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Peace Region Family Resource Network (FRN) and Nampa/Northern Sunrise County Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) are hosting Adulting 101: Online Gaming and Gambling on June 4. The multi-part series is aiming at providing interactive programming for teens in Grades…
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Northern Sunrise County and Village of Nampa are hosting a Volunteer Appreciation Barbeque on May 26 to recognize the many people who help to make the communities better places to live. “Hosting an annual BBQ is our way to show…
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Peace Regional RCMP seeks the public’s assistance in identifying and locating two suspects in connection with a break- and-enter at a Peace River business property on March 23. Officers were patrolling the area of 75 St. and saw a broken…
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Nampa/Northern Sunrise County Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) is welcoming Life Capacity Game to the St. Isidore Cultural Centre. The program is facilitated by Imagine Institute and will be held on May 21 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.…
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Nampa/Northern Sunrise County Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) is bringing two workshops to the region to help attendees discover and address their unconscious biases. Unconscious Bias Training for Youth: Supporting Understanding and Belonging will be held on May 19…
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Obituary – William Ross Cowell

William Ross Cowell, a lifelong resident of High Prairie, passed away on April 20, 2026, in the High Prairie Health Complex at the age of 65 years. He had a short but hard fight with cancer. A heartfelt thank you…
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Peace River School Division (PRSD) has received a grant April 21 to help enhance its North Peace Commercial Driving Academy. The Division received $958,532 from the Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors’ Industry Advancement Grant. The funding will be used to…
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Smoky River Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) is seeking assistance from the public to nominate volunteers for this year’s volunteer appreciation awards. The awards are an annual tradition that is meant to recognize community members who go above and…
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Flood alert removed in Peace River April 24

The town of Peace River was under flood alert last week, with high waterflows causing concern for ice jams forming within the boundaries of the community, putting it under imminent risk of flooding. Areas that were under close observation were…
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Alberta RCMP MCU investigates homicide in Peace River

Peace River, Alta. – On April 23, 2026, around 4:23 a.m., Peace River RCMP were called to the Petro-Canada on 78 street for a male found deceased at the gas pumps. Peace River RCMP responded and obtained video surveillance showing…
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Kochia added to noxious weed list

At its regular meeting April 14, Northern Sunrise County council gave third reading to Bylaw B484/26 Elevation of Weed to Noxious Designation. Council gave first and second readings for the bylaw at the March 24 council meeting. The bylaw then…
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Most people picture Jesus as a calm, nonthreatening, warm fellow. The kind of person you like the first time you meet. He doesn’t get ruffled or easily agitated. However, that Jesus is not the Jesus who shows up in Luke…
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