The Coordinated Care Campus (CCC) will receive a new roof with council approving up to $780,000 from the Financial Stabilization Reserve at Monday’s council meeting. Council recently allotted an additional $1.14 million to the site to complete phase three of its construction at a special council meeting on Aug. 29. “The building condition assessment report […]
A group of nearly 100 gathered at the Sisters in Spirit Rock at Northwestern Polytechnic and then walked to the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre for candlelight vigil in honour of Sisters in Spirit Day Oct. 4. The day is meant to honour the lives of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, their families, loved […]
With the historic Dunes West wildfire in the rear view, efficient communication is an enduring lesson, said County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Chief Trevor Grant. The fire, which started on the banks of the Wapiti River May 5, burned for 13 days, forced the evacuation of over 1,200 residents, destroyed four homes and consumed […]
Housing and healthcare were common denominators in the resolutions passed at the Alberta Municipalities (ABmunis) 2023 Convention Sept. 27-29 in Edmonton. A pair of resolutions brought forward by the Town of Wembley and seconded by the Town of Sexsmith advocated for nurse practitioners and capital funding support for Housing Management Bodies (HMB). Town of Sexsmith […]