The annual Bust the Winter Blues Festival is being held this weekend.  The Committee’s Channa Senyk says Saturday is their busiest day starting with a pancake breakfast from 9 to 11 at the Friendship Centre and a Craft Show at St. Ann’s Hall from 10 to 4.  She adds the Border Explorers are having their poker derby starting at noon from the Victoria Inn and then go down to the Rotary Wheel from 1 to 3 for their Family Fun Day with lots of fun, the horses are coming, bunk hockey with the Bombers, there will be hot dogs, marshmallow roast and hot chocolate and lots of games,  Whist is at the Creighton Seniors Centre at 3, fireworks are going off at the Creighton Soccer Field at 7 and the Mardi Gras Family Dance from 7 to 9 at the Creighton Community Hall.

The Festival wraps up Sunday with snow drags on Ross Lake starting at 1, Spades at the Creighton Seniors Centre at 3 and cribbage at the Friendship Centre at 6.The Sunday fishing derby has been cancelled due to weather and slush conditions on the ice.