“Dedication, determination, and a love for the sport” is behind a local figure skater’s role in landing this country’s first-ever gold medal at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. “I was shocked at first and then I thought this is pretty cool that we just won Canada’s first gold medal at the games,” Kole Sauve told […]
Hythe marked a special day May 15 as it celebrated four decades of being the hub of the community. It was February 21, 1984 when the Hythe Community Library opened its doors, a place where familiar faces could come together and meet, and for readers of all ages to gather. Since day one, it has […]
A silver medal Olympian made their through Peace region schools last week. Brigette Lacquette, the first woman to be named to Team Canada’s hockey team, spoke about her journey from growing up in Manitoba, going to the Olympics, and now being a scout for the Chicago Blackhawks. “It's sharing my own stories about determination, hard […]
City council is moving forward with a recreational facility in the Avondale neighbourhood. On May 6, council directed administration to continue negotiations with Peace Wapiti Public and Grande Prairie Public school divisions to potentially build a recreation facility north of the pickleball courts next to the former Leisure Centre where there is a rugby field. […]
About $700,000 in provincial funding is missing for Grande Prairie area municipalities. Funding for water, wastewater and solid waste management is missing for the shareholders of Aquatera: the City of Grande Prairie, County of Grande Prairie, and the towns of Sexsmith and Wembley. “Because we don't directly own it, we're not getting credit for it,” […]
Chocolate cake, laughs and the opera is what you can expect from Grande Prairie Opera’s Double the Opera performances later this month. Double the Opera will have two short operas, Bon Apetit and The Telephone, on May 24 and 25 in Grande Prairie. “We're doing something a little bit different,” said Chelsie Pall, founder of […]
Local municipalities are grappling with rising infrastructure costs and less cash from the province. The province is handing out about $4 million less to local municipalities in 2024 than it did in 2011. “If we had the same infrastructure funding as we had back in 2011, then that's a huge property tax decrease we could […]
