Beaverlodge News Archive

A $1.8 million state-of-the-art training facility was revealed last Wednesday at the County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service’s Dunes Fire Station.The facility will act as a regional training centre for firefighters with the City of Grande Prairie, MD of Greenview and beyond.“This facility reduces our firefighters’ exposure to potential harmful carcinogens due to the […]

The time has come to don the poppy once again. With it, a host of ceremonies to mark Remembrance Day are being planned. A service for Indigenous Veterans Day will take place Nov. 8 at the Veteran Memorial Gardens and Interpretive Centre in Grande Prairie.Doors will open at 10 a.m., with the service starting at 10:45 a.m.“It […]

County of Grande Prairie firefighters are looking beyond saving lives and homes and are focusing on children’s mental health in their latest fundraiser.The County of Grande Prairie Firefighter Charitable Foundation’s (CGPFCF) Neon Party on Nov. 23 is looking to raise funds for Camp Heal-A-Heart and the Granmuscular dystrophy.de Prairie & District Grief Support Association. “Camp Heal-A-Heart […]

Citing a lack of volunteers, the Beaverlodge & District Rural Crime Watch Association has dissolved. Association president Leanne Van Wagner said members voted Sept. 18.Though membership numbers have remained consistent with about 100 families since the association was incorporated in 1986, people stepping up for board positions and other active roles were getting harder to find.“Before […]

Two local projects that will contribute to a more sustainable net-zero future have received financial boosts through the ATCO Community Energy Fund.The Demmitt Cultural Society has been tagged for $15,000 toward their work on becoming a near net zero sustainable building.  The Town of Sexsmith will receive $13,247 to replace all of the incandescent bulbs […]

Children were invited to come down to the South Peace Centennial Museum on Oct. 25 to trick and treat through the historic village. Guests came in their finest Halloween garb, and could also climb aboard a tractor-drawn wagon for a hayride through the museum grounds.

Lindsay Janes has been exploring the Peace Country’s unsolved mysteries and crimes past in her podcast Disturbing the Peace.  Since launching in January, the Grande Prairie local has made 19 episodes (22 if you include specials) and has captured the attention of about 10,000 listeners.  “I always wanted to be in the creative space, but […]

Grande Prairie Museum’s Heritage Village was transformed into an area of frights and scares this month.The Heritage Village Folktales Tours returned for its fifth year on the weekend of Oct. 18, which had readers and actors performing local scary stories.“The stories are pretty scary,” said Bethe Goldie, Generations Readers Theatre co-ordinator. Misha Albert read a story […]

Some fear it. Some love it. Some simply don’t believe it. Whatever your stance may be, the Ouija board has been a staple of Halloween get-togethers, seances, and ghost stories of all kinds since the 19th century. For years, people have sought the Ouija’s wisdom to speak to the spirits of the dead, to prognosticate […]

The annual Ghost Walk took place at the McNaught Homestead on Oct. 19, 25 and 26. Guests young and old could brave the trails and see all manner of ghoulish sights along the path before returning to the homestead and warming up with a cup of hot chocolate around the bonfire.