City council is asking the Alberta government for more information and a 60-day grace period after $1.4 million in funding for the Wapiti Community Support Association (WCSA) was suddenly ended. WCSA Board Chair Cassandra Alexopoulos and Project Lead Jared Gossen appeared before city council March 30 to ask for support with what Gossen called was […]
Northern Lakes College (NLC) may have saved Fairview Campus but its vet tech program is being put to pasture. At least, for now, say community stakeholders. The province announced on March 17 that NLC would be the new provider of instruction in Fairview this fall. After Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP) announced last October it would close […]
The Sexsmith Tumbling Club is on the hunt for a new home. Club president Brandi Mankelow said the organization was told on March 13 that the building it has been leasing since 2022 had been sold. The club received a notice to vacate by the first week of April. The downtown building used to house […]
A successful skiing season has closed with a competition to name the three new trails on Spring Lake Ski Hill north of Hythe. Spring Lake Ski Hill Board President Kara Teare said the board shortlisted four names out of 120 submitted before putting the final vote to social media. “We really see ourselves as a […]