Sexsmith News Archive

Workers of the Canadian National Railway in Grande Prairie were locked out along with about 10,000 railway employees across the country, halting the national rail service early last Thursday (Aug. 22) morning.  CN issued a lockout notice on Aug. 18 to Teamster Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), the union representing rail workers, if an agreement or […]

Grande Prairie’s Ukrainian population celebrated Ukrainian Independence Day on Saturday. The Ukrainian flag was raised at city hall, along with a performance of children dancers and Ukrainian treats. City council chambers was filled for Ukrainian Independence Day at city hall in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. The Ukrainian flag was raised at city hall […]

A local filmmaker’s documentary on Peace Country artist Bibi Clement will be shown in a unique outdoor screening outside the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie Sept. 5.The Path of Ashes is a documentary by local filmmakers David McGregor and Forrest McGregor who, over about two years, documented artist Bibi Clement in her element creating unique […]

The County of Grande Prairie Fire Service honoured its top dog at the La Glace Fire Station #1 on Aug. 14. Casey is a Dalmatian based out of La Glace and has been serving as a therapy dog for the fire service for more than a year. “Casey will be a powerful ambassador for fire […]

The Town of Sexsmith will draft a letter of support for the Maskwa Medical Centre and are set for further discussions during budget deliberations this fall.Maskwa Medical Centre chairman Ken Drysdale came to Sexsmith town council Aug. 12 with a simple request that the town support the project in any way it can.Construction on the […]

The Town of Sexsmith will be applying for about $1.3 million to build 33 new housing units over the next three years.Sexsmith council decided Aug. 12 to apply for the federal government’s Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) after a second round opened to applicants who were unsuccessful in the first round.“We know that houses are not […]

Borstad Hill in Muskoseepi Park was full of music lovers for the Bear Creek Folk Festival over the weekend. The three-day musical festival sold out and featured artists such as Jann Arden, Emerson Drive and Alan Doyle.

The landscape outside the historic grain elevator in Sexsmith changed last Wednesday when the Sexsmith and District Museum Society added a locomotive engine and dining car next to the caboose at the train station.  Two large cranes simultaneously picked up the 246,000-pound locomotive and perfectly placed it down on the tracks. They then repeated the […]

The County of Grande Prairie is asking residents for input on the future of its electoral boundaries this month.The province is requiring the county to review its electoral division boundaries before the 2025 municipal election to determine if there is a population imbalance among divisions after it absorbed the Village of Hythe which was dissolved […]

The Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum hosted its two-day science festival Palaeo Palooza this weekend.  Saturday was spent with carnival games, scavenger hunts, and panels of professionals at the museum. On Sunday the festivities were moved to Pipestone Creek where science talk tables were set up in the park and along the trail to the […]