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Chris Clegg In the span of five months plus one day, Big Lakes County councillors have done a complete turnabout. At its Jan. 10 meeting, council decided that only oral reports on what they are doing was adequate. Not written…
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Pearl Lorentzen I don’t remember learning how to skate, but I remember the one time I used hockey skates. It was trippy, in both senses. I kept trying to fall down and my mind was doing mental gymnastics because it…
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Richard Froese People in local communities and across Canada continue to struggle to survive amid rising prices of food, housing, fuel, transportation, electricity and inflation. Everyone is wondering when it will end or at least ease as governments of all…
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Jeff Burgar As is our custom, we tallied up the most read local news stories of 2023. It sometimes happens the “big” stories are oddball happens. As in the mystery KKK hood story in Grimshaw in 2021. That story remains…
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Chris Clegg Last night, I received a call that a friend of mine passed away. It was not totally unexpected as he was battling cancer and receiving treatment, but still very sad. There will be no more morning or evening…
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Feedback on information provided at the proposed Smoky River Wind Project open houses: South Peace News strives to present a balanced view of issues for its readership, but the reporting on Nov. 15 regarding the Nov. 1 open house necessarily…
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Editor’s note: High Prairie resident Barry Sharkawi was one party who bid for the land where the former High Prairie Health Complex was located. He wishes to share with the community what his plans were. Sharkawi’s first bid was $200,000,…
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Joe McWilliams Sometimes a headline will occur to me and I will try to turn the idea into an editorial or opinion column. It doesn’t always work, and who knows, now might be one of those times. But here goes…
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Chris Clegg For many people, these are trying times. Locally, we are not immune to these trying times. Inflation is hurting many people. It is costing more and more to live. Many of us are still well off but everyone…
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Richard Froese A suggestion to amalgamate local municipalities has made its way to the High Prairie region. The issue was presented to Big Lakes County council at a special meeting Dec. 4-5 to discuss interim operating and capital budgets. Longtime…
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Richard Froese Christmas creates some of life’s greatest and cherished memories. As people get older and as Christmas approaches, they can frequently reflect on Christmases past. What fond memories with family and friends! Times have changed in life and Christmas…
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Pearl Lorentzen In Slave Lake, the second snow of the season was on Nov. 22, basically a month after the last one. In-between, the weather was autumnal, unseasonably so for this area. This allowed me to wear fall jackets and…
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Chris Clegg The Town of High Prairie is not alone it its beef against the Alberta government and its grants-in-lieu of taxes policy. The song and dance performed at council’s Nov. 14 meeting has been orchestrated in virtually every municipality…
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I was pleasantly surprised to read your newspaper’s endorsement of the ABO Wind Smoky River turbine farm. I’m guessing it’s a case of if you can’t beat ‘em, join, ‘em. The world is changing quickly and in order for Canada…
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Chris Clegg Please, bear with me! I have a point to make! I can imagine some readers cringing at another article about Christmas, especially in November. Gee whiz, December isn’t even here and the media is already writing about Christmas,…
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