The Town of Sexsmith will reimburse a resident $1,250 after changes to its animal control bylaw banned invisible fences as a primary means of containment. On April 15, council moved to amend Animal Control Bylaw number 1079 after a resident complained about dogs contained by invisible fences. The complainant alleged that they felt unsafe walking […]
About $700,000 in provincial funding is missing for Grande Prairie area municipalities. Funding for water, wastewater and solid waste management is missing for the shareholders of Aquatera: the City of Grande Prairie, County of Grande Prairie, and the towns of Sexsmith and Wembley. “Because we don't directly own it, we're not getting credit for it,” […]
Chocolate cake, laughs and the opera is what you can expect from Grande Prairie Opera’s Double the Opera performances later this month. Double the Opera will have two short operas, Bon Apetit and The Telephone, on May 24 and 25 in Grande Prairie. “We're doing something a little bit different,” said Chelsie Pall, founder of […]
Ross Sutherland had heritage running in his veins, according to his niece Bunny Sutherland. “He was always very community-minded and grassroots-minded,” she remembered. “Heritage was so important to him. From his living room window you could see the house he was born in. “He died on the same land he was born.” More than a […]