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Local artists celebrate Alberta

September 5, 2024

We’re not sure there is a better way to celebrate Alberta on its 119th birthday than to have an exhibit called “Alberta’s Roots and Scenic Skies” in our main gallery.  When you walk into the space, it feels like home.  These local artists captured views such as the dancing skies of Aurora Borealis, the stormy […]

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Working together to Help End Global Hunger Food grains bank 

September 5, 2024
A La Glace area farming co-operative is doing its part to end world hunger, one crop at a time.  The Bear Lake Growing Project (BLGP) was struck more than a decade ago by Gary and Jeanette Beyer who, after years of farming, felt they had a role in helping the less fortunate.  Soon, the co-op […]

Rail stoppage to affect many locals

August 29, 2024
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 […]

Ukrainian Independence Day in Grande Prairie

August 29, 2024

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 […]

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 Local artist documentary coming to AGGP

August 29, 2024

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 […]

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County firedog more than a mascot: a member of the team

August 22, 2024
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 […]

Maskwa Medical Centre on track for 2026 opening

August 22, 2024

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 […]

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Sexsmith applies for federal housing grant

August 22, 2024

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 […]

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PHOTOS: Bear Creek Folk Festival Rocks Muskoseepi Park

August 22, 2024
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.

New look for downtown Sexsmith

August 15, 2024
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 […]