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Saddle Hills County to connect to fibre optic internet

March 14, 2024

Saddle Hills County is investing $7.5 million to bring fibre optic internet to nearly 800 homes. It will become one of the first rural municipalities in the world to be connected to fibre optic internet, said county Reeve Alvin Hubert.Approximately 1,600 kilometres of infrastructure will be laid in the municipality through Canadian Fibre Optics and Northern […]

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Beaverlodge looking into peace officer concerns; mayor said most are baseless

March 14, 2024

The Town of Beaverlodge is looking into public concerns against its peace officer, Mayor Gary Rycroft said. There has been a swath of complaints on social media about the peace officer’s ticketing practices.“Every complaint that comes in, we look into,” Rycroft said. “Most of our complaints are coming back baseless.”Rycroft said the complaints “aren’t coming from […]

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Off highway vehicles may return to Sexsmith streets

March 14, 2024

An amendment of Sexsmith’s traffic bylaws may see the return of off highway vehicles (OHV) within town limits.Town of Sexsmith council gave the first reading of bylaw no. 1077 to amend municipal traffic bylaw no. 988 on March 4 to allow OHVs in the community.“The intent would be to have residents use the actual roads […]

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Beaverlodge students head south to environmental summit

March 14, 2024

Beaverlodge Regional High School sent students to a weekend-long look into Alberta’s forests and wildlife.Four students were selected to attend the 13th annual Youth Environmental Leadership Summit, held in Canmore from March 7 to 10 and hosted by Inside Education.This marks the second year the school has sent a team of students to the summit.“We […]

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Budget 2024: $25 Million for Mountview Health Complex 

March 7, 2024
The Grande Prairie region will benefit from new lines in the province’s 2024 budget released Feb. 29.  The Beaverlodge Hospital replacement project was allocated $25 million over three years.  “It’s a little bit of a surprise,” said Beaverlodge Mayor Gary Rycroft. “I thought there would be mention of it in the budget, but $25 million […]

Wildfire operations receive a cash boost

March 7, 2024

Drones and artificial intelligence may play a role in the province’s additional $151 million investment into its wildfire response. Announced by the Minister of Forestry and Parks Todd Loewen in Grande Prairie on Friday (March 1), the funding will span three years.  “The first priority of Alberta's government is to do all we can to be […]

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Beauty in the Ordinary explores GP area through watercolour

March 7, 2024

The former QEII Hospital, Centre 2000 and Muskoseepi Park are among the many subjects explored in the latest art exhibit at the Centre for Creative Arts. More than 30 of Julius Miraflor’s watercolour paintings are on display at the centre until the end of the month in his solo exhibit Beauty in the Ordinary.“That scene there […]

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Peewee football registration kicks off across the region

March 7, 2024

There’s snow on the ground, but young football players across the county have dreams of green fields.The Sexsmith Football Club has opened up registration for both its atom and peewee leagues.“There’s been a ton of interest,” said club board member and coach Brent Richards.“We have the possibility of maybe having a third peewee team, which […]

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Saddle Hills, County of Grande Prairie to support 80th anniversary of D-Day

March 7, 2024

The Canadian Motorcycle Tourism Association (CMTA) will receive the support of the County of Grande Prairie and Saddle Hills County ahead of a series of celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day and 42 veterans of the Blueberry Mountain area.CMTA executive director Renee Charbonneau said the association plans to hold three events in the […]

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Sunrise House moved into new location

March 7, 2024

Sunrise House Youth Emergency Shelter’s move into its new home just before Christmas “could not have happened at a better time,” reports Tanya Wald, executive director. The shelter is currently under capacity; if it were still in its old location, it would be over capacity.“We were sitting at capacity quite a bit at the old building,” […]

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