As the wooden frame of what will soon be the Maskwa Medical Center (MMC) went up near the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital last week, local municipal partners have been taking another look at their previous bylaws regarding how to best support the first-of-its-kind medical facility in the north. The County of Grande Prairie, Saddle Hills […]
Grande Prairie skateboarder Codey Inman led a class at the Keyara Place on Saturday in partnership with the YMCA of Northern Alberta - Grande Prairie. Youths could come out to the centre for the free workshop teaching the fundamentals of skateboarding for all skill levels. Codey Inman takes to the ramps while students watch on. […]
Workers at Prairie Lake Seniors Community in Grande Prairie are hoping to unionize. The Alberta Provincial Union of Employees (AUPE) filed an application to unionize Prairie Lake employees on March 30. Prairie Lake has 62 independent living suites (one-bedroom and two-bedroom) and 145 Type A and B suites (studio and one-bedroom). The seniors’ community employs […]
The director of the Grande Prairie Public Library says the provincial government is offering a solution to a problem that doesn't exist with a new bill to put extra age-based restrictions on library materials. Bill 28, the Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, will require Alberta libraries to physically segregate some books the government […]
More than 20 female high school students from across the Peace got some hands-on trades training including woodworking projects, touring a work site with HWD Construction and diagnosing farm equipment issues at PrairieCoast Equipment in Grande Prairie last week. Hosted by CAREERS The Next Generation, the Young Women in Trades and Technologies Camp ran from […]
What does a stump reveal about our connection to nature? In the woods of Goodfare, local artist David McGregor stumbled into this question after carving shallow bowls into a series of stumps with a chisel in 2021. “We mostly live with wood heat so I harvest my own firewood, and usually I selectively cut trees […]
One Grande Prairie band is getting in some practice before they plan on taking to the stage in Scotland next year. Grande Prairie & District Pipe & Drums pipe major David McLean said the band will compete in the 2027 World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow. 2027 will be the second time the band, consisting […]
One young Grande Prairie resident spoke to city council last week with an idea local dogs could really sink their teeth into. Eleven-year-old Brady McCorkle plans on adding four “take-a-stick, leave-a-stick” stations at local dog parks, offering prepared sticks for dog-owners to play with their canine companions. “Then the dog owners don’t have to walk […]
Construction is well underway on a new skilled trades training centre at Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP) as the college gets ready to welcome hundreds more students to its apprenticeship programs this fall. “Progress is going great. We’re on schedule, on budget,” NWP President and CEO Dr. Vanessa Sheane told Town and Country News. She said demolition […]
A $120,000 virtual cadaver will be a benefit for the newest and northernmost anatomy lab in Canada. On March 20, Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP) announced the grand opening of a new anatomy lab at the Grande Prairie campus, complete with an Anatomage Table donated by the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation (GPRHF). GPRHF director of operations […]