A Grande Prairie Public School Division (GPPSD) teacher is one of five recipients of a prestigious national indigenous educator award. Krista Umble, Indigenous Programming Division Co-ordinator, received Indspire’s prestigious Guiding the Journey: Indigenous Educator Awards at the 2024 National Gathering in Winnipeg Nov. 20-24. Indspire, a national charity dedicated to advancing the education of First […]
A report on potential revenue and expense of adding paid parking to downtown Grande Prairie was presented to the Public & Protective Services committee Nov. 26. The report looked into the history of downtown paid parking which began in the 1960s. In 2017, parking meters were removed as part of the city’s Downtown Rehabilitation and […]
A $20,000 renovation is set to take place at the Sexsmith arena this winter. On Nov. 18, Sexsmith town council approved funding of up to $19,500 for the replacement of stairs at the entrance leading up into the bleachers and down into the changing rooms and access to the ice surface. Sexsmith arena manager Clint […]
The Town of Sexsmith will move ahead with its $75,000 re-branding initiative that will see a new logo and related branding rolled out next month. After a year in the making, Mayor Kate Potter and councillors Bruce Black, Clint Froehlick, Dennis Stredulinsky and Jonathan Siggelkow voted in favour of moving forward with the re-branding rollout […]