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The Town of Sexsmith will be applying for about $1.3 million to build 33 new housing units over the next three years. Sexsmith council decided Aug. 12 to apply for the federal government’s Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) after a second round opened to applicants who were unsuccessful in the first round. “We know that houses […]

Live music, community art making, art demonstrations of pottery, weaving and glass work are just some things people can expect for Culture Days at the Beaverlodge Arts and Culture Centre (BACS).  The two-day event Sept. 7 and 8 will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. “People can just pop in and check it out,” […]

Borstad Hill in Muskoseepi Park was full of music lovers for the Bear Creek Folk Festival over the weekend. The three-day musical festival sold out and featured artists such as Jann Arden, Emerson Drive and Alan Doyle.

The landscape outside the historic grain elevator in Sexsmith changed last Wednesday when the Sexsmith and District Museum Society added a locomotive engine and dining car next to the caboose at the train station.  Two large cranes simultaneously picked up the 246,000-pound locomotive and perfectly placed it down on the tracks. They then repeated the […]

The County of Grande Prairie is asking residents for input on the future of its electoral boundaries this month. The province is requiring the county to review its electoral division boundaries before the 2025 municipal election to determine if there is a population imbalance among divisions after it absorbed the Village of Hythe which was […]