Thursday saw four new murals go up in Beaverlodge, making for a total of 15 in the community. Three are painted by local artist Suzanne Sandboe, as a tribute to W.G. McFarlane who famously surveyed the Peace River country in 1909-1910. “He had one of the largest contracts to survey back in the days,” Sandboe […]
A new $17 million state-of-the-art instrumentation lab opened Sept. 3 at Northwestern Polytechnic. Along with tours of the new facility, Minister of Advanced Education Myles McDougall announced an additional $1 million to support the planning phase of further trades expansions at the school. “With demand for skilled workers at an all-time high, creating new opportunities […]
A local junior cattle club is settling into its second year of operation. The River Bend Jr. Cattlemen’s Club (RJBCC) was founded in 2024; club founder Chanley Jassman said organizers appreciated the structure of the iconic 4-H beef club but desired more autonomy to establish their own bylaws specific to their location and group needs. […]
We are honoured to have a returning Peace Country artist as our September Main Gallery exhibitor. The Joy of the Journey - 3 Phases is on display now, by Carmen Haakstad. Born in Sexsmith, Carmen now lives in Grande Prairie with his wife, Gail, where they raised three daughters together. Carmen is well known […]
It takes a village: Nearly 23,000 kg of potatoes were free for the taking across the South and Central Peace this week. Thanks to Second Harvest Food Rescue, Veterans Memorial Gardens and dozens of local volunteers, hundreds of residents showed up Tuesday, Sept. 2 to help themselves to some spuds. Locals could swing by the […]
Local paleontologists and residents have made some prehistoric discoveries this summer that may hold significance in understanding what the region looked like millions of years ago “We’re on track to probably get close to 700 fossils out this summer,” said Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum (PJCDM) curator Emily Bamforth. The bones of a Pachyrinosaurus lakustai […]
