Seventeen years ago, Beaverlodge Fire Department captain Stan Metcalfe first stepped into a fire engine and got ready for his first call. He and two other firefighters climbed aboard the engine and raced down main street to what they thought was a structure fire. The actual source of the smoke? “It turned out it was […]
Locals came out to Saskatoon Lake Community Hall for a Family Day pancake breakfast on Monday. Games were also available to play for some family fun time. Locals dish up a pancake breakfast. (Photo by Austin Payeur) Mike and Mariya Forrest, 9, enjoy their breakfast. (Photo by Austin Payeur) Jessica and Sawyer Blake, 3, pose […]
The opening of the Wembley Medical Clinic has attracted the interest of the CBC. Nurse practitioners (NP) Chantelle Gray and Tegan Ruether are set to be interviewed next month for White Coat, Black Art, a radio documentary series on CBC Radio One hosted by Dr. Brian Goldman. “The producer had reached out to us and […]
Grande Prairie Live Theatre (GPLT) is looking for a new home to house props and furniture used in its productions. For years, those have made their home in the Wyvern Building, a 200 sq m storage building on 102 St. The city-owned building is a concern for theatre board members structurally. They believe that the […]
The recall campaign for Grande Prairie MLA Nolan Dyck reached the finish line this week with about 1,000 signatures on the petition, campaign lead Casey Klein told the News Tuesday. The results are well short of the 9,427 signatures required by Feb. 19 but Klein said organizers “understood from the beginning that the recall process […]