Congratulations to the winners and all regional participants who took part in the Northeast Regional Skills Canada Competition held recently at the Portage College campus locations in St. Paul and Lac La Biche.

The Skills Canada and Skills Canada Alberta event showcased the incredible talents of high school students from across the region in skilled trades and technologies. Across the province, the competition covers 45 contest areas, drawing more than 700 students from 115 schools.

On Thursday, March 20, students from schools in the province’s northeastern region were at the St. Paul Portage College campus, competing in the Culinary Arts and Baking categories. The next day, the Lac La Biche campus hosted competitors in the carpentry, welding and hairstyling events. All of the competitions utilized the extensive on-site labs and workspaces available at Portage College.

Moving towards Team Alberta

The first, second and third place finishers from each Skills Canada event will move onto the provincial championships taking place May 7-8 at the Edmonton Expo Centre.

From events held at Portage College, those finishers include several students from Lloydminster’s Holy Rosary Catholic School, Vegreville Composite High School and Lloydminster Comprehensive (Lloyd Comp) High School. In the Baking competition, held at the St. Paul Portage College campus, it was Holy Rosary’s Ciara Robinson coming away with the first-place ribbon, followed by Lloyd Comp’s Nixin Schwenk and Vegreville Composite High School’s Aeryn Blair in third. Vegreville Comp's Allyson Hukulak took the first-place honours in the Culinary Arts competition, followed by Marion Lacson from Holy Rosary and Kenzie Wheaton from Lloyd Comp. At the Lac La Biche campus, it was Kaden Jameson and Conner Cherney from Holy Rosary finishing first and second in Carpentry, with Mason Byford from Lloyd Comp taking third. A similar Lloydminster sweep took place in the Hairstyling junior event, where Lloyd Comp’s Sophie Graham finished in top spot, ahead of Holy Rosary’s Brittney Basset and Lloyd Comp’s Manahil Mehmood in third. The Welding result was a clean sweep for Holy Rosary, with Isaac Jurke finishing in first, Damon Cey in second and Carter Harvie in third. 

Winners List

A full results list from all the regional events can be found at the Skills Canada Alberta website.

Local News Story

An article written by Lakeland This Week about the event can be found here: Trade skills event hosted at Portage College n St. Paul and Lac La Biche.

Flikr Photos

We’ve got photos in a Flikr folder of the competition and award highlights. Click the link to see the images: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC77SR