Grande Prairie Storm goalie Connor Mackenzie is used to blocking pucks but is now opening up with local youth on mental health. The 20-year-old is in his last season of junior hockey and wanted to give back to the community that has supported him for the last two years. More than $20,000 has already been […]
How do you spend 100 years? If you had 100 years to live, what would you do with that time? How would you make sure it was time well spent? It’s difficult to imagine a better answer than that reflected in the life of local centenarian Iva Foster. Iva, who was small in stature and […]
Kleskun Hill Museum Society president Jim Robertson says that following the society’s annual general meeting on Feb. 1, the society is planning to open the museum’s doors again in the early part of May. Over the past few years, Robertson says that the museum was open on an “as needed” basis. “If people wanted to […]
Four murals and other artistic ambitions are in the plans of the Beaverlodge Mural Foundation for the next year. These include a mural west of Anna’s Pizza by artist Helen Teichroeb, as well as murals created by the Beaverlodge Art Club, the Beaverlodge Regional High School art class, and award-winning artist Suzanne Sandboe. The mural […]
Following a $500,000 grant presentation last month, the doors of the La Glace arena project are finally open to the public, albeit in an unexpected way. On Jan. 27, the province provided more than $700,000 in funding for three community projects in the County of Grande Prairie through the Community Facility Enhancement (CEFP) grant. Grande […]