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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Conseil scolaire du Nord-Ouest schools will soon be getting in closer connection with the board. At its regular meeting Sept. 19, the CSNO board approved a new format for the 2024-25 school year to visit the…
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Plains supports High Prairie hospital

Plains Midstream Canada donated $1,000 on Oct. 18 to the High Prairie Health Care Auxiliary. Left-right, are Rhoda Dumont, administrator for the High Prairie facility, auxiliary vice-president Tammy Melnyk, and Vi Fudali, a director on the board of the auxiliary.…
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Chris CleggSouth Peace News A guilty plea to a violation under the Fisheries Act has netted Mercer Peace River Pulp Ltd. a $1 million fine. Mercer pleaded no contest after allegedly discharging over 30 million litres of toxic effluent into…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News High Prairie School Division has responded to a social media video that recently surfaced on a HPSD school council Facebook page that concerns administration. The school division posted a message on its website on Oct. 7…
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Art embraces world of weird, wild and wonderful

Hints of Halloween and summer days influence the art production at High Prairie E.W. Pratt High School. Students study colour theory, line and composition to give their works a touch of the weird, the wild and the wonderful! Students receive…
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Pearl LorentzenFor South Peace News Northland School Division has a new chair but it took a draw from a hat to determine the chair after three consecutive tie votes. Former vice-chair Tanya Fayant’s name was drawn over incumbent Robin Guild…
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Back to the wild!

National Truth and Reconciliation Day Sept. 30 saw a variety of commemorations activities across the region. One of the more unusual involved the release of a juvenile female bald eagle. It had been captured, injured, a few weeks earlier at…
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A male youth was fined a few hundred dollars after breaking a window.The youth, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was fined $300 after pleading guilty to mischief with damage under $5,000 Oct. 7 in youth…
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Art show added to High Prairie Light-Up calendar

Chris CleggSouth Peace News High Prairie Light-Up celebrations Nov. 29 will include a Christmas-themed art show at the High Prairie Museum. Museum manager Darlene Adams says the students at High Prairie E.W. Pratt High School will provide the art. “Teacher…
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H.P. court docketOct. 7, 2024Justice D.R. Shynkar A 38-year-old Whitefish Lake man who battled with a police officer while being arrested in High Prairie now has a longer criminal record.Rodney Derrick Nahachick was handed a global sentence of 40 days…
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Grey shot 6 times, ASIRT says

Chris CleggSouth Peace News Law enforcement officials have been cleared of any wrongdoing during an incident June 17-18, 2021 where Lionel Ernest Grey, then 29, of Gift Lake, and police dog Jago, both died. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team…
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Council reviewed a report at its Oct. 8 meeting from the engineering firm McElhanney regarding Cessna Road and agreed to add another inch of gravel in the spring of 2024, if required . . . Council directed administration to respond…
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Council will be responding to a survey from Alberta Municipal Affairs (AMA) that requests municipalities share data regarding the financial impact of the federal carbon tax. Mayor Jason Doris noted AMA wants to gather date to lobby the federal government…
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Emily PlihalLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter It is a program designed to produce ecosystem services through nature-based solutions, with funding available to help farmers find solutions to their land woes. The ALUS program was designed to help farmers and ranchers create, restore,…
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