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Last Thursday’s provincial budget contained little that was new for the Grande Prairie region. Line items tagged for the South Peace were on health care and education. Some $189 million over three years has been allocated to the Beaverlodge Hospital replacement, the Mountview Health Complex. The province’s 2025 to 2028 business plan includes $43.8 million […]

The Town of Sexsmith has reopened access to its residential snow dump.Located by the railroad tracks, it is one of the town’s two snow dumps. “We know that sometimes, especially as snow builds up, there’s not a lot of availability, since they’re not supposed to put it out on the street,” said Sexsmith Kate Potter.She said […]

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After an eight-month investigation police call “complex,” a 43-year-old Grande Prairie man has been charged in a double fatality crash on Hwy. 43 last summer.Edward Cameron is charged with two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and two counts of operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drug causing death. […]

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A Valleyview library board member has resigned, stating the board is abusing its power, lacking transparency, dismissing public input, miscommunicating and intimidating the public.  Kelli Reimer resigned as a trustee on social media on March 4, after almost 15 years serving the library in different capacities. “Despite my commitment to advocating for library users and […]
Last Thursday’s provincial budget contained little that was new for the Grande Prairie region. Line items tagged for the South Peace were on health care and education. Some $189 million over three years has been allocated to the Beaverlodge Hospital replacement, the Mountview Health Complex. The province’s 2025 to 2028 business plan includes $43.8 million […]

Grande Prairie podcast aims to remove stigmas around mental health

A new podcast from the Resource Centre for Suicide Prevention (RCSP) is looking to help remove the stigma around improving mental health while also highlighting experiences and groups promoting mental health and research in northwestern Alberta. Cara Jones, RCSP communications co-ordinator, is producing and hosting Starting Conversations. “It's all about mental health because that's how we prevent […]

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PHOTOS: Polar Plunge for Special Olympics

The Polar Plunge in support of Special Olympics Alberta and the Grande Prairie Special Olympics Summer Games at the Eastlink Centre in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. Over $20,900 was raised exceeding the $15,000 goal.The Grande Prairie Police Service was the top team raising $5,545.

Call the Midwives of Grande Prairie

It’s busy work, being a rural midwife, and it’s one full of stories.Deanna Reiswig said she and other registered midwives in the region face plenty of challenges in the field of rural midwifery.“Sometimes babies are born on the way to us, or us on the way to them,” she said.“We’ve had midwives go out on […]

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