Six recruits from the first Grande Prairie Police Service (GPPS) graduating class have joined the Grande Prairie RCMP where they will commence an on-the-job field coaching program delivered by three experienced GPPS officers. This brings the total complement of GPPS officers assigned to the RCMP detachment to 13. “We look forward to having these new […]
A group of hardy volunteers is serious about stewardship of historic wilderness trails south of Grande Prairie. Volunteers will head out again this summer through the Kakwa Wildland and Willmore Wilderness parks to open trails into Sheep Creek valley and on to the Continental Divide. “Natives and trappers have been travelling (here) since long before […]
Two Beaverlodge residents want to add ways for fellow locals to get fit this spring. Fitness 43 opens in the former Beaverlodge Powersports building at the corner of main street and Hwy. 43 next month. Kora Popesco and Nicole Hommy are behind what they call a “full-service fitness studio” that will open for group classes […]
Fixer upper: Arena for sale. Boasts ice surface, change rooms, concession; needs new roof but lots of potential. The Clairmont and District Agricultural Society is moving forward with the sale of its arena after a March 11 meeting saw 15 members vote unanimously to sell the building. The arena, owned and operated by the ag […]