The provincial general election is scheduled for May 29, and in the South Peace, nominations are slowly trickling in. Grande Prairie MLA Tracy Allard said last month she would not be seeking re-election after revealing a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis. The United Conservative Party (UCP) has four candidates running for the nomination in the Grande Prairie […]
A police commission is now being established in the City of Grande Prairie after a new bylaw was passed on Monday. City council passed all three readings of Bylaw C-1455, which sees the creation of a police commission. “A really important concept of policing in our democracy is that politicians don't actually direct the police,” […]
Agricultural societies in the province could benefit from some provincial funding opportunities. On Feb. 28, Alberta’s 2023 provincial budget was tabled, and allocated $8,000,000 over the next three years for facilities owned by agricultural societies. The Agricultural Societies Infrastructure Revitalization program will help fund major repairs, renovations and energy efficiency upgrades at ag society owned […]
In the 1994 National Sports of Canada Act, lacrosse was named Canada’s national summer sport, alongside ice hockey as the country’s national winter sport. It’s one that’ll be sticking around in the County of Grande Prairie after being shuttered in the city. The Grande Prairie Lacrosse Association will be staging a season of youth lacrosse […]
Plans for an RCMP detachment in Clairmont are still in the early stages, according to the County of Grande Prairie. “We're still in the development phase in regards to building configuration and needs,” said Darryl Martin, county director of community services. He said finalizations have not been made, including a specific location for the detachment […]
City transit users will see an extension in service times within the next few months. On Monday, city council approved extending the current operating hours for transit to 11 p.m. on Monday to Saturday and starting earlier on Sundays. The new hours are expected to go into effect in May or June. “Council was eager […]
Grade 9 classes will be closed at St. Mary’s Catholic School in the coming school year, but principal Laura Houle-Tapson said the Sexsmith school will be no less viable. As of September, Grade 9 students will be bussed to St. John Paul II Catholic School on the north side of Grande Prairie. Based on enrolment […]
The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie’s (AGGP) latest exhibition, The Euphrates Storyteller, explores the life of artist Aboud Salman. Salman is a refugee from Syria; he was forced to leave his home in Al Mayadin in 2012 when ISIS took control of his town. An established artist and art teacher in Syria, Salman has displayed […]
On Saturday, March 4, nine participants sat down in the Sexsmith Shannon Municipal Library under the guidance of a pair of genies. That is, members of the Grande Prairie and District Branch of the Alberta Genealogical Society, there to give a crash course in ancestry. The purpose of the workshop was to help the participants […]
Stefan Caers has stepped up to serve as the new president of Beaverlodge Minor Soccer after a posting on social media last week nearly saw league play closed this spring. On March 1, Beaverlodge & Area Minor Soccer Association president Cyndi Corbett cited low board membership as well as “personal, medical, working and lack of […]