The Wembley Community Society’s (WCS) plans for a $526,000 playground at Wembley Elementary School will start to take shape this summer.After three years of fundraising efforts, WCS has raised over $150,000, allowing the first phase of playground reconstruction to take place in June, replacing playground equipment for pre-kindergarten to kindergarten aged students.WCS chair Thorine Vandergiessen […]
There’s snow on the ground, but young football players across the county have dreams of green fields.The Sexsmith Football Club has opened up registration for both its atom and peewee leagues.“There’s been a ton of interest,” said club board member and coach Brent Richards.“We have the possibility of maybe having a third peewee team, which […]
The Canadian Motorcycle Tourism Association (CMTA) will receive the support of the County of Grande Prairie and Saddle Hills County ahead of a series of celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day and 42 veterans of the Blueberry Mountain area.CMTA executive director Renee Charbonneau said the association plans to hold three events in the […]
Sunrise House Youth Emergency Shelter’s move into its new home just before Christmas “could not have happened at a better time,” reports Tanya Wald, executive director. The shelter is currently under capacity; if it were still in its old location, it would be over capacity.“We were sitting at capacity quite a bit at the old building,” […]
Local artist Aretha Laverne shared her creative process and how she connects with her community via the Travelling Exhibition Program Northwest (TREX NW) last week. Laverne’s artwork exhibit opened Thursday (Feb. 22) at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie’s (AGGP) in recognition of Black History Month. Her work is being displayed on the TREX wall outside of […]
The South Peace home of prickly pear cacti and sandstone cliffs has been declared a provincial park.The province declared Kleskun Hills Natural Area a provincial park in January. The move saw 2,700 acres, about 1,100 hectares, declared a park, not including the Kleskun Hill Campground.“It’s a real special area,” said Minister of Forestry and Parks […]
The Grande Prairie Palliative Care Society (GPPCS) is recruiting pets for their pet visitation program. Dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters and their owners are all needed as volunteers for the society’s pet visitation program.“The visitor who owns the animal can also be like a friendly visitor to the patients,” said Kristen Yaceyko, GPPCS director. The GPPCS has been […]
Improving kidney care and cardiac units are priorities of the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation (GPRHF).The foundation gave an update to city council on its efforts to improve regional health care at the Feb. 12 council meeting. “Northern doctors have identified, as a large concern, a fully functioning cardiac care unit, which we currently do not […]
