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$50k grant to Camp Tamarack

January 23, 2025

Kitchen and space upgrades are coming to Camp Tamarack thanks to a $50,000 Champion Grant, expanding the camp and ensuring visitors of all ability can have some summer fun. The camp, located south of Grande Prairie and off Hwy. 40, was founded in 1979 and dedicated to serving children with and without disabilities. It currently […]

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Sexsmith Council highlights for Jan. 20

January 23, 2025

Sexsmith elevator offer (File Photo by Jesse Boily) Council moved to prepare an offer to purchase a 1.26-acre parcel of land on which the grain elevator sits for $75,000, with funds coming from capital reserves. The land is currently owned by Canadian National Railway (CN). If sold, CN wants to retain an easement by the […]

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OPINION: Lynchian 2025 

January 23, 2025

Buckle up because if the first three weeks of 2025 have been a ride for you, then you’re in for a year. It feels like we are on a roller coaster, and all you can see is the sky and hear a consistent click before we drop down and begin a wild ride. Donald Trump’s […]

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150 km/h on ice: Ice racing returns to Clairmont Lake

January 16, 2025
Large metal spikes protrude from the tires as the motorcycles line up to race on the frozen Clairmont Lake.  Racers will reach speeds of about 150 km/h on the 7.2-kilometere track, which is about 12 metres wide and was created only days earlier. “It's pretty high speed and obviously dangerous,” says Dwayne Hausler, Wapiti Off-road […]

County to pay for RCMP policing now that Clairmont pop. above 5,000

January 16, 2025

The province requires the County of Grande Prairie to pay for policing in Clairmont now that the hamlet’s population is above 5,000.  The county will pay 70 per cent of the cost of four RCMP positions, a Corporal Supervisor and three Constable Investigators. It will also fund a support staff position. “Provincial regulations require us […]

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