The Beaverlodge Community Centre, pool and arena will all see increases in fees for users this September. Fees for fitness groups renting the banquet room at the Community Centre will increase from $25 to $50 per hour, while rental of the kitchen alone will increase from $30 to $50 per hour. Council approved changes to […]
Beaverlodge Fire Services has reported a 46.15 per cent decrease in call volume in January. In its January 2026 fire service review to Beaverlodge town council this week, the department responded to 11 incidents within town limits, including nine medical co-response incidents, one monitor alarm and one service call. The department also responded to three […]
He does tricks. He’s housebroken. He’s hypoallergenic. And for the past two months, the newest addition to the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation’s (GPRHF) therapeutic clowning program has been hard at work bringing comfort and distraction to young patients. In December, the GPRHF received $10,000 in funding through the Global Cellulose Fiber’s Giving Fund in […]
The Town of Fairview and northwestern Alberta heaved a collective sigh of relief Tuesday afternoon when the province announced the Northwestern Polytechnic campus there would survive. Northern Lakes College (NLC) will be the new post-secondary learning provider at the campus, currently operated by NWP which announced in October it would close the campus at the […]
Seventy-five young athletes from the South and Central Peace participated in the 2026 Arctic Winter Games March 8 to 15 as part of Team Alberta North, bringing home 39 gold knife-shaped “ulu” medals, 42 silver, and 47 bronze. The games, held in Whitehorse, saw teams from Alberta, Alaska, Greenland, Sápmi, the Northwest Territories, Nunavik, Nunavut […]