Sexsmith News Archive

The time has come to don the poppy once again. With it, a host of ceremonies to mark Remembrance Day are being planned. A service for Indigenous Veterans Day will take place Nov. 8 at the Veteran Memorial Gardens and Interpretive Centre in Grande Prairie.Doors will open at 10 a.m., with the service starting at 10:45 a.m.“It […]

County of Grande Prairie firefighters are looking beyond saving lives and homes and are focusing on children’s mental health in their latest fundraiser.The County of Grande Prairie Firefighter Charitable Foundation’s (CGPFCF) Neon Party on Nov. 23 is looking to raise funds for Camp Heal-A-Heart and the Granmuscular dystrophy.de Prairie & District Grief Support Association. “Camp Heal-A-Heart […]

Urban beekeeping was on the docket again for the Town of Sexsmith council on Monday.Draft bylaw 1088 was given its first reading, adding bees to the animal control bylaw and permitting beekeeping in Sexsmith.Urban apiculture was first discussed in May 2023 as part of a bylaw to both introduce beekeeping to the town and amend […]

Two local projects that will contribute to a more sustainable net-zero future have received financial boosts through the ATCO Community Energy Fund.The Demmitt Cultural Society has been tagged for $15,000 toward their work on becoming a near net zero sustainable building.  The Town of Sexsmith will receive $13,247 to replace all of the incandescent bulbs […]

Lindsay Janes has been exploring the Peace Country’s unsolved mysteries and crimes past in her podcast Disturbing the Peace.  Since launching in January, the Grande Prairie local has made 19 episodes (22 if you include specials) and has captured the attention of about 10,000 listeners.  “I always wanted to be in the creative space, but […]

Grande Prairie Museum’s Heritage Village was transformed into an area of frights and scares this month.The Heritage Village Folktales Tours returned for its fifth year on the weekend of Oct. 18, which had readers and actors performing local scary stories.“The stories are pretty scary,” said Bethe Goldie, Generations Readers Theatre co-ordinator. Misha Albert read a story […]

Some fear it. Some love it. Some simply don’t believe it. Whatever your stance may be, the Ouija board has been a staple of Halloween get-togethers, seances, and ghost stories of all kinds since the 19th century. For years, people have sought the Ouija’s wisdom to speak to the spirits of the dead, to prognosticate […]

The Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum (PJCDM) will receive $250,000 to support the future display of the museum's most significant find.  The funds will come from Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), a federal government department meant to support business, innovation and community economic development in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Paleontologists from the museum recently unearthed […]

Sorrentino’s Compassion House has provided a space in Edmonton for women receiving cancer treatments away from home, including a Teepee Creek local currently. County of Grande Prairie council will discuss granting $20,000 to the Compassion House Foundation annually for the next five years (2025-2029) at its upcoming budget deliberations in December. “Sorrentino’s Compassion House is the cutting […]

Nearly 70 attendees made their way to the second annual Oskayak Youth Summit at the Pomeroy Hotel and Conference Centre Oct. 18-19.Hosted by the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre (GPFC), the summit was open to indigenous adults aged 18 to 30.“The energy was powerful and empowering,” said GPFC communications co-ordinator Sheila Moerkoert.“It was a bit small […]