The lights are up for a film festival to take place at the Grande Prairie Live Theatre (GPLT) this summer. The Peace Region Independent Media Arts Association (PRIMAA) Summer Film Festival June brings local filmmaking to the screen June 21. The festival will feature three films made during the annual Frantic48 Festival, which took place […]
Amenities to help Hythe residents keep their cool are in uncertain waters this summer. The Hythe Athletic Association (HAA) has kicked off fundraising efforts to replace the brine lines at the historic Hythe Memorial Arena, first opened in January 1950. “There are lines underneath that carry calcium to cool the ice, and they’re actually broken, […]
Though evacuees have returned to their homes, the Kiskatinaw River remains out of control as of press time. Residents in the area north of Twp Rd 710 to 740, east of the provincial border to Rge Rd 132, returned to their property June 13. As of press time, an evacuation alert for that area remains […]
Seven Sexsmith residents have spoken out against the town’s new policy about pets in municipal buildings. On March 17, the town passed the Pets on Municipal Property Policy that prohibited pets except service animals from town-owned buildings to control disruption and potential health hazards. Therapy animals are prohibited. “Service animals are completely separate from this […]
Nine days of hard work and planning on a La Glace farm last summer will take to the screen this month. Tough Love, the first feature-length film written, directed, and produced by Slave Lake filmmaker Sonja Jarrett, will see its premiere at the Douglas J. Cardinal Performing Arts Theatre on June 18. Jarrett told the […]
Sexsmith residents have a chance this summer to nominate a neighbour whose yard or garden makes for a beautiful space. The Communities in Bloom (CiB) Nominate your Neighbour contest will open on June 17 with residents able to nominate a neighbour or themselves for a chance to win one of six prizes. “We wanted to […]
