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A local family hosted a lemonade stand in Falher on Aug. 23 in support of the Stollery Hospital in Edmonton. The family has used the hospital many times over the decades and they think it is one of the most…
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Emily PlihalLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter Holy Family Catholic Regional Division (HFCRD) is starting its school year with a number of exciting changes. “March of last year parents (of St. Thomas More) formally requested our school division take over their school from…
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Emily PlihalLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter Having children learn to take care of their sparkly whites can help to secure a healthy medical future for them, and a free clinic is coming to Nampa to help you educate your little ones. Nampa/Northern…
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Pearl LorentzenFor South Peace News Area school divisions are making progress on plans to deal with cellphones in schools. As reported earlier Alberta’s Minister of Education Demetrios Nicolaides ordered all school divisions to not allow students access to personal mobile…
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Pearl LorentzenFor South Peace News The last few years, finding enough bus drivers has been a challenge for High Prairie School Division. Therefore, the HPSD board of trustees asked Superintendent Murray Murran, about the busing situation at the August 20,…
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Pearl LorentzenFor South Peace News High Prairie School Division is adding more training for education assistancts (EAs), because they were involved in over half of the Occupational Health and Safety incidents for staff at HPSD schools last school year. HPSD…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Hosting a weekend of Indian relay races in High Prairie has been inspired by Sucker Creek First Nation to promote Indigenous culture, history and tourism. Community leadership envisions the event as one part of the strategy,…
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Slave Lake CourtAugust 21, 2024Justice G. Augerpresiding Sierra Marie Chalifoux, from Driftpile Cree Nation, appeared via CCTV from Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre. On December 11, 2023, Chalifoux was sentenced to six months probation, said Alex Granley, Crown prosecutor. Between April…
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Emily PlihalLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter Residents of communities in the Smoky River Region will soon have access to more reliable and quicker internet services, thanks to fiber optic lines recently installed in select communities. Northern Lights Fiber Bilingual Community Ambassador Esther…
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Tim Horton’s owners receives prestigious award

Emily PlihalLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter “It feels like you’re going home.” Those are the words of Peace River, High Prairie, Valleyview and Fairview’s Tim Horton’s owner Barbara Drummond of the franchise restaurants and the feeling she and her husband (and…
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Peace High students welcome upgrades

Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Open sight lines and private washroom stalls at Peace River High School allow students to feel safer and more comfortable using the facilities. Renovations to the washrooms were done in the summer months over the past…
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Metis addiction treatment centre coming to the north

Richard FroeseSouth Peace News A world-class addiction treatment centre has been planned as a partnership with the Metis Nation of Alberta and the provincial government. Peace River MLA and Mental Health and Addiction Minister Dan Williams says the new centre…
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Sucker Creek, Alta. – On Aug. 31, 2024, at 11:42 a.m., Faust RCMP received a report of a serious collision involving several motorcycles on Highway 2 near Range Road 143. An off duty RCMP officer was already on scene assisting…
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H.P. court docketAug. 19, 2024Justice S.P. Hinkley A man who fraudulently obtained more than $1,100 from a personal bank account of another person was fined several hundred dollars.Dustin Gerald Fleming was fined $500 for fraud under $5,000 after after he…
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