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Town & Country News recognized for excellence

September 28, 2023
Your own community weekly earned some hardware recognizing our content last Friday.  Town & Country News reporters Jesse Boily and Austin Payeur won awards at the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association’s (AWNA) Better Newspapers Competition (BNC) Awards of Excellence as well as photography honours. Boily’s photo Smoker fights fire earned first place in the Spot News […]

First steps made for Beaverlodge walking trails

September 28, 2023

The first steps were made on the future site of Beaverlodge’s walking trails last week. As part of their Terry Fox Run on Sept. 21, students, parents and teachers of the Beaverlodge Elementary School headed west of the Ed Brown and Ed Hotte Ag Complex, with trail markers made by the Community Enhancement Committee. Committee […]

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GPREP manager wins federal award

September 28, 2023

Jennifer Wood, the woman behind the scenes of the Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership (GPREP), is being honoured by the federal government with an Emergency Management Exemplary Service Award (EMESA). While an award ceremony was hosted in Ottawa Sept. 7, Wood remained in the region as she manages wildfire evacuees from the Northwest Territories. Wood […]

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Beaverlodge water meter system enters fifth month of "technology" issue

September 28, 2023

The Town of Beaverlodge is entering its fifth month dealing with a failure in its water meter reporting system.  Now, residents are being encouraged to send photos of their water meters into the town.  “All the meters are working within the houses,” said Town of Beaverlodge Chief Administrative Office (CAO) Jeff Johnston. “It’s just the […]

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Betty Wathen: "Betty from Wembley Greenhouses: 1942-2023

September 28, 2023

To many Wembley residents, Betty Wathen was always “Betty from Wembley Greenhouses.” “They may not even have realized what her last name was,” her daughter, Nina Wathen, remembered. “She was the go-to person long before Google; if you had a problem with a tree, or a petunia, or flower, you went to Betty from Wembley […]

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