One young Grande Prairie resident spoke to city council last week with an idea local dogs could really sink their teeth into. Eleven-year-old Brady McCorkle plans on adding four “take-a-stick, leave-a-stick” stations at local dog parks, offering prepared sticks for dog-owners to play with their canine companions. “Then the dog owners don’t have to walk […]
Construction is well underway on a new skilled trades training centre at Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP) as the college gets ready to welcome hundreds more students to its apprenticeship programs this fall. “Progress is going great. We’re on schedule, on budget,” NWP President and CEO Dr. Vanessa Sheane told Town and Country News. She said demolition […]
A $120,000 virtual cadaver will be a benefit for the newest and northernmost anatomy lab in Canada. On March 20, Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP) announced the grand opening of a new anatomy lab at the Grande Prairie campus, complete with an Anatomage Table donated by the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation (GPRHF). GPRHF director of operations […]
City council is asking the Alberta government for more information and a 60-day grace period after $1.4 million in funding for the Wapiti Community Support Association (WCSA) was suddenly ended. WCSA Board Chair Cassandra Alexopoulos and Project Lead Jared Gossen appeared before city council March 30 to ask for support with what Gossen called was […]
