A group of volunteers is giving rides to those who need to get to their flu shots this season. Drive Happiness, which began its operations in the Grande Prairie area in April, is for seniors but now the organization has expanded to include anyone of any age who needs to update their vaccinations. “From now […]
County of Grande Prairie’s new Reeve Bob Marshall says the preliminary budget it adopted on Wednesday (Dec. 5) was able to maintain a zero per cent tax increase by setting priorities and dipping into savings. “We know households and businesses are facing increased costs, just like our administration,” Marshall says. $3.33 million (for the final […]
Six South Peace residents were some of more than 150 Albertans presented with the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal late last month in Edmonton. The ceremony, hosted by Alberta Municipalities (ABmunis), presented the medals to recipients from across central and northern Alberta, as well as past ABmunis presidents and lifetime members. “(This) medal ceremonies […]
Grande Prairie moviegoers lined up at the theatre Friday night, and it wasn’t the newest superhero flick or Disney princess film. Instead, it was for a locally based film by a Peace region born and raised director. Aaron James wrote and directed the film Guitar Lessons, which was also filmed in the Peace region. Aaron […]
A replacement for the aging Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital is one step closer this week. Today, Alberta Health Services (AHS) announced it has signed a letter of intent to become an anchor tenant in the Mountview Health Complex. Beaverlodge Mayor Gary Rycroft stands outside the Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. Rycroft is happy […]
Winter has come to the South Peace, and Beaverlodge Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) is trying to keep driveways clear for its residents. FCSS has launched the first year of a snow angel program, and is asking both for seniors and residents with physical disabilities and for volunteers willing to shovel to reach out. […]
Over $20,000 was raised in October for the Stollery Children’s Hospital by one Sexsmith Secondary School student, and she says that it’s just one step she’s made in paying back the hospital for a transplant she received in her childhood. Tylynn Hollingshead was three when she received a liver transplant as a result of a […]
South Peace schools have received approximately $500,000 in mental health support from Alberta Education. The Grande Prairie Public School Division (GPPSD) and Grande Prairie and District Catholic School’s (GPCSD) partnered with Alberta Health Services (AHS) to create four new positions (two in each division) for dedicated addictions counsellors in its high schools. Counsellors will work […]
The Peace Wapiti School Division received approximately $700,000 over two years from Alberta Education which will go towards hiring an outreach team leader and three family support workers. “The grant was given to us to help address students who have lost engagement with school during COVID,” said Shawn O'Shea, assistant superintendent. “It could encompass everything […]
Town of Sexsmith council is taking a proactive approach when it comes to community inclusion. After coun. Dennis Stredulinsky moved that Mayor Kate Potter reach out to cultural groups in town, the initiative to begin building connections with council and community is moving forward. Its roots go back to a proposal brought to council last […]