After a decade in the role, Leanne Beaupre has stepped aside as reeve for the County of Grande Prairie. Taking a place at the head of council table is Robert Marshall, Division 5 councillor. The change took place at the annual organizational meeting on Oct. 24.Beaupre told Town & Country News she had “made my intentions clear […]
For the past 40 years, Kurt Balderston has been a fixture during harvest, farming malt barley and canola on the family farm near Sexsmith.It’s a lifestyle he says that he’s excited to never retire from, and it’s a commitment that received recognition from the County of Grande Prairie last month.Balderston family (Photo supplied)The Balderston family […]
Bilyana Coburn spoke to Grande Prairie city council last Monday (Oct. 17), looking for support in her efforts to collect donations for Ukraine.Coburn, a teacher at St. Catherine Cathollic School, ran a similar campaign there at Easter, where she collected funds and donations that were then given to people in Novyi Yarychiv, Ukraine, west of […]
The Grande Prairie Public Library is hosting an anonymous art show and sale, with proceeds to be split between the artists and the library.Some of the artists have committed to donating their portion of the funds raised to the library, said Clayton Tiro-Burns, GPPL teen and new adult librarian.“There are a few well-known local artists,” […]
Visitors and motorists through downtown Grande Prairie will be seeing new signs by the end of the month.Some $320,000 has been invested in the signage upgrade, the Grande Prairie Downtown Association (GPDA) last Thursday (Oct. 20).The former Welcome to Grande Prairie signage will be replaced with City Centre branding which will feature an outline of […]