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 […]
Winter has come to the South Peace, and Beaverlodge Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) is trying to keep driveways clear for its residents.FCSS has launched the first year of a snow angel program, and is asking both for seniors and residents with physical disabilities and for volunteers willing to shovel to reach out.Through the […]
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 […]
Town of Sexsmith council is taking a proactive approach when it comes to community inclusion. After coun. Dennis Stredulinsky moved that Mayor Kate Potter reach out to cultural groups in town, the initiative to begin building connections with council and community is moving forward.Its roots go back to a proposal brought to council last week that […]
The Town of Sexsmith will be pursuing a joint application with the County of Grande Prairie to apply for an Alberta Community Partnership (ACP) grant.During the council meeting last week, Sexsmith coun. Bruce Black made the motion, which would see funds used to support projects in Sexsmith’s 2018 Stormwater Master Plan and Basin Study.The study […]
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 […]
A new transportation service for seniors in the Grande Prairie region is looking for volunteers.Drive Happiness is a volunteer-run service that helps seniors facing financial barriers or restricted mobility get to medical appointments.“It's so simple for me to get my car keys and go out when I need to go to the store or if […]
