Beaverlodge News Archive

After an eight-month investigation police call “complex,” a 43-year-old Grande Prairie man has been charged in a double fatality crash on Hwy. 43 last summer. Edward Cameron is charged with two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and two counts of operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drug causing […]

A Valleyview library board member has resigned, stating the board is abusing its power, lacking transparency, dismissing public input, miscommunicating and intimidating the public.  Kelli Reimer resigned as a trustee on social media on March 4, after almost 15 years serving the library in different capacities. “Despite my commitment to advocating for library users and […]

Last Thursday’s provincial budget contained little that was new for the Grande Prairie region. Line items tagged for the South Peace were on health care and education. Some $189 million over three years has been allocated to the Beaverlodge Hospital replacement, the Mountview Health Complex. The province’s 2025 to 2028 business plan includes $43.8 million […]

For 20 years, Faris Jean Atkinson has worked in mental health promotion in one way or another. “Most of my life has been in healthcare and safety, and in 2000 my passion shifted over to mental health,” she said. “I’ve always been out in the community, doing something, and with every organization or company I’ve […]

The Hythe Heritage and Historical Society plans to move forward with disbanding following a low turnout at a Feb. 24 meeting scheduled to draw new members. “It didn’t go very well,” society president Christine Livingstone told the News. “We had one new member.” With current volunteers in their 80s seeking retirement, Livingstone said she had […]

A new podcast from the Resource Centre for Suicide Prevention (RCSP) is looking to help remove the stigma around improving mental health while also highlighting experiences and groups promoting mental health and research in northwestern Alberta.  Cara Jones, RCSP communications co-ordinator, is producing and hosting Starting Conversations.  “It's all about mental health because that's how […]

The Polar Plunge in support of Special Olympics Alberta and the Grande Prairie Special Olympics Summer Games at the Eastlink Centre in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. Over $20,900 was raised exceeding the $15,000 goal.The Grande Prairie Police Service was the top team raising $5,545.

Stakeholders of the Beaverlodge Hospital Foundation (BHF) were smiling widely last week after receiving a $100,000 donation from Whitecap Resources. BHF chair Susie Lefferson said the donation will go towards ‘enhancements’ to the Mountview Health Complex. “They turned up last week with one of those oversized checks already written out,” she said. “I was absolutely […]

It’s busy work, being a rural midwife, and it’s one full of stories. Deanna Reiswig said she and other registered midwives in the region face plenty of challenges in the field of rural midwifery. “Sometimes babies are born on the way to us, or us on the way to them,” she said. “We’ve had midwives […]

The Town of Sexsmith will not contribute to funding for the Grande Spirit Foundation (GSF) bussing service. On Jan. 22, GSF asked town council to provide an annual grant or assistance toward operation of its 20-person passenger bus that provides transportation services for senior residents in the city and county of Grande Prairie as well […]