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The Sexsmith and Area Food Bank made its move to a new home on May 1. Volunteers helped carry boxes and set up shelves to bring the stored food from the food bank’s old location in a building adjacent to the Grace Bible Fellowship Church to a room in the Sexsmith Community Centre. Sexsmith Food […]

Local municipalities are grappling with rising infrastructure costs and less cash from the province.  The province is handing out about $4 million less to local municipalities in 2024 than it did in 2011.  “If we had the same infrastructure funding as we had back in 2011, then that's a huge property tax decrease we could […]

Over 90 youths were part of the search for the next generation of Canadian Olympians in Grande Prairie on Monday.  The RBC Training Ground at the Eastlink Centre was open for youths aged 14 to 25 to test their strength, power, endurance, and aerobic fitness. “It’s how we find and fund (future) Olympians,” said RBC […]

A barbecue on Saturday was the first step for one neighbourhood to become FireSmart. West of the city, the neighbourhood of Sunnybrook has been working to become the county’s first FireSmart community through the FireSmart Neighbourhood Recognition Program (NRP). “We’re getting people to come together today and we’re going to start the process of making […]

The National Aboriginal Hockey Championship brought the region over 350 athletes and officials. "This elite sporting event marks a significant milestone as it lands in Alberta for the first time in its history,” said City of Grande Prairie Mayor Jackie Clayton. Hythe Regional School’s Grade 3 Cree Language students performed a hello song and the […]