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Dyck votes against Elections Alberta funding request on heels of his recall petition - Town & Country News A Grande Prairie local has applied for a petition to recall Grande Prairie MLA Nolan Dyck. Recall petitions for United Conservative Party MLAs are growing across the province following the government’...

Dyck votes against Elections Alberta funding request on heels of his recall petition

PHOTOS: Sexsmith's Chautauqua Day 2025 - Town & Country News Chautauqua Day returned to Sexsmith on Saturday with a pancake breakfast closely followed by a parade.

Chautauqua Day returns to Sexsmith

Maskwa Medical Center breaks ground  - Town & Country News The Maskwa Medical Center broke ground outside the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital on Tuesday. The centre hopes to change the medical landscape in the region by offering a mayo-style clinic with a 10...

Maskwa Medical Center broke ground in Grande Prairie on Tuesday. The centre is bringing a mayo-style clinic to northwestern Alberta.
“It's time for the province to step up,” said MD of Greenview Reeve Tyler Olson.

Cool Aid closing: Grande Prairie youth after-school programming closing after provincial cut - Town & Country News The Cool Aid Society will shut down at the end of June after provincial cuts to its funding.  The 45-year-old society provided no-cost after-school and evening programs for children in Grande Prairie ...

The decision comes after the society lost about 90 per cent of its budget after Recovery Alberta Mental Health and Addiction cut its funding, telling Gerber that it was “nothing personal” but rather a change in the province’s mandate to fund intervention rather than prevention.

The last CGIT girls - Town & Country News The halls of St. Paul’s United Church will be quieter on Tuesday nights now.  After more than 100 years of operating in the city, the Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) group will disband at the end of...

The halls of St. Paul’s United Church will be quieter on Tuesday nights now.

After more than 100 years of operating in the city, the Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) group will disband at the end of the month.

Centre for Entrepreneurial Excellence creating worldwide connections with local businesses - Town & Country News <p>A new initiative out of Northwestern Polytechnic hopes to create more jobs for local businesses by helping them grow and make connections around the world to ensure their businesses can thrive. The...

A new initiative out of Northwestern Polytechnic hopes to create more jobs for local businesses by helping them grow and make connections around the world to ensure their businesses can thrive.

MD of Spirit River councillor sanctioned - Town & Country News A Municipal District of Spirit River councillor is questioning sanctions that ban her from municipality properties and remove her monthly remuneration. A motion from Reeve Tony Van Rootselaar that add...

This is my latest piece. For about the past month I have been working on trying to get answers as to why a longtime municipal councillor has been banned from all municipal properties in her municipality. Answers were once again hard to come by. It can be read at townandcountrynews*ca

Valleyview town hall leaves some residents frustrated - Town & Country News A March 10 town hall hosted by Valleyview town council was mostly focused on the town’s library, but some residents were also frustrated with how the public forum was operated. Residents arrived to se...

My second story on Valleyview. Focused on the town hall in Valleyview on March 10. Before any were answered, councillors were seen going through the questions and sorting them. “I understand the criticism about how questions were handled...,” says Valleyview Mayor.

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Abuse of power and lack of transparency among former trustee’s concerns in Valleyview - Town & Country News A Valleyview library board member has resigned, stating the board is abusing its power, lacking transparency, dismissing public input, miscommunicating and intimidating the public.  Kelli Reimer resig...

This is my first story on the Valleyview library. I am currently working on another as well. It's a difficult story tell when elected officials refuse to speak to media, but I did what I could with the time I had. #gpab

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Ukrainians hope to preserve their culture in Grande Prairie For almost a year, newly settled Ukrainian children in Grande Prairie, Alta., gather every Saturday to learn their native language and more about their culture for a few hours.

Ukrainians in Grande Prairie are looking to preserver their culture with their new school.

United Way, city step up with $60,000 for youth centre - Town & Country News United Way Alberta Northwest and the City of Grande Prairie are each giving $30,000 in emergency funding to the Cool Aid Society to ensure its youth programming can continue. The society, which provid...

Cool Aid Society will continue after United Way and City granted the society $60,000 after Recovery Alberta cut funding. The society says the funds will take them to the end of the school year and still are looking for additional funding to continue its programming.

Province surprises Grande Prairie youth centre with abrupt stop in funding The Cool Aid Society in Grande Prairie announced Friday it may need to close its doors next month after 45 years of service due to an abrupt loss of provincial funding.

Cool Aid Society is facing closure after it lost provincial funding. I’m also working on a follow up story for next week. #gpab

The Faceless Doll Project: A community art exhibit honouring child victims of residential schools - Town & Country News The latest exhibit at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie (AGGP) has about 200 dolls lining the walls of its exhibit spaces. Unlike most dolls, these do not have faces. The Faceless Doll Project, a part...

New art exhibit in Grande Prairie remembers children in residential schools.

PHOTOS: Malanka 2025 - Town & Country News The Troyanda Society celebrated 50 years at its Malanka celebration at Bonnetts Energy Centre on Saturday. Malanka is the celebration of the Ukrainian New Year.  The night included dancers from Troyan...

Always love photographing the Malanka event in Grande Prairie. Last weekend the Troyanda Society celebrated 50 years in the city.

David Lynch, Auteur Drawn to the Dark and the Dreamlike, Dies at 78 With such hallucinogenic masterworks as 'Eraserhead,' 'Blue Velvet,' 'Mulholland Drive,' 'Twin Peaks' and 'The Elephant Man,' he often left more questions than answers.

I suspect many of you are, like me, David Lynch fans. This obituary does great service to explain his contributions to culture. What an artist. RIP www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

150 km/h on ice: Ice racing returns to Clairmont Lake - Town & Country News Large metal spikes protrude from the tires as the motorcycles line up to race on the frozen Clairmont Lake.  Racers will reach speeds of about 150 km/h on the 7.2-kilometere track, which is about 12 m...

Had some fun checking out the ice races in Grande Prairie #gpab

CARTOONS OF THE DAY 🫤

(Cartoonists are rallying around @anntelnaes.bsky.social as she leaves the @washingtonpost.com )

Here is a collection of my favourite images and stories I made over the past year.

Thank you to everyone who has ever trusted me with their stories. The upcoming year will be busy, and I plan to continue telling stories of Grande Prairie and the area.
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A first-of-its-kind television show to premiere from Grande Prairie filmmaker - Town & Country News A Grande Prairie filmmaker’s newest project explores the planet's fragile ecosystems while highlighting indigenous and Western solutions to problems facing waterways in Canada. Len Morrisette is the c...

Landlocked Grande Prairie filmmakers make a underwater show with an indigenous twist #gpab

Mountview open house shares challenges, future of Beaverlodge healthcare - Town & Country News About 80 people attended the Mountview Health Complex open house on Dec. 4, far less than the June packed house that saw 400 attendees learn the Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital replacement would not ha...

The Mountview Health Complex is expected to replace the Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital, although Alberta Health and AHS had to change their tune after the community didn't accept the first round of announcements. #gpab

Grande Prairie council looks into paid parking downtown - Town & Country News <p>A report on potential revenue and expense of adding paid parking to downtown Grande Prairie was presented to the Public & Protective Services committee Nov. 26.The report looked into the history of...

Grande Prairie council looks into paid parking downtown due to alleged abuse of free parking

Vandals strikes the Veterans Memorial Gardens & Interpretive Centre again - Town & Country News On Nov. 23 around 7:20 a.m. -  after a night of heavy snowfall - notifications rang on Renee Charbonneau’s phone showing damage at the Veterans Memorial Gardens & Interpretive Centre in Grande Prairie...

Vandals strikes the Veterans Memorial Gardens & Interpretive Centre again in Grande Prairie

New training program to help women applying for the Grande Prairie Police Service A new fitness program at the Eastlink Centre is aimed at helping women be successful with their application to the Grande Prairie Police Service.

A new training program is being offered to women looking to join the Grande Prairie Police Service

Christmas in Sexsmith: A huge hit! - Town & Country News Carollers sung, hot chocolate was sipped next to a big bonfire, as the community gathered together for the annual town light up in Sexsmith on Thursday.  Hockey Days Hockey Days ran along with the Chr...

Small town events are the best. Photo gallery in the link. Christmas in Sexsmith event just north of Grande Prairie, Alta.

UPDATED: Beaverlodge’s Mountview Health Complex to now support 24-hour urgent care - Town & Country News The province announced on Monday the Mountview Health Complex in Beaverlodge will provide 24-7 urgent care services. At a packed open house for residents in July, Alberta Health Services (AHS) said Mo...

“Our community needs this; we need somewhere to be in the middle of the night when your child has croup, when your child has an asthma attack; this will save lives,” said Dr. Camellia Presley, a Beaverlodge physician. The community is now getting 24-hour urgent care like it wanted.

Sexsmith looks to tackle its doctor shortage - Town & Country News <p>The Town of Sexsmith is considering sponsoring a physician to open a practice there. Currently, the town has one physician, Dr. Cor van Tonder, who runs a clinic along with support from locum physi...

The Town of Sexsmith is considering sponsoring a physician to open a practice there.
Currently, the town has one physician, Dr. Cor van Tonder, who runs a clinic along with support from locum physicians.
Mayor Kate Potter says the town needs more.