Food banks in Beaverlodge and Sexsmith will receive a Christmas donation from Canadian Tire Grande Prairie for the first time this December.Both the Sexsmith and Area Food Bank and the Beaverlodge Food Bank will receive a donation of $3,000 as part of Canadian Tire’s annual tradition called the 12 Days of Giving, where 12 local […]
A Grande Prairie Public School Division (GPPSD) teacher is one of five recipients of a prestigious national indigenous educator award.Krista Umble, Indigenous Programming Division Co-ordinator, received Indspire’s prestigious Guiding the Journey: Indigenous Educator Awards at the 2024 National Gathering in Winnipeg Nov. 20-24.Indspire, a national charity dedicated to advancing the education of First Nations, Inuit, […]
A report on potential revenue and expense of adding paid parking to downtown Grande Prairie was presented to the Public & Protective Services committee Nov. 26.The report looked into the history of downtown paid parking which began in the 1960s. In 2017, parking meters were removed as part of the city’s Downtown Rehabilitation and Streetscapes […]
A $20,000 renovation is set to take place at the Sexsmith arena this winter.On Nov. 18, Sexsmith town council approved funding of up to $19,500 for the replacement of stairs at the entrance leading up into the bleachers and down into the changing rooms and access to the ice surface.Sexsmith arena manager Clint Froehlick said […]