Monthly teen programming in the Town of Beaverlodge made a gorey, Halloween debut on Oct. 12, as local youths got a first-hand course on Halloween special effects makeup.The faux-bloody evening is the first of Beaverlodge Family and Community Support Services’ (FCSS) new Skills and Chills Nights.Youths who participated in the course on Oct. 12 were […]
Spring Lake Ski Hill may open its doors for the season for the first time in nearly a decade pending grant funding, said Spring Lake Ski Hill Association board chairman Brian Peterson.The ski hill hasn’t operated since the 2017-2018 season; Peterson said it sat non-operational when it was no longer financially feasible to stay open.Now, […]
Rising Above, a faith-based addictions service, has launched a $5 million fundraising campaign for a new facility. Dan Rigler, a Rising Above board member, was suspended from a crane high in the air over the Staples parking lot for the whole weekend to raise awareness and funds for the project.“Our desire with this new building would […]
Banners commemorating our veterans have started to line the streets of our local communities ahead of Remembrance Day.Despite initial obstacles earlier this year, the banners went up in Hythe last Friday. Fosters Agri-World contributed a scissor lift to install banner brackets, while Nodes Construction and resident Max MacAulay stepped up to contribute lifts to hang […]
Residents across the South Peace were invited to Hythe this week to learn a little bit more about palliative and hospice care.The South Peace Professional Attraction and Retention Committee (SPPARC) partnered with the Alberta Hospice Palliative Care Association (AHPCA) to host a pair of workshops at the Hythe Legion on Monday and Tuesday.SPPARC treasurer Sandy […]
School buses operating within the city will continue their practice of not using flashing lights and stop arms.The decision comes after an Oct. 10 report was delivered to the City of Grande Prairie’s Public & Protective Services Committee. The city bylaw only allows flashing lights and stop arms at bus stops where there is no sidewalk […]
As a self-proclaimed ‘Peace Country girl’, Dr. Deanna Funk wanted to plant her roots in rural Alberta.Funk has worked as a physician at the Central Peace Health Centre in Spirit River since August of 2022, providing healthcare for rural residents and sticking close to her Peace Country roots.Funk said she feels “fulfilled” by working in […]
The harvest season in the South Peace is in the rearview, with a rainy spell bringing its swift end.County of Grande Prairie ag fieldman Sonja Raven said yields have been mixed.“We had some really, really good crops, we had some average crops and then there were a couple of spots where they didn’t really get […]
Class is back in session as two retired schoolteachers embrace technology and give Grande Prairie region residents a local history lesson in their new video series. Bethe Goldie, 71, and Linda Schofield, 68, applied for a Telus StoryHive grant last year, which led to the creation of A Grande Education, a 10-episode series on local schoolhouses […]