Janelle Head of the Sexsmith Steelers was up to the challenge during the Sexsmith Slo-Pitch Softball League championship tournament from Aug. 7 to 9. The league has been playing since May with seven teams, which faced off against each other during the playoffs over the weekend. The game ended with the Recess Rejects team out […]
The canine companions of the Caribou Child & Youth Centre in Grande Prairie will stay well-fed this year. Sky and Pluto play a valuable role in emotional support for youths, said centre Program Co-ordinator Nicole Bockus. Caribou Child & Youth Centre is a non-profit organization that brings together police, Victim Services, and Children’s Services under […]
The County of Grande Prairie will continue to push for a new electricity distribution pricing model that eliminates the disparity in pricing across Alberta as its main advocacy priority with the provincial government. County councillors put the municipality’s advocacy priorities for the coming year on the record at their Aug. 10 regular meeting with the […]
A Grande Prairie man faces 27 firearm and drug-related charges following a July 26 traffic stop near Hinton. Christopher Allen Ost, 39, along with Kalcey Dawn White, 39, of Edmonton, made their first appearances in the Alberta Court of Justice in Hinton Aug. 5, with White facing 18 charges of her own, after Hinton RCMP […]
With a tidal wave of data centres in planning or proposal stages across the province, Alberta’s Minister of Technology and Innovation Nate Glubish is holding a series of town hall meetings to “provide comprehensive information on AI data centre development.” One of those meetings will be held in the Grande Prairie area on Sept. 11 […]
Preliminary analysis of the substance reported in the Bear River in late July found it was “weathered diesel or hydraulic oil”, according to the City of Grande Prairie. The city reported Aug. 5 that remediation activities were winding down after a resident reported what they thought to be a diesel sheen near the stormwater drain […]
Following a few clarifications for council, the area structure plan that will guide the future development of the southwest Clairmont area has been approved by the County of Grande Prairie. Council passed third reading of the Windsor Area Structure Plan at its Aug. 10 regular meeting after approving first and second reading during the June […]
A rainy summer will lead to a return to a normal harvest season for South Peace producers after several years of hot, dry summers. Producer Andre Harpe said he expected to start harvesting his 5,000 acres of canola and malt barley in the Valhalla Centre area in early September. “The crops are a little bit […]
