Sexsmith News Archive

Town & Country News has been recognized by the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association (AWNA) for its excellence in news and photography in 2024. Not a hospital: A complementary service to GPRH published July 4 by Austin Payeur was named Best Local News Story by the provincial association in 2024.    “Congrats to the newsroom for […]

Chautauqua Day returned to Sexsmith on Saturday with a pancake breakfast closely followed by a parade. 

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 because the jurisdiction […]

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 News that […]

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 do another […]

With summer around the corner, the crew at Camp Tamarack are preparing for a busy season.Camp Tamarack director Ken Belke said 2024 was a huge year for the campground.“Our growth was huge, and it continued to build,” he said.“Our school program just took off, we had schools participating from all over the region, and then […]

This weekend promises to be a hotbed of summer fun in the South Peace, with Beaverlodge and Sexsmith hosting their annual summer celebrations.This year in Sexsmith, the fun gets a headstart for its annual Chautauqua Day. The new Warm Up Party on Main Street Friday night will set the tone for the day ahead, reports  Sexsmith […]

A sod-turning ceremony took place this week to mark the beginning of construction for a $13 million residence that will provide accommodation for out-of-town patients and their families near the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital (GPRH). The Ken Sargent House, south of the hospital, will offer 21 suites for patients and their families. “As a family […]

After almost 25 years a show that brought dinosaurs to life on our television screens is returning, with a local dinosaur taking the spotlight.BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs will feature Wembley’s own Pipestone Creek bonebed and its locally unique dinosaur, the pachyrhinosaurus.“I really loved the original Walking with Dinosaurs, because it was the first time that […]

The graduates of Sexsmith Secondary School made their way through downtown Sexsmith on Friday. Sexsmith has 91 graduates this year.