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March 21, 2024

A community art project will welcome athletes nationwide for the upcoming National Aboriginal Hockey Championship.The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie (AGGP) is facilitating the painting of more than 700 hockey pucks that will make a mural, displayed at the Design Works Centre during the tournament. “We are going to try and fill the entire vitrine,” said […]

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Remembrance Day services coming across the South Peace

November 7, 2024

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 […]

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County firefighters looking out for children’s mental health 

November 7, 2024

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 […]

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Crime watch folds: lack of volunteers

November 7, 2024

Citing a lack of volunteers, the Beaverlodge & District Rural Crime Watch Association has dissolved. Association president Leanne Van Wagner said members voted Sept. 18.Though membership numbers have remained consistent with about 100 families since the association was incorporated in 1986, people stepping up for board positions and other active roles were getting harder to find.“Before […]

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2024 Community Energy Fund Projects

November 7, 2024

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 […]

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PHOTOS: SPCM trick or treats

October 31, 2024
Children were invited to come down to the South Peace Centennial Museum on Oct. 25 to trick and treat through the historic village. Guests came in their finest Halloween garb, and could also climb aboard a tractor-drawn wagon for a hayride through the museum grounds.

True crime and unsolved mysteries; Grande Prairie local explores the area's eerie past

October 31, 2024
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 embraces the areas spine-chilling stories

October 31, 2024

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 […]

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