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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Two people noted for their record of community service in Big Lakes County will be the newest inductees on the county’s Wall of Fame. Holly Malanowich and Marilyn Stevens will be honoured with their names added…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Big Lakes County is supporting a music festival in Faust in August in memory of a young local boy. At its regular meeting June 12, council approved a grant of $250 to the Ben’s Legacy Foundation…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Big Lakes County and Town of High Prairie council representatives will soon meet to review the Inter-municipal Collaboration Framework (ICF) agreement. At its regular meeting June 12, Big Lakes council approved a recommendation to open current…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Big Lakes County council has authorized its development officer to deal with a development permit in a direct control (DC) land-use district in Kinuso. At its regular meeting June12, council approved a recommendation that authority for…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Big Lakes County has taken initial steps to redistrict land in Enilda to agricultural from residential. At its regular meeting June 12, council gave first reading to draft amended land-use Bylaw 13-2024 to redistrict part of…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Big Lakes County has denied a request from Hilliard’s Bay Estates for council to provide dust control on the main gravel road leading to the residential community. At its regular meeting May 22, council approved a…
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Emily PlihalLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter Significant improvements and upgrades have been made to Town of Peace River’s Information Technology (IT) system to help improve efficiency and decrease risk. At its regular meeting June 10, council members were informed of various changes…
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Emily PlihalLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter Peace River town council chose its member to represent them on the Mighty Peace Watershed Alliance (MPWA) board of directors for Small Urban Municipality. The term for the active member for the Small Urban Municipality was…
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Emily PlihalLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter Peace River administration has completed updates to the Reserve Policy, officially approved by town council on June 10. Earlier this year, council directed administration to update its policy to better align with the Town’s current fund…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Big Lakes County is building a gravel access road for a residential property in the Prairie Echo area. At its meeting May 22, council agreed to construct a residential access road for Echo Valley Farms with…
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Emily PlihalLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter Northern Sunrise County has given third reading to a Revised Emergency Management Bylaw to correct an issue in a portion of the original bylaw. Administration updated the bylaw to align with the Incident Command System…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News A Big Lakes County landowner wants to revert land back to its former land-use district. As a result, council has taken first steps to redistrict property of a recreational vehicle business west of High Prairie. At…
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Emily PlihalLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter Peace River town council appointed three members to its Council Remuneration Review Committee at its regular meeting on May 27. “The Council Remuneration Policy was revised earlier this year with this review committee included in the…
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Emily PlihalLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter Peace River town council gave approval for an extra $400,000 to be transferred from general operating reserve to the 2024 overlay capital project at its regular meeting on May 27. Typically, the public works department operating…
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