The Town of Sexsmith is looking for public feedback as it ponders reducing seats around the council table. Residents are invited to an open house at 6:30 p.m. on March 12 in regards to draft bylaw no. 1070, which will have the local council reduced from seven members to five. The meeting is in council […]
Drones and artificial intelligence may play a role in the province’s additional $151 million investment into its wildfire response. Announced by the Minister of Forestry and Parks Todd Loewen in Grande Prairie on Friday (March 1), the funding will span three years. “The first priority of Alberta's government is to do all we can […]
The former QEII Hospital, Centre 2000 and Muskoseepi Park are among the many subjects explored in the latest art exhibit at the Centre for Creative Arts. More than 30 of Julius Miraflor’s watercolour paintings are on display at the centre until the end of the month in his solo exhibit Beauty in the Ordinary. “That […]
The Town of Wembley is waiting on grant funding before it can move forward with its prehistoric rebranding. Chief administrative officer (CAO) Noreen Zhang said the town has applied to the Northern and Regional Economic Development (NRED) program in pursuit of a rebranding initiative to embrace the rich world of paleontology surrounding Wembley. A program […]
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 […]