Peace Wapiti Public School Division (PWPSD) says it will continue work toward a new high school north of Grande Prairie even though funds were not included in this spring’s provincial budget. PWPSD was awarded funding for planning the new facility in 2023 but design funding was not included in the current budget.The division said enrollment projections […]
After an eight-month investigation police call “complex,” a 43-year-old Grande Prairie man has been charged in a double fatality crash on Hwy. 43 last summer.Edward Cameron is charged with two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and two counts of operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drug causing death. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
