Nine days of hard work and planning on a La Glace farm last summer will take to the screen this month.Tough Love, the first feature-length film written, directed, and produced by Slave Lake filmmaker Sonja Jarrett, will see its premiere at the Douglas J. Cardinal Performing Arts Theatre on June 18.Jarrett told the News that […]
With summer around the corner, the crew at Camp Tamarack are preparing for a busy season.Camp Tamarack director Ken Belke said 2024 was a huge year for the campground.“Our growth was huge, and it continued to build,” he said.“Our school program just took off, we had schools participating from all over the region, and then […]
This weekend promises to be a hotbed of summer fun in the South Peace, with Beaverlodge and Sexsmith hosting their annual summer celebrations.This year in Sexsmith, the fun gets a headstart for its annual Chautauqua Day. The new Warm Up Party on Main Street Friday night will set the tone for the day ahead, reports Sexsmith […]
After almost 25 years a show that brought dinosaurs to life on our television screens is returning, with a local dinosaur taking the spotlight.BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs will feature Wembley’s own Pipestone Creek bonebed and its locally unique dinosaur, the pachyrhinosaurus.“I really loved the original Walking with Dinosaurs, because it was the first time that […]
Inclusion Grande Prairie held a town hall on Saturday to hear concerns regarding changes to the province's funding for people with disabilities.The two chairs reserved for local MLAs remained empty. “It's so important to have a loud voice when speaking with this government because they have a tendency to ignore most of us,” said Keith Moore, […]
