Lee Lefferson is still scratching his head, wondering what kind of audacity it takes for someone to shoot a heifer and butcher it on the spot. That’s what happened sometime during the night of Aug. 7 on a grazing area northwest of Beaverlodge. “Last Saturday, while we were sleeping, somebody wasn’t I guess, and somebody […]
Tenille Townes, a GP product, headlined opening night at the Bear Creek Folk Festival last weekend. The Juno and multi-CCMA-award-winning singer songwriter has leveraged her talents from Northern Alberta to Nashville. Muskoseepi was bursting with good vibes and great weather for the three-day festival! Photo by William Vavrek
Preliminary analysis of the substance reported in the Bear River in late July found it was “weathered diesel or hydraulic oil”, according to the City of Grande Prairie. The city reported Aug. 5 that remediation activities were winding down after a resident reported what they thought to be a diesel sheen near the stormwater drain […]
Following a few clarifications for council, the area structure plan that will guide the future development of the southwest Clairmont area has been approved by the County of Grande Prairie. Council passed third reading of the Windsor Area Structure Plan at its Aug. 10 regular meeting after approving first and second reading during the June […]
A rainy summer will lead to a return to a normal harvest season for South Peace producers after several years of hot, dry summers. Producer Andre Harpe said he expected to start harvesting his 5,000 acres of canola and malt barley in the Valhalla Centre area in early September. “The crops are a little bit […]