A replacement for the aging Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital is one step closer this week. Today, Alberta Health Services (AHS) announced it has signed a letter of intent to become an anchor tenant in the Mountview Health Complex. Beaverlodge Mayor Gary Rycroft stands outside the Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. Rycroft is happy with today's […]
Over $20,000 was raised in October for the Stollery Children’s Hospital by one Sexsmith Secondary School student, and she says that it’s just one step she’s made in paying back the hospital for a transplant she received in her childhood.Tylynn Hollingshead was three when she received a liver transplant as a result of a rare […]
South Peace schools have received approximately $500,000 in mental health support from Alberta Education.The Grande Prairie Public School Division (GPPSD) and Grande Prairie and District Catholic School’s (GPCSD) partnered with Alberta Health Services (AHS) to create four new positions (two in each division) for dedicated addictions counsellors in its high schools. Counsellors will work in Charles […]
The Peace Wapiti School Division received approximately $700,000 over two years from Alberta Education which will go towards hiring an outreach team leader and three family support workers. “The grant was given to us to help address students who have lost engagement with school during COVID,” said Shawn O'Shea, assistant superintendent. “It could encompass everything from mental […]
City administration presented a speed study of the downtown area along 100 Ave. to the Operational Services Committee on Nov. 22.The study was initiated after a downtown business owner Beeta Bator brought her concerns of witnessing near misses of pedestrians crossing at the mid-block crosswalks to council on July 11; speed was considered to be […]
The city believes it has found a way to help residents struggling with foxtail.Last summer, council heard from residents experiencing large amounts of the weed after seed was blown over from undeveloped lots.In particular, foxtail gathered in Northridge and Royal Oaks, threatening pets and presenting other challenges, residents claimed. Photos of yards full of foxtail were […]
Gather your best comfy pants and slippers because the Holiday Pajama Ball is coming to the Grande Prairie Public Library (GPPL) on Dec. 17.“We’d love to see many families join us for some holiday spirit,” said Erika Stamp, GPPL children's programming co-ordinator. The GPPL Children's department is hosting the ball that will include card-making, Christmas music, […]
November’s Family Violence Prevention Month may be in the rear-view mirror until 2023, but ample resources and supports exist in the South Peace 12 months a year.Pace Community Support, Sexual Assault and Trauma Centre (PACE) executive director Jacquie Aitken says treatment programs dealing with sexual abuse, as well as a safe visitation program for individuals […]
The community has gathered 287 boxes of Christmas gifts for people in Ukraine.St. Catherine Catholic School teacher Bilyana Coburn spearheaded the campaign to collect gift boxes for the people of Novyi Yarychiv, Ukraine.Bilyana Coburn, St. Catherine Catholic School teacher and organizer, stands with some of the donations from her Christmas in Ukraine campaign at St. […]
The usage of e-bikes and e-scooters within Grande Prairie is under review at city hall. The Public and Protective Services Committee directed city administration to bring a bylaw amendment to allow the use of e-bikes and e-scooters that was within the city's legal limits. Currently, the use of e-scooters falls under provincial legislation and they are not […]