Stakeholders of the Beaverlodge Hospital Foundation (BHF) were smiling widely last week after receiving a $100,000 donation from Whitecap Resources. BHF chair Susie Lefferson said the donation will go towards ‘enhancements’ to the Mountview Health Complex. “They turned up last week with one of those oversized checks already written out,” she said. “I was absolutely […]
It’s busy work, being a rural midwife, and it’s one full of stories. Deanna Reiswig said she and other registered midwives in the region face plenty of challenges in the field of rural midwifery. “Sometimes babies are born on the way to us, or us on the way to them,” she said. “We’ve had midwives […]
The Town of Sexsmith will not contribute to funding for the Grande Spirit Foundation (GSF) bussing service. On Jan. 22, GSF asked town council to provide an annual grant or assistance toward operation of its 20-person passenger bus that provides transportation services for senior residents in the city and county of Grande Prairie as well […]
The City of Grande Prairie is hitting the brakes on the Rural Renewal Stream (RRS) as it faces uncertainty of how many applicants it can accept as the federal government scales back immigration efforts. The RRS program allowed the city to endorse candidates to fast-track their permanent residency status through the Provincial Nominee Program, with […]
Victim Services Units in Beaverlodge and Grande Prairie as well as more than 60 others in Alberta have been disbanded as the province shifts to a new model that sees four regional units. The Beaverlodge (BVSU) and Grande Prairie & District (GPDVS) units became two of 25 detachments under the Western Alberta Regional Victim Services […]
The future of the historic United Church, tack shop and the Omlid House on Hwy. 43 in Hythe may be impacted by potential closure of the Hythe Heritage and Historical Society. A meeting on Monday may seal its fate, said society president Christine Livingstone. She told the News the organization is at a critical juncture […]
For almost a year, newly settled Ukrainian children in Grande Prairie gather every Saturday to learn their native language and more about their culture for a few hours. Ridna Shkola - roughly translated to My School - hopes to preserve the children's Ukrainian culture as they adapt to life in Canada. “The whole purpose of […]
Almost 100 years ago, the Alde family came out from Ontario to settle on 35 acres outside of Rio Grande. Today, while the farm has expanded to a 2,400-acre operation producing wheat, canola and barley, those original 35 acres are now at the heart of an innovative industry that has given the Alde family municipal […]