The Grande Prairie Police Service (GPPS) is actively recruiting experienced officers and recruits to join its ranks.GPPS is seeking experienced officers with a minimum of 18 months of experience and offering them a $25,000 transitional allowance. Recruits will have a starting salary of $76,854."Our vision is clear, our dedication to service is unwavering, and we […]
The South Peace home of prickly pear cacti and sandstone cliffs has been declared a provincial park.The province declared Kleskun Hills Natural Area a provincial park in January. The move saw 2,700 acres, about 1,100 hectares, declared a park, not including the Kleskun Hill Campground.“It’s a real special area,” said Minister of Forestry and Parks […]
The Grande Prairie Palliative Care Society (GPPCS) is recruiting pets for their pet visitation program. Dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters and their owners are all needed as volunteers for the society’s pet visitation program.“The visitor who owns the animal can also be like a friendly visitor to the patients,” said Kristen Yaceyko, GPPCS director. The GPPCS has been […]
The city’s Boulevard Naturalization Pilot Program will remain as is for now after council shelved any plans to enhance the aesthetics in those areas.The three-year pilot project will enter its second growing season this spring at three locations on Resources Road, 84 Ave. and 116 Ave. City Administration recommended that aesthetic changes not be made to […]
Improving kidney care and cardiac units are priorities of the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation (GPRHF).The foundation gave an update to city council on its efforts to improve regional health care at the Feb. 12 council meeting. “Northern doctors have identified, as a large concern, a fully functioning cardiac care unit, which we currently do not […]
A glimmer in every little girl’s eye. A dream is drifting on the wind, ready for eager hands to snatch it up, and you can almost hear the lyrics of Bert Parks in the air.“Theeere she is … Miiiss …. Teepee Creek Stampede.”It’s not exactly Miss America, but it might be the next best […]
The resting place of 610 souls on an acre of land has passed into the responsibility of the County of Grande Prairie by this summer.The municipality will take over the operations and responsibility of the Webster Cemetery from the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan. “We weren’t getting any support whatsoever from the archdiocese,” said Ken Salacki, chair of […]
Enrolment rates, health education and student mental health are among the top advocacy priorities of Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP).City council learned how it can best advocate for NWP on Feb. 14 in a letter from the post-secondary institution at a Council Committee of the Whole meeting.“We hear in our community on a regular basis that programs […]