Grande Prairie is aiming to enhance emergency services with faster deployments and increased co-operation between departments with a new $8.5 million Public Safety Communications Centre (PSCC). “The (PSCC) plays a significant role in localizing and streamlining emergency and public safety call intake and dispatch, improving response time and service delivery,” said Grande Prairie Mayor Jackie […]
Improved heating and lighting as well as a new tractor are improving the user experience at the Ed Brown & Ed Hotte Agriplex in Beaverlodge. The upgrades are made possible through a $37,700 Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP) grant to the Beaverlodge & District Agricultural Society received Feb. 19. “(The systems) were aging and in […]
The Sexsmith Wellness Coalition is reminding residents to check their trees to protect them from black knot fungus. Wellness co-ordinator Melody Sample said that the presence of the fungus has been an issue noted by council, public works and the Sexsmith Communities in Bloom committee. “Everyone has noted it between those three entities,” Sample said. […]
Saddle Hills County is asking trappers to lend a hand in maintaining beaver populations. The county is compiling a list of registered trappers who can be contacted to remove beavers from waterways ahead of county staff clearing away beaver dams if needed. “While the municipality does not consider itself to have a widespread beaver problem, […]
Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner cited low oil prices and a rising population as driving factors of $9.4 billion deficit carried in the new provincial budget released last week. The deficit represents the largest since the COVID-19 era but Horner said it wasn’t the time to cut back on core services despite the pressures on […]