Construction on the new Sunrise Youth Shelter is well underway, but one previous client of the service is looking to give back. Leona Lehoux, 27, is donating her time from her new painting business to give back to an organization that helped her get to where she is today.Leona Lehoux has offered her time to paint […]
A Grande Prairie school has donated more than 1,500 items to sick children at the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital.Riverstone Public School students presented the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation with 1,572 items on Monday that will go to pediatric patients. Principal Jill Burgess helps load a vehicle full of 1,572 items that will go to the […]
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital (GPRH) has been operating for a full year, and Town & Country News recently spoke to Alberta Health Services (AHS) about these past 12 months. Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Hospital stopped accepting patients at 6 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2021, marking the opening of its replacement across town.It would take approximately 11 […]
A Grande Prairie teacher is speaking out about the working conditions of substitute teachers in the province and locally. “The sub shortage is real, and so is the burnout inside every school,” writes Andrea Willman, a Grande Prairie teacher.“Because subs are not considered staff, we can never be viewed as more than first-year teachers seeking a […]