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The City of Grande Prairie is hitting the brakes on the Rural Renewal Stream (RRS) as it faces uncertainty of how many applicants it can accept as the federal government scales back immigration efforts. The RRS program allowed the city to endorse candidates to fast-track their permanent residency status through the Provincial Nominee Program, with a […]

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For 20 years, Faris Jean Atkinson has worked in mental health promotion in one way or another.“Most of my life has been in healthcare and safety, and in 2000 my passion shifted over to mental health,” she said.“I’ve always been out in the community, doing something, and with every organization or company I’ve been with […]

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The Hythe Heritage and Historical Society plans to move forward with disbanding following a low turnout at a Feb. 24 meeting scheduled to draw new members.“It didn’t go very well,” society president Christine Livingstone told the News. “We had one new member.”With current volunteers in their 80s seeking retirement, Livingstone said she had hoped to […]

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A new podcast from the Resource Centre for Suicide Prevention (RCSP) is looking to help remove the stigma around improving mental health while also highlighting experiences and groups promoting mental health and research in northwestern Alberta. Cara Jones, RCSP communications co-ordinator, is producing and hosting Starting Conversations. “It's all about mental health because that's how we prevent […]

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The Polar Plunge in support of Special Olympics Alberta and the Grande Prairie Special Olympics Summer Games at the Eastlink Centre in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. Over $20,900 was raised exceeding the $15,000 goal.The Grande Prairie Police Service was the top team raising $5,545.

$100k donation for Mountview

Stakeholders of the Beaverlodge Hospital Foundation (BHF) were smiling widely last week after receiving a $100,000 donation from Whitecap Resources.BHF chair Susie Lefferson said the donation will go towards ‘enhancements’ to the Mountview Health Complex.“They turned up last week with one of those oversized checks already written out,” she said.“I was absolutely speechless. I had […]

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$16.4 million soccer dome coming to Grande Prairie; construction to begin this summer

A proposed recreational facility in Grande Prairie’s Avondale area is no longer moving forward; instead city council has decided the “soccer dome” facility will now be located in the Trader Ridge area. City administration informed council that the alternative location on the city's northern border would be suitable for a recreation centre at a council […]

Call the Midwives of Grande Prairie

It’s busy work, being a rural midwife, and it’s one full of stories.Deanna Reiswig said she and other registered midwives in the region face plenty of challenges in the field of rural midwifery.“Sometimes babies are born on the way to us, or us on the way to them,” she said.“We’ve had midwives go out on […]

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