The doors of the Spirit River Secondary School were first opened on Dec. 11 of 1970. Fifty years later, former students have been invited to a reunion this July. Organizer Ed Zaichkowsky said that while he hoped to see plenty of former students who graduated from the school from 1971 to 1981, students from across […]
Almost 100 Clairmont residents have signed a petition to lower speed limits in the community. Since mid-April, resident Casey Howson has been going door-to-door with a petition for residential roads in Clairmont north of 100 Ave. to be reduced to 30 km/h. “A crash at 50 km/h has only a survival rate of 15 to […]
With the construction of the new Teepee Creek Fire Station expected to be completed near the end of this summer, County of Grande Prairie council officially borrowed $4.45 million to ensure that happens. After passing first reading of Bylaw #3263 – Teepee Creek Firehall Borrowing Bylaw at its Dec. 15, 2025, regular meeting, council voted […]
County approves funding request for $63,978 at May 4 meeting The County of Grande Prairie is giving the Grande Prairie Regional Agricultural and Exhibition Society (GPRES) a boost that will put efforts to finance its cellular connectivity upgrade project at Evergreen Park over the top. At its May 4 regular meeting, council approved the funding […]
County puts $250,000 to trail connector project The trail that will connect to the newly constructed pedestrian bridge over the Wapiti River along Hwy. 40 won’t be the same as originally envisioned but will still provide a vital piece of the Wapiti Trail System that connects the whole region to the river valley. County of […]