Food banks in Beaverlodge and Sexsmith will receive a Christmas donation from Canadian Tire Grande Prairie for the first time this December. Both the Sexsmith and Area Food Bank and the Beaverlodge Food Bank will receive a donation of $3,000 as part of Canadian Tire’s annual tradition called the 12 Days of Giving, where 12 […]
A Grande Prairie man has taken it upon himself to make sure that guinea pigs have a little sanctuary, as there is no other rescue for them in the region. Rob Barnes is the founder of the Grande Prairie Guinea Pig Sanctuary (GPGPS), which currently houses about 73 guinea pigs at his home in Crystal […]
Thursday saw four new murals go up in Beaverlodge, making for a total of 15 in the community. Three are painted by local artist Suzanne Sandboe, as a tribute to W.G. McFarlane who famously surveyed the Peace River country in 1909-1910. “He had one of the largest contracts to survey back in the days,” Sandboe […]
A new $17 million state-of-the-art instrumentation lab opened Sept. 3 at Northwestern Polytechnic. Along with tours of the new facility, Minister of Advanced Education Myles McDougall announced an additional $1 million to support the planning phase of further trades expansions at the school. “With demand for skilled workers at an all-time high, creating new opportunities […]
A local junior cattle club is settling into its second year of operation. The River Bend Jr. Cattlemen’s Club (RJBCC) was founded in 2024; club founder Chanley Jassman said organizers appreciated the structure of the iconic 4-H beef club but desired more autonomy to establish their own bylaws specific to their location and group needs. […]
