A controversial Confined Feeding Operation (CFO) in Saddle Hills County by the Hutterian Brethren of Timberline just off the Peoria Road east of Hwy. 2 will go ahead. The Natural Resource Conservation Board (NRCB) handed down its approval of the application July 29. It comes after 25 landowner objections were filed to the project that […]
When Canadian country music star Brett Kissel tells you to raise your glass, have a good time, and sip a little sunshine, you raise your glass and you drink that sunshine down. Kissel headlined the County of Grande Prairie’s 75th anniversary celebration at Evergreen Park Aug. 21-22, a two-day recognition of how far the county […]
It’s already been a few weeks since Diana Hartinger went to renew her driver’s licence and was asked to prove her citizenship, something she’s never been asked to do before and certainly didn’t expect. Since then, she’s learned a lot about Alberta’s new integrated identification cards. Since July 2, newly issued Alberta driver’s licences and […]
Submitted by West Peace Medical Centre, Beaverlodge AB The recent Emergency Department closures at Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital are understandably concerning for our community. The primary challenge is not a lack of commitment from the physicians practising in Beaverlodge, but rather the difficulty of maintaining a complete Emergency Department schedule while relying on locum physicians to […]