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Monday March 18, 2024 New Superintendent of the Northland School Division is Cal Johnson has been appointed to the Position, and as the CEO. Johnson was appointed interim Superintendent in January, after Shelley Willier became no longer

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Johnson New Superintendent at NSD

Courtesy: Northland School Division Northland School Division (NSD) is pleased to announce that Cal Johnson has been appointed the new Superintendent of Schools and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective March 15, 2024. The Board of Trustees unanimously

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Gauthier Called up to Broncos

Courtesy: North Peace Navigators GAUCHIER GOT THE CALL! We’d like to congratulate and wish the best of luck to Navigators’ forward Jaxen Gauchier on his first @westernhockeyleague call up for the @swiftcurrentbroncos this weekend. As an organization,

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Friday March 15, 2024 High Prairie RCMP are looking for a missing man. Everett Lamarche was last seen leaving the hospital in High Prairie just after 1 a.m. yesterday. (Detail on App) No Doctor in Fairview today

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Thursday March 14, 2024 Town of Peace River officials are urging residents to stay off the ice on the river. With warmer temperatures and the spring ice break-up approaching, the ice can be very unstable and unpredictable

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ALERT have five gang members in custody

Courtesy: ALERT Edmonton ALERT Edmonton: A$AP gang members charged Edmonton… Several alleged members of the A$AP street gang have been charged with drug and firearms offences. The arrests came via joint investigations between ALERT, Wabasca RCMP, and RCMP

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Smoky River Transport wins provincial award

Courtesy: Town of Falher The Smoky River Transportation Program is thrilled to announce its prestigious win of the 2024 Minister’s Award for Transportation Innovation in the Transit/Accessible Transportation Innovation category. This accolade recognizes the program’s exceptional commitment

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Wednesday March 13, 2024 Peace Regional RCMP have dealt with a number of thefts of, and from vehicles in the first two months of 2024. In January, 18 vehicles, one license plate, and three attempted vehicle thefts

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Freson Bros. wins distinguished awards

Courtesy: Freson Bros. Freson Bros., Alberta’s largest family owned and operated independent food store chain, was awarded a Creative Choice Award in the category of Traditional Media and Honourable Mentions in three other categories, from the National

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Tuesday March 12, 2024 Officials say they are preparing for “the worst” ahead of this year’s wildfire season, following last year’s record-breaking result. Right now, 55 fires are burning in the province, about two-thirds of which are

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70 graduates make up Class of 2024 at NWP

Courtesy: NWP NWP’s Fairview Campus Celebrates 2024 Convocation Graduates March 9, 2024, Fairview, Alberta – Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP) celebrated 2023-2024 Fairview campus graduates this weekend in the Fred Speckeen Theatre. The graduating class of 70 students were cheered

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No Doc in Fairview…Again!

Courtesy: Alberta Health Services Temporary disruption at Fairview Health Complex Emergency Department FAIRVIEW — Due to the inability to secure physician coverage, the Fairview Health Complex Emergency Department will be temporarily without on-site physician coverage for the

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Friday March 8, 2024 Proceedings in the trial of Kyra Renee Backs is scheduled to start January 6th. Backs stands accused in the death of seven-month old Oaklan Cunningham in October of 2022. The North Peace Performing

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Thursday March 7, 2024 Conseil Scolaire du Nord-Ouest says that crews are coming and will begin the demolition process today. CSNO obtained the school from PRSD in 2006 to accomodate new space for Ecole desd Quatre-Vents. The

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Wednesday March 6, 2024 Two people from Grande Prairie are facing a slew of charges after allegedly stealing mail from multiple mailboxes over a six-week span. Police say between December 14th and January 22nd, the accused were

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Tuesday March 5, 2024 Fairview town council meets tonight. On the agenda, Seargent Lacey Blair from the RCMP presents the Community Policing Report in a delegation. Also, Tax Arrears Recovery and a bylaw for Pet Therapy with

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Monday March 4, 2024 The Alberta Government is fast-tracking $84 million dollars to day cares across the province. Facilities are to receive 80% of their monthly claim, which began on Friday. This is to buy time for

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Provincial Funding for Day-cares

Courtesy: Government of Alberta Delivering promised payments to child-care providers March 01, 2024 Media inquiries More than 2,300 child-care providers will receive advance payments to help them continue to provide the services Alberta families rely on. Alberta child-care

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Provincial Wildfire Funding available

Courtesy: Government of Alberta Budget 2024 enables Alberta to make use of leading-edge technologies to prevent and respond to wildfires. As Alberta heads into wildfire season, many areas of the province are experiencing heightened wildfire risk. Alberta’s

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Friday March 1, 2024 A 42 year-old man from Sucker Creek has been given life in prison. Travis Myles Melnyk was found guilty of first degree murder from an incident in November of 2021. Melnyk was originally

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Nucleur Power Plant in Grimshaw?

Courtesy: Lac Cardinal Regional Economic Development Board Grimshaw Town Council engaged in discussions regarding a recent meeting with a number of executives visiting the region to engage in conversations with local municipalities regarding the possibility of a

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