Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP) is expanding its apprenticeship programming after receiving a $341,800 investment from the province, which will result in 80 additional seats this year.“This funding will enhance our ability to respond to and support the increasing demand for apprentices within our region,” said Caitlin Hartigan, NWP dean of skilled trades.“We are grateful for this […]
The City of Grande Prairie is hosting an open house for residents to share their thoughts and gain information on policing in the city as well as the potential municipal police service. The open house will be held on Jan. 16 and 17 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Montrose Cultural Centre’s Teresa Sargent […]
The wheels on the bus will keep going round and round in the county.During the County of Grande Prairie committee of the whole meeting on Dec. 21, city transit services director Steve Harvard came to give an update on how the Grande Prairie Accessible Transit (GPAT) program is being used by county residents.A transit bus […]
Photo by Austin PayeurOn Dec. 24 of 1931, temperatures dropped as low as -23 C in Beaverlodge. The world had started its trudge through the Dirty 30s, and families across the world felt the pangs of the Great Depression.But on the front page of The Grande Prairie Herald that day, a sliver of Christmas news […]
The Grande Prairie Friendship Centre is launching a podcast in the new year that will explore various issues from a youth perspective. The Peyakôskân Podcast Initiative is looking to gather local youth from different cultural backgrounds to interview people in the community - and outside of it - on a wide variety of topics. Cara Jones, Peyakôskân […]
Those who find themselves passing by the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie (AGGP) will now be greeted by even more artwork. The wall outside of the gallery, inside Montrose Cultural Centre, is now displaying works from the TREX (Travelling Exhibition) Northwest.Jamie-Lee Cormier, Traveling Exhibitions Program Northwest curator, finishes the installation of the first exhibition “Winter Wonderland” […]
Construction on the new Sunrise Youth Shelter is well underway, but one previous client of the service is looking to give back. Leona Lehoux, 27, is donating her time from her new painting business to give back to an organization that helped her get to where she is today.Leona Lehoux has offered her time to paint […]
A Grande Prairie school has donated more than 1,500 items to sick children at the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital.Riverstone Public School students presented the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation with 1,572 items on Monday that will go to pediatric patients. Principal Jill Burgess helps load a vehicle full of 1,572 items that will go to the […]
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital (GPRH) has been operating for a full year, and Town & Country News recently spoke to Alberta Health Services (AHS) about these past 12 months. Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Hospital stopped accepting patients at 6 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2021, marking the opening of its replacement across town.It would take approximately 11 […]