Photo by Austin PayeurOn Dec. 24 of 1931, temperatures dropped as low as -23 C in Beaverlodge. The world had started its trudge through the Dirty 30s, and families across the world felt the pangs of the Great Depression.But on the front page of The Grande Prairie Herald that day, a sliver of Christmas news […]
The Grande Prairie Friendship Centre is launching a podcast in the new year that will explore various issues from a youth perspective. The Peyakôskân Podcast Initiative is looking to gather local youth from different cultural backgrounds to interview people in the community - and outside of it - on a wide variety of topics. Cara Jones, Peyakôskân […]
For the past 25 years, Sexsmith residents have always been able to find Kathy Black behind the counter or in the halls of the Sexsmith Shannon Municipal Library.Currently serving as supervisor of customer services, Black started her career at the library not long after moving out to Sexsmith with husband Bruce Black, now a town […]
Those who find themselves passing by the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie (AGGP) will now be greeted by even more artwork. The wall outside of the gallery, inside Montrose Cultural Centre, is now displaying works from the TREX (Travelling Exhibition) Northwest.Jamie-Lee Cormier, Traveling Exhibitions Program Northwest curator, finishes the installation of the first exhibition “Winter Wonderland” […]
Farming families have been decrying the death of three horses in the South Peace this month.Craig Nelson, who lives in the Bear Lake area west of Sexsmith, says that he found his horses wounded on Dec. 3 as he went to roll out some round bales for the animals.“I was taking the tractor and I […]