Beaverlodge News Archive

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.

The Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum (PJCDM) will receive $250,000 to support the future display of the museum's most significant find.  The funds will come from Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), a federal government department meant to support business, innovation and community economic development in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Paleontologists from the museum recently unearthed […]

Sorrentino’s Compassion House has provided a space in Edmonton for women receiving cancer treatments away from home, including a Teepee Creek local currently. County of Grande Prairie council will discuss granting $20,000 to the Compassion House Foundation annually for the next five years (2025-2029) at its upcoming budget deliberations in December. “Sorrentino’s Compassion House is the cutting […]