The Canadian Mental Health Association Northwestern Alberta (CMHA) received over $65,000 from fundraisers last weekend. The Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) brought in $35,000 last Saturday (Feb. 25), while later in the evening, the Grande Prairie Storm hosted Lift the Mask night, where Connor Mackenzie presented a cheque for the money raised to date […]
After hosting delegations throughout the day and into the evening, city council decided in the early morning hours of Tuesday it will be replacing the RCMP with its own municipal police service. At Monday’s regular council meeting, chambers were packed, filled mainly with people opposing a municipal police service. The debate went on late into […]
Family doctors plan to re-open the doors of the Beaverlodge Medical Clinic within the next month. Dr. Camellia Presley has worked in Hythe and Beaverlodge for the past decade, after commencing her career at the former medical clinic in Beaverlodge as a new grad. Now, she and doctors Robert Crowe, Florentina Duta and Saurabh Parmar […]
A baseball tournament last summer led to an open house last month as the Town of Sexsmith continues to pursue a ball diamond rental policy. In August of last year, seven citizens attended the council to speak against a disruptive baseball tournament, complaining of loud noise, littering, and damage to public and private property. Following […]
Elsa Robinson identifies first as an artist and she is proud to emphasize that. “I wanted to get my art into community,” said Robinson. She started by putting her art on t-shirts and selling them at farmer's markets but has since gone to displaying it across the province. A multidisciplinary artist Robinson is displaying her […]