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Freson Bros. ‘Friends of the Saints’

Over the years, Freson Bros. in High Prairie has been a great supporter of the Grade 9 Travel Club at High Prairie St. Andrew’s School. The school recognizes and thanks manager Steve McLeod for supporting a recent fundraiser where students…
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Felix Bergeron, president of the Peace River Boating Association, provided information for council at its March 27 meeting regarding the association’s various initiatives and projects. The association maintains several boat launches in the Peace River region and also spearheads the…
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Artists of same feather flock together!

Art is for the birds at High Prairie E.W. Pratt High School . . . but not without a cause! Actual birdhouses, as well as images of birdhouse projects, will be shown way over in Toronto. There, they will be…
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Chris CleggSouth Peace News Chiefs representing various bands in Treaty 6, Treaty 7 and Treaty 8 territory are united in preserving treaty rights after recent meetings. Treaty 8 chiefs released a news release April 18 and decided to take a…
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Emily PlihalLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter Community Futures Peace Country is looking for young entrepreneurs to take place in its annual Lemonade Day event this year. General manager Sherry Crawford explains the children are taught all the integral steps to being a…
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Emily PlihalLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter Peace River Rotaract is back in business when it comes to their Facebook social media page. “Our original page was suspended at the end of January,” says Rotaract’s Rylee Armstrong. “After doing some online searches to…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Peace River MLA and Alberta Mental Health and Addiction Minister Dan Williams is pleased to announced the provincial government is creating two organizations to support the development of mental health and addictions care. Recovery Alberta will…
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United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) is saying thank you to its member-owners by announcing a $30 million patronage dividend. In a company announcement March 20, UFA cites it is a record being the largest cash payout in the 115-year-old co-operative’s…
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Elks support cadets!

The High Prairie Air Cadets recently received a $3,000 donation from the High Prairie Elks. Presenting the cheque, left, is Elks Exaulted Ruler John Van den Berg, to Air Cadets civilian instructor Milkiya Perkinson, surrounded by members of the squadron.
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Bowers takes over Lesser Slave UCP presidency

Joe McWilliamsFor South Peace News The former constituency assistant of Lesser Slave Lake MLA Scott Sinclair is now the president of the United Conservative Party’s Lesser Slave Lake Constituency Association. Chad Bowers got the job at the organization’s annual general…
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Kinuso students explore Europe

Pearl LorentzenFor South Peace News After a six year wait, Kinuso School students once again had a chance to explore Europe! From March 26 to April 7, students and adult chaperones travelled in Germany, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and France.…
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Erasmus-Perley new VP at Prairie View

Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Jaime Erasmus-Perley has been named the new vice-principal of Prairie River Outreach School in High Prairie starting in this September. She has made a significant impact as a First Nations, Metis and Inuit curriculum consultant with…
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Ning named VP at Pratt

Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Rebecca Ning has been appointed vice-principal of E.W. Pratt High School in High Prairie starting in September. She has been teaching at Prairie View Outreach School in High Prairie, says a High Prairie School Division news…
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Jeff Burgar A “Thumbs Down” last week from a reader is food for thought. The item said, “A reader passes this along. To all people in High Prairie! Stop the fighting and work toward building a better community.” We think…
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Peace River School Division nominates Polytechnic prez for award

Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Peace River School Division board has nominated Dr. Vanessa Sheane for the Alberta School Board Association’s (ASBA) annual Friends of Education Award. Sheane is the president of the Northwestern Polytechnic. The PRSD board of trustees unanimously…
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