COVID-19 UPDATE – September 22, 2020
As of September 22, Alberta Health has confirmed 150 new cases in Alberta in the last 24 hours. There are 13 new cases in the North Zone over the last 24 hours. There has been 0 deaths recorded in the…
Peace River opens $2.7M reservoir
Susan ThompsonSouth Peace News A new reservoir in Peace River will not only provide residents with clean drinking water but will also help with fire suppression. Town officials gathered on Sept. 11 to officially open Reservoir 365. The new reservoir…
4 vie for 2 seats on McLennan council
Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Four people will be seeking one of two seats available on McLennan town council in the Oct. 26 byelection. Terry Calliou, Luc Dubrule, Margaret Jacob and Nathan Wilson all filed nomination papers by the Sept. 14…
McLennan councillor slams suggestion
Chris CleggSouth Peace News What he sees as a silly rule has a Town of McLennan councillor frustrated. Council heard at its Sept. 14 meeting that Alberta Municipal Affairs completed a Municipal Accountability Report. CAO Lorraine Willier presented the report…
Council opts for part-time admin assistant
Chris CleggSouth Peace News Deeming the work in the Town of McLennan office to be too much for the CAO to handle alone, council is proceeding with hiring a part-time administrative assistant. Advertising for the position begins immediately and involves…
Town of McLennan notebook
Chris CleggSouth Peace News Arena storage idea may be on ice McLennan’s H.W. Fish Arena will not have ice this coming winter for winter sports.As a result, council was looking at ways to utilize the space. One idea proposed was…
Council wants ownership of hotel
Chris CleggSouth Peace News The Town of McLennan hopes to avert a major disaster by offering a deal to take over the old McLennan Hotel. The matter arose at council’s Sept. 14 meeting. Council realizes the ongoing vandalism and potential…
Author of controversial bill put in charge of $14 million in palliative care funding
Peace River MLA Dan Williams proposed bill that would have impacted end of life Susan ThompsonSouth Peace News Peace River MLA Dan Williams will be leading government engagement on $14 million in palliative care spending. The UCP promised $20 million…
Mask education preferred instead of bylaw
Susan ThompsonSouth Peace News After reviewing a public survey on mask use, the Town of Peace River has opted to focus on a mask education campaign rather than a bylaw. Mayor Tom Tarpey started off the regular meeting of council…
Editorial – Our reliable countryside
Jeff Burgar Are you being taken for granted? Easy to answer. If you are a voting age rural citizen in Alberta, chances are, you are a true-blue, dyed-in-the-wool, mostly hard-core UPC voter provincially, and anti-Trudeau Conservative voter federally. So, of…
Commentary – The more mysterious the better
Joe McWilliams Let’s be trivial for a moment and spare a thought for bigfoot. If it exists, its habitat is on fire right now. If the mysterious sasquatch is ever going to be flushed out into the open, now would…
The restaurant industry can help save the economy
By Sylvain Charlebois,Professor, Dalhousie University,Courtesy of Troy Media. The best way to get an economy going again is to get to Canadians’ wallets by way of their stomachs. But it’s a long road. Up to 25 per cent of restaurants…
Inspiration – What is truth?
Pastor Keith Williams,High Prairie Bethel Baptist Church Philip Ryken in, his book Discovering God in the Stories from the Bible, has this to say about truth. I found this article to be very good and in fact used part of…
The mighty moose: not just a beast of the forest
Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader ‘We’re going to need a bigger freezer, right?’ (Rookie hunter, on seeing his first bull moose up close.) If filling your freezer with wild meat is what you want to do, you probably want a moose. But…
More information needed on McLennan Hall upgrades
Chris CleggSouth Peace News The first steps into future needs at the McLennan Elks/Royal Purple Hall have council asking for more information. Under the direction of council, CAO Lorraine Willier and Royal Purple member Maggie Gervais did a walk-through in…