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Chris Clegg On an episode of All in the Family in the 1970s, Archie Bunker proposed an idea to stop all hijackers. “Give everyone on the plane a gun!” he said. One supposes it just might work but an airplane…
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Chris CleggSouth Peace News The mayor’s chair is being contested by two other citizens while 14 people are running for six council seats in the Town of Valleyview. Mayor Vern Lymburner faces opposition from Glen Burke and Carole Giberson. Meanwhile,…
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Chris CleggSouth Peace News Four of five incumbents are seeking re-election in the Village of Nampa in the municipal election Oct. 20. Council elects five councillors and selects a mayor at its organizational meeting afterwards. Six candidates are running for…
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Chris Clegg The major issue facing each new council whether elected by acclamation or the wish of the voters is pretty obvious: high taxes combined with economic survival. This newspaper has documented the financial struggles of the M.D. of Smoky…
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Wow! Quite the surprises on nomination day Sept. 22!No municipal elections are required in Girouxville, Falher, Donnelly and McLennan, and half the seats in the M.D. of Smoky River are by acclamation.The lack of interest in municipal governance in the…
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Rev. Terry Goerz,Redeemer Lutheran Church. I ended my last column Sept. 17 writing, “So we are dead, what happens next?” The Bible classifies the whole human race into two broad categories – the saved and the unsaved or the lost.…
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Ribbon cut to open Château Beauséjour

Emily PlihalLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter Over 150 people attended Heart River Housing’s grand opening of its newest seniors’ residence in Falher on Sept. 25. The new 20-unit seniors’ housing facility called Château Beauséjour is connected to the Villa Beauséjour and will…
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Emily PlihalLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter The Nampa Golden Pioneers Senior Drop-in Centre will be taken over by ghouls and goblins on Oct. 18 as the Monster Mash Family Dance returns for some spooky fun. The event is hosted by Nampa/Northern Sunrise…
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Emily PlihalLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter Peace River town council was presented with four new applications to consider regarding its grants to organizations at its regular meeting on Sept 22. Mayor Elaine Manzer says there has been an increase in applicants this…
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Emily PlihalLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter At its regular meeting on Sept. 22, Town of Peace River administration recommended council approve writing off some of the outstanding receivables in the Town books. “These (receivable accounts) are deemed uncollectible,” explains Mayor Elaine…
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Emily PlihalLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter Peace River residents are welcome to attend a municipal election candidates forum on Oct. 1 to learn more about the people campaigning to help sculpt the future of the community. Alberta municipal elections will be taking…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News A woman wanted on warrants by Peace Regional RCMP has been caught. Angelica Rose Cardinal, 36, of Grimshaw, was located by RCMP on active patrols at a local community event on Sept. 13, Peace RCMP public…
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Peace Regional RCMP seek help locating missing female

Little Buffalo, Alta. – On Sept. 28, 2025, Peace Regional RCMP responded to a report of a missing female. Jasmine Charlene Cardinal (23), a resident of Little Buffalo, has not been seen or heard from by family since Sept. 20,…
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