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Twelve Foot Davis Gravesite wild fire

Express Staff On May 9 at 1:50 p.m., Northern Sunrise Protective Services were dispatched to a vehicle fire in the hills west of the Twelve Foot Davis Gravesite. Due to very strong winds, the fire spread into the surrounding grasses…
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Francophone students demonstrate their talents

Tom HenihanExpress Staff Over 250, audience members, musicians, artists and performers attended the third annual “Gala du Nord” celebration at Centre Chevaliers on April 27. The CAFE Nord-Ouest organizes the event in conjunction with École Héritage whose students present the…
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Survivors share the trauma of the “60’s Scoop”

Susan ThompsonExpress Staff The Peace River Museum hosted the “Bi-Giwen: Coming Home – Truth Telling from the Sixties Scoop” exhibition for one day only on May 2. According to the exhibit, “This Anishnaabe that means ‘coming home,’ was given to…
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McLennan’s Heritage House Society opens its annual garage sale

Tom HenihanExpress Staff St.Paul’s Heritage House Society, a group responsible for the restoration and ongoing maintenance of the Manse House and St. Paul’s Anglican Church, has opened its annual summer-long garage sale at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall on Highway…
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Bus Roadeo returns May 25 to High Prairie

Richard Froese For The Express Up to 20 bus drivers are expected to test their skills in the fourth annual Northwest (Zone 5) School Bus Roadeo in High Prairie on May 25. Drivers will compete in the daylong event at…
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High speeder has licence suspended

Chris Clegg For the Express A woman has given an entirely new meaning to the term “lead-foot driver”. On Friday, April 26, at approximately 2:45 a.m., High Prairie RCMP were conducting patrols of Highway 2 in the Big Lakes County…
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Nicolet Insurance donates $818 to FABuLAS’ ball diamond project

Tom Henihan Express Staff On April 30, Nicolet Insurance-BrokerLink Manager, Gisele Soucy presented Pauline Therriault of Falher & Area Beautification & Leisure Activities Society (FABuLAS), with a cheque for $818. Nicolet Insurance raised the financial donation from cotton candy sales…
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Ecole Providence holds well-attended open house

Tom Henihan Express Staff Ecole Providence in McLennan held an open house, fun evening event on April 25, with approximately one hundred people attending, Fr. Eucharis, the parish priest, said grace and he stayed to play bingo afterwards. The food,…
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Two new projects hope to help the homeless in Peace River

Susan Thompson Express Staff When Krista Loughton screened her documentary on homelessness at the theatre in Peace River, it inspired Marc Boychuk to take action. He spent two days on the streets himself in January of last year to see…
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