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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Students at an outreach school in High Prairie will engage in more physical activity, thanks to funding from Big Lakes County.At its regular meeting March 9, council approved a $500 sponsorship to Prairie View Outreach.The school…
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Chris CleggSouth Peace News The Town of High Prairie has struck a new committee to meet every three months.But it appears it will have to do so without the services of Councillor James Waikle.Council decided at its March 8 meeting…
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Chris CleggSouth Peace News The Town of High Prairie is calling actions by its recycling partner, Waste GFL Environmental, “misleading” after learning that glass is not being recycled at its recycling centre.Council invited GFL operations manager – northern Alberta, Wade…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Big Lakes County hamlet residents struggling to put food on the table will soon have another source to access.Big Lakes Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the 2021 Second…
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Chris CleggSouth Peace News Efforts to station another police dog and handler in High Prairie continue.High Prairie RCMP S/Sgt. Bryce Tarzwell told High Prairie town council the news at its Feb. 22 meeting.“My understanding is we will be getting another…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News A request to convert a former college campus in Faust into residential property has been rejected by Big Lakes County council.At its regular meeting Feb. 23, council approved a motion by Reeve Robert Nygaard to deny…
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Pearl LorentzenFor South Peace News Loon River First Nation residents will be going to the polls March 14 to elect a new chief and council.Polls are open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Clarence Jaycox School gym in…
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Chris CleggSouth Peace News Efforts by a Town of High Prairie councillor to have better transparency and accountability were shunned by council at its Feb. 22 meeting.Councillor James Waikle proposed having all votes recorded during meetings and included in minutes,…
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CHris CleggSouth Peace News An audit of the M.D. of Smoky River’s agriculture service board [ASB] found that council has no policy on soil conservation as required by the Government of Alberta.It is no longer the case after council moved…
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High Prairie town council passed first reading for a bylaw at its Feb. 8 meeting to guarantee the High Prairie Golf Club a $60,000 line of credit.Mayor Brian Panasiuk explained to council the request comes to council each year in…
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A request for support to hire more workers from the organization operating Manoir du lac at McLennan was denied by McLennan town council at its Feb. 14 meeting.The letter from Integrated Life Care asked council to supports their efforts in…
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Work being done by the Peace Library System [PLS] was praised at the M.D. of Smoky River’s meeting Feb. 9.PLS chief executive officer Louisa Robison attended the meeting by Zoom to introduce herself to the new councillors and update them…
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Chris CleggSouth Peace News Are there more grizzly bears in Alberta than we think?The M.D. of Greenview thinks so and wants the Government of Alberta to pay for a study to find out.The M.D. of Smoky River was sent a…
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Chris CleggSouth Peace News A proposal to hire a part-time consultant for the Northern Alberta Elected Leaders [NAEL] is being endorsed by some Peace region municipalities, but how they are going about approving the request greatly differs.Northern Sunrise County, at…
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