woman in attendance – and for the administrative professional students who helped organize the event, it had a little something extra. Hands-on,...

Lindsey Fenez: Best vet tech in the west
Lindsey Fenez was born knowing what she wanted to be when she grew up. She spent her childhood on a grain farm outside Pennant, Sask., surrounded by every small animal species she could imagine. There were cats, dogs, birds, bunnies, lizards -- a little bit of everything. Animal care was always...

Lakeland’s Emergency Training Centre receives national award
Lakeland College Emergency Training Centre (ETC) has been nationally recognized with the Federal Emergency Management Exemplary Service Award for its decades-long contributions to emergency management in Canada. This prestigious award was presented in Ottawa Wednesday, Feb. 26 by the Ministry...