The Wembley Community Society’s (WCS) plans for a $526,000 playground at Wembley Elementary School will start to take shape this summer. After three years of fundraising efforts, WCS has raised over $150,000, allowing the first phase of playground reconstruction to take place in June, replacing playground equipment for pre-kindergarten to kindergarten aged students. WCS chair […]
There’s snow on the ground, but young football players across the county have dreams of green fields. The Sexsmith Football Club has opened up registration for both its atom and peewee leagues. “There’s been a ton of interest,” said club board member and coach Brent Richards. “We have the possibility of maybe having a third […]
The Canadian Motorcycle Tourism Association (CMTA) will receive the support of the County of Grande Prairie and Saddle Hills County ahead of a series of celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day and 42 veterans of the Blueberry Mountain area. CMTA executive director Renee Charbonneau said the association plans to hold three events in […]
Sunrise House Youth Emergency Shelter’s move into its new home just before Christmas “could not have happened at a better time,” reports Tanya Wald, executive director. The shelter is currently under capacity; if it were still in its old location, it would be over capacity. “We were sitting at capacity quite a bit at the […]
