At dusk, on November 11, bells across Canada will be ringing to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.

     St. Anthony’s Parish in Drumheller will be participating in the ceremony called Bells of Peace, emulating the moment in 1918 when church bells across Europe tolled as the fighting ceased in the war to end all wars.

     St. Anthony’s Pastor Father Fernando Genogaling explains the church was approached by the local Legion, and then the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops also said the Catholic Church would participate nationally.

    “It is important because these soldiers dedicated their life for the country, for the freedom. For what we have now, they sacrificed their lives,” said Father Fernando.

He explains the  Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops outlines the protocol for the ceremony.

The bells will begin to toll at sunset, precisely at 4:46:15 p.m. and will ring 100 times to commemorate the signing of the Armistice that ended the war. The bell will ring in five-second intervals.

Not only will the bell ring, but Father Fernando says parishioners who wish to participate will be praying.

“I think that it is important not only that we are ringing the bell but we are praying the rosary,” he said.

Everyone is welcome to come for the ceremony or to pray. The church will be open at 4:30 p.m. on November 11.

Greentree Mall tenants have received eviction notices and will be moving out of the mall by March next year.

The three remaining businesses at the mall: Kreations Photography, Greentree Dental, and Mark’s were given notice on October 29, but they say it wasn’t really a surprise.

“It was only a matter of time,” says Kreations Photography owner Christina Crossey.  “They’re not going to keep the mall open just for me.”

She says despite the news being expected, it’s still something for her to process.

“You know it’s coming but when it’s on paper it’s real.”

She will be searching for a new location and plans to continue doing business.

Those three businesses are the last remaining at the mall, which is owned by Westview Co-op. The Drumheller Co-op operated at the location since 1978 and Greentree Mall was an active shopping centre since then, but the number of vendors have slowly decreased since the closure of the Co-op last year led to a migration of businesses from the mall.

“When the Co-op closed, everything just died. We lost traffic and everyone moved downtown,” says Crossey.

Greentree Dental says they had already been planning their relocation to a different facility downtown due to their needs, and the notice of eviction did not affect their decision.

Mark’s will move in the spring next year to a new building currently under construction near Canadian Tire.

Westview Co-op, who owns the mall, could not be reached for comment as of press time.