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High Prairie Gun Show back April 13-14

Richard Froese For The Express Spring is in the air and time for the 18th annual High Prairie Gun and Sports Sportsman Show set for April 13-14. The High Prairie Fish and Game Association hosts the event at the Sports…
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LAHF Troupe’s Rink-a-Dink Circus delights audience

Susan Thompson Exoress Staff The Local Actors Having Fun (LAHF) troupe outdid themselves for this year’s circus-themed dinner theatre production “The Amazing Circus-Stancial Evidence,” which included some actual comedic aerial acrobatics to go along with its cast of suspicious circus…
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Dancers show their skills at Peace River Dance Festival

Susan Thompson Express Staff Dancers from across the Peace Region leapt and pirouetted across the stage for the first time this season at the 12th annual Peace River Dance Festival on March 16 and 17. The festival, which is hosted…
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New Primary Care Centre still on track for fall opening

Susan Thompson Express Staff Despite some delays to roofing work due to the recent cold weather, the new primary care centre in Peace River is still on track for a fall opening. According to an update released by Northern Sunrise…
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Trade Show delivered its “Visions of Change.”

Tom Henihan Express Staff For those involved in agriculture, marketing grain or buying equipment, the Smoky River Ag Society Trade Show was certainly the place to be from March 14 to 16. Since taking over from the Smoky River Chamber…
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A promising future for drones and farmers

Lucie J. Mercier Express Staff A small attendance was present for the Ag Drone course, on Remotedly Piloted Aircraft Systems, (R.P.A.S), which was held on March 12 and 13, at the Guy Community Center last Tuesday and Wednesday. Two gentlemen,…
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Public invited to give feedback on Intermunicipal Boundaries

Susan Thompson Express Staff Local ratepayers were invited to two separate open houses last week to review the proposed Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) boundaries between the Town of Peace River and neighbouring counties. “This is for the municipalities to be…
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SRPRRC celebrates Dr. Pieter De Wet’s 20-plus years in McLennan

Tom Henihan Express Staff Smoky River Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee (SRPRRC) celebrated a milestone recently, marking Dr. Pieter DeWet’s twenty-year medical practice in the Smoky River Region. At the celebration on March 1, SRPRRC also thanked Dr. DeWet’s wife…
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Carnival offers animated performances

Tom Henihan Express Staff In spite of having a number of contingencies to address such as a change of date and venue at short notice, the turnout for Twilight Figure Skating Club’s annual Carnival was still impressive. Along with being…
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