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 […]
The Town of Sexsmith will be pursuing a joint application with the County of Grande Prairie to apply for an Alberta Community Partnership (ACP) grant. During the council meeting last week, Sexsmith coun. Bruce Black made the motion, which would see funds used to support projects in Sexsmith’s 2018 Stormwater Master Plan and Basin Study. […]
November’s Family Violence Prevention Month may be in the rear-view mirror until 2023, but ample resources and supports exist in the South Peace 12 months a year. Pace Community Support, Sexual Assault and Trauma Centre (PACE) executive director Jacquie Aitken says treatment programs dealing with sexual abuse, as well as a safe visitation program for […]
A new transportation service for seniors in the Grande Prairie region is looking for volunteers. Drive Happiness is a volunteer-run service that helps seniors facing financial barriers or restricted mobility get to medical appointments. “It's so simple for me to get my car keys and go out when I need to go to the store […]
For Sexsmith residents, it was four days without potable water. For Aquatera, it was a bit more momentous. The boil water advisory issued for Sexsmith on Oct. 27 was the first in the company’s 20-year history. The advisory, which was deployed after a water main break, was lifted Oct. 30. Aquatera chief executive officer Vaughn […]
An all-girls team is taking to Sexsmith ice for the first time in 15 years. The Sexsmith U11/U13 split female hockey team has 18 players, including the daughter of head coach Jesse Morgan. Morgan says that he was inspired to start up the team over the summer, noting that there has been a lack of […]
Both Beaverlodge and Sexsmith have swept up a pair of their own Olympic curling stars, with Beaverlodge’s Geoff Walker and Sexsmith’s Kristie Moore. It’s a spirit that both communities hope to carry on in through nurturing youth curling clubs. Amanda Sparks runs the junior program for the Sexsmith Curling Rink, which is going to be […]