A $60,000 facelift is set to take place at the Northern Alberta Railway (NAR) Station in Sexsmith this fall. On Sept. 8, town council moved to redirect $22,800 allocated in the 2026 capital budget to the Sexsmith & District Museum Society as well as an additional $16,835 from capital reserves to fund renovations to the […]
Goodfare artist Mimi Zhang-Mackie’s watercolour painting, Piggyback, is among only 75 chosen to be included in a major online international watermedia exhibition that opens next month. Juror Dongfeng Li has chosen 75 watermedia paintings from 613 entries into Northwest Watercolor Society’s (NWWS) 86th International Open Exhibition. The entries represent artists from three-quarters of the US […]
While collection days and service contractors will stay the same, residents around the province can expect a new, enhanced recycling program that will be more convenient and will accept more materials, starting Oct. 1. The changes come as the province moves into Phase 2 of implementing its new recycling regime after Phase 1 was deemed […]
It has been known by many names over the years, but no matter what the masthead has said, or who has been in charge, the mission of the local newspaper remains the same — attend and report on the local happenings of a community for the people who live there. That’s what Trevor Harris had […]
The City of Grande Prairie is once again investigating a “suspected release” into the Bear River after a “visible sheen” was reported Sept. 6. “Transportation staff have installed sorbent boom sets at several locations to help contain and capture the released product, including at Outfall 3 near the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital site, near Rotary […]