Tammy Lynn is like any other Grande Prairie small business owner. Tuesday to Saturday, she opens up the shop, meets customers, chats with regulars, offers a trade or a barter when she can, and does her job. She’s also a witch. The shop is called Beneath the Witch’s Hat; while sitting down with the News […]
For about 75 years, the Grande Prairie Ladies Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion has raised funds supporting the community and its local Legion. The fundraisers included the once-popular Poppy Tea and themed dinners, such as Hawaiian night, and fashion shows with funds going to a variety of community groups, including minor sports leagues, the […]
A 14 per cent increase in calls for service to Odyssey House in the last year has led to an expansion of its emergency shelter. The prevalence of family violence is a “public health crisis,” said Odyssey House executive director Mikaela Benson. “There were 53,000 calls for help across Alberta to women’s shelters,” said Benson, […]
The province has invoked the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to order teachers back to work. It effectively ends the teachers' strike, which has been ongoing since Oct. 6. Locally, teachers have hosted a rally attended by over 800 and have written more than 1,000 letters to local MLAs explaining the classroom situation. Supporters took the streets […]
The $3.9 million Sargent Family Kidney Care Centre opened at the Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Ambulatory Care Centre on Friday, Oct. 23. The centre will now offer multiple services in one spot in Grande Prairie, including hemodialysis, home peritoneal dialysis, the Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention clinic and the Chronic Kidney Disease clinic. “This is an absolute […]
