It pays to be squared at the Centre for Creative Arts (CFCA). This year is the gallery’s 10th year of Art Squared, its annual silent auction fundraiser, where artists across the Peace region donate their square 16x16 creations. “We’ve got pieces by so many great artists,” said Kiren Niki Sangra, CFCA curator. Kiren Niki Sangra, […]
Sexsmith mayor Kate Potter and Wembley coun. Anna Underwood have been travelling the province, looking for the hidden gems in Alberta municipalities as the MuniciPals. In August, the two set off on a trip in an electric car to visit and record some communities for social media, visiting Lacombe, Caroline, Edson, Barrhead and Calmar. At […]
Kathleen “Kay” Shannon was a dedicated member of the Sexsmith community. Whenever she had the time, she was curling at the local rink or lending a hand to the Lutheran Church and the library. In the memories of her son, Kelly Shannon, she was a dedicated, hardworking wife, and a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and […]
City council received an update on its advocacy concerns at Wednesday’s (Aug. 23) Committee of the Whole meeting. The city’s advocacy updates included work on electricity distribution and transmission rates, attraction and retention of healthcare workers, local government funding framework, industrial attraction, improved rail services, daycare shortages and housing funding. Power parity A preliminary report […]