The resting place of 610 souls on an acre of land has passed into the responsibility of the County of Grande Prairie by this summer.The municipality will take over the operations and responsibility of the Webster Cemetery from the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan. “We weren’t getting any support whatsoever from the archdiocese,” said Ken Salacki, chair of […]
The Town of Sexsmith is considering sponsoring a physician to open a practice there. Currently, the town has one physician, Dr. Cor van Tonder, who runs a clinic along with support from locum physicians.Mayor Kate Potter says the town needs more.“Our intention in exploring things is to co-operate further with Dr. van Tonder and make sure […]
Grande Prairie Salvation Army Captain Peter Kim’s voice echoed through the halls of Prairie Mall as he sang Christmas carols at the launch of this year’s kettle campaign. The need in Grande Prairie is high, says Kim, noting that one in five people in the community access the food bank.“We know that the numbers have continued […]
Attendance at the banner event that kicks off Family Violence Prevention Month doubled this year.Nearly 200 people attended Breakfast with the Guys on Nov. 5, compared to about 90 registered last year.The event was hosted with the support of IMPACT Grande Prairie, a network of local service providers including Odyssey House and County of Grande […]
Scrooged about that parking ticket last week? Good news: Alberta Health Services (AHS) is renewing its Toys for Tickets campaign, giving those people recently gifted an AHS parking ticket the opportunity to donate a new, unwrapped toy instead of paying their fine.“Last year, we collected more than 870 toys provincewide, nearly doubling the donations from the […]