The way South Peace residents mark the death of their loved ones is evolving, largely due to the two-year pandemic.Oliver’s Funeral Home director of operations Chris Clements says that he has seen a dramatic effect on local services during the pandemic, when service sizes were at times mandated to a maximum of 10 people.“For some, […]
The City of Grande Prairie announced it is joining the Community Rail Advocacy Alliance (CRAA) on Friday (Jan. 27).The city says the rail system has faced a lack of investment, seasonal service as well as capacity and is calling on the federal government to take action. “With railway legislation under the federal government's responsibility, we have […]
The province announced a $1-million investment to explore options of delivering medical education at Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP) and the University of Lethbridge (U of L) last Thursday (Jan. 26). The nationwide shortage of healthcare workers disproportionately affects rural areas, said the province. The University of Alberta (U of A) and the University of Calgary (U of C) […]
Underneath the snow at Shannon Peterson’s farm southwest of Beaverlodge is a swath of black dirt which she hopes will spring into new wetland.It’s the work of Alberta Environment and Parks’ (AEP) Wetland Replacement Program (WRP), hosted in conjunction with the County of Grande Prairie and Associated Environmental Consultants.Peterson says that she decided to turn […]
Volunteers young and old are being asked to help their community by lending a hand to their local hospital.Volunteer resources co-ordinator Mavis Mintenko says that spare hands are needed at both the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital (GPRH) and the Queen Elizabeth II Ambulatory Care Centre.“We have a volunteer resources office at both locations in Grande […]
Long-time Grande Prairie resident William Robert “Bob” Neufeld hosted his last ski lesson in March at the age of 92: Teaching his great-grandkids to ski.Four generations have skied under Bob’s watchful eye; with his passing on Dec. 2, instructors at Nitehawk Adventure Park say to this day they still feel Bob’s gaze watching over them.Bob […]
More mental health supports are now available to South Peace youth with the addition of walk-in mental health services in the city.Alberta Health Services announced on Thursday (Jan. 19) that the service will provide assessments, single sessions with a child and youth addiction and mental health therapist, and parental support, and referrals to additional community […]
The location of the four dogs deemed vicious by the County of Grande Prairie in the fall of 2021 are currently unknown by its enforcement services.A months-long saga around a dog attack near Beaverlodge that sent one person to hospital culminated in the owners relinquishing the dogs last summer, says county superintendent and enforcement services […]
A Grande Prairie family physician was suspended from practice on Jan. 9 after a College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) tribunal.Dr. Brianne Hudson was found guilty of having a sexual relationship with a patient between August - December 2019 as well as falsely reporting information to the CPSA in 2020 on her Renewal […]
Now that the wrapping has been recycled, the credit card bills arrived and the January blues settled in, it’s a good time for a good news round-up. Airlines were in chaos, Arctic temperatures were the norm and highways sometimes close to impassable, the Christmas spirit was in abundance in the South Peace. Grande Prairie resident Sherri Toerper […]