The Grande Prairie Friendship Centre is launching a podcast in the new year that will explore various issues from a youth perspective. The Peyakôskân Podcast Initiative is looking to gather local youth from different cultural backgrounds to interview people in the community - and outside of it - on a wide variety of topics. Cara Jones, Peyakôskân […]
Those who find themselves passing by the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie (AGGP) will now be greeted by even more artwork. The wall outside of the gallery, inside Montrose Cultural Centre, is now displaying works from the TREX (Travelling Exhibition) Northwest.Jamie-Lee Cormier, Traveling Exhibitions Program Northwest curator, finishes the installation of the first exhibition “Winter Wonderland” […]
Farming families have been decrying the death of three horses in the South Peace this month.Craig Nelson, who lives in the Bear Lake area west of Sexsmith, says that he found his horses wounded on Dec. 3 as he went to roll out some round bales for the animals.“I was taking the tractor and I […]
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital (GPRH) has been operating for a full year, and Town & Country News recently spoke to Alberta Health Services (AHS) about these past 12 months. Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Hospital stopped accepting patients at 6 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2021, marking the opening of its replacement across town.It would take approximately 11 […]
A Grande Prairie teacher is speaking out about the working conditions of substitute teachers in the province and locally. “The sub shortage is real, and so is the burnout inside every school,” writes Andrea Willman, a Grande Prairie teacher.“Because subs are not considered staff, we can never be viewed as more than first-year teachers seeking a […]
Clairmont and Wembley community members were among those recognized for their hard work following a breakfast on International Volunteers Day last week.The International Volunteer Day Celebration Breakfast, hosted at the Golden Age Centre on Dec. 5, returned to the community after a COVID-induced hiatus. It concluded with the Grande Prairie Regional Association of Volunteer Organizations […]
A group of volunteers is giving rides to those who need to get to their flu shots this season. Drive Happiness, which began its operations in the Grande Prairie area in April, is for seniors but now the organization has expanded to include anyone of any age who needs to update their vaccinations.“From now until the […]
County of Grande Prairie’s new Reeve Bob Marshall says the preliminary budget it adopted on Wednesday (Dec. 5) was able to maintain a zero per cent tax increase by setting priorities and dipping into savings.“We know households and businesses are facing increased costs, just like our administration,” Marshall says.$3.33 million (for the final contribution of […]
Six South Peace residents were some of more than 150 Albertans presented with the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal late last month in Edmonton.The ceremony, hosted by Alberta Municipalities (ABmunis), presented the medals to recipients from across central and northern Alberta, as well as past ABmunis presidents and lifetime members.“(This) medal ceremonies celebrated the […]