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Art is what they see and what they feel!

High Prairie E.W. Pratt High School Art students have double duty! They create drawings from real life based on what they see and they create watercolour paintings based on what they feel! Yet the line separating the two is never…
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Trustees press premier for new St. Andrew’s

Richard FroeseSouth Peace News A new building for St. Andrew’s School in High Prairie was the main priority Holy Family Catholic Regional Division trustees pressed the premier and education minister at a special reception April 15 in Edmonton. Trustees spoke…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News St. Stephen’s School in Valleyview has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the Valleyview Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign from April 28 to May 4. All proceeds from Smile Cookie sales during the campaign will…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Kinuso School was crowned double champions at the seventh annual High Prairie School Division Pakisiwin (Hand Games) Tournament on home turf April 15 at Kinuso. History was made as Kinuso won both the elementary and the…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Central Peace – Notley MLA and Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen warns people to beware of bears in forested areas. Alberta Public Safety and Emergency Services also advise people as bears have started emerging from…
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Holy Family appoints new learning supervisor

Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Holy Family Catholic Regional Division has appointed Nicole Adams as its new supervisor of teaching and learning. She brings more than 10 years of experience in the education field to her new role, says an HFCRD…
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H.P. court docketApril 7, 2025Justice C.A. Walker A young Atikameg man who stole several items from a High Prairie retail store will have to fork over almost $800 in fines and restitution.Evan Dacey Alook, 28, was fined $600, including the…
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Peace River School Division appoints 3 to central office

Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Peace River School Division has appointed three staff members to its central office in Grimshaw starting in the 2025-26 school year. Appointments were announced in a PRSD news release April 14. Sabrina Fentie will become the…
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Hey, High Prairie! Look what we made

Last week, the classrooms at High Prairie St. Andrew’s School were buzzing with excitement as students dove into festive activities to celebrate the Easter season. The highlight of the week? A colourful and creative Easter egg decorating session led by…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News High Prairie region’s first wildfire of the year temporarily closed a section of highway near Grouard on April 16. Big Lakes County first reported the wildfire in a notice on its website on April 16 at…
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Students win prizes in annual Legion contest

Each year, Royal Canadian Legion branches across Canada invite students to participate in their Remembrance Day contest. Categories include primary, intermediate and senior black and white posters, colour posters, and poems. Winners announced in December received $75 while second place…
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Prevention eases threat of wildfires

Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Wildland firefighters will be busy over the next few weeks preventing wildfires as warmer weather approaches. Firefighters started work in mid-April burning areas of dead and dry grass on public land around communities in the Slave…
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1st hemp bale only days away!

Emily PlihalLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter The wait is over for Smoky Hemp Decortication Ltd with the arrival of the last two pieces of its operating system, and the board is hopefully to be processing hemp by the end of the month!…
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What was a field of six candidates in the Peace River – Westlock riding in the April 28 federal election dwindled to four last week. For various reasons, Green Party candidate Silvaine Zimmermann and Allan Weideli of the People’s Part…
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