Grade 9 classes will be closed at St. Mary’s Catholic School in the coming school year, but principal Laura Houle-Tapson said the Sexsmith school will be no less viable. As of September, Grade 9 students will be bussed to St. John Paul II Catholic School on the north side of Grande Prairie. Based on enrolment […]
The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie’s (AGGP) latest exhibition, The Euphrates Storyteller, explores the life of artist Aboud Salman. Salman is a refugee from Syria; he was forced to leave his home in Al Mayadin in 2012 when ISIS took control of his town. An established artist and art teacher in Syria, Salman has displayed […]
A bylaw to help curb loitering outside of Sexsmith businesses was given its first reading earlier this month. In April 2022, the town received complaints from businesses along the highway regarding teenagers congregating in the parking area across from the businesses during lunch hour. Town of Sexsmith Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Hasan Akhtar said that […]
On Saturday, March 4, nine participants sat down in the Sexsmith Shannon Municipal Library under the guidance of a pair of genies. That is, members of the Grande Prairie and District Branch of the Alberta Genealogical Society, there to give a crash course in ancestry. The purpose of the workshop was to help the participants […]
Ever since Sid and Anna Drysdale came up to the Peace Region in 1928, the Drysdale family has farmed in the County of Grande Prairie. From Sid, the reins of the farming legacy were passed down to his son, Norman. It’s a legacy that Norman’s son Ken has continued after a successful pipeline career in […]