Monday February 24, 2025
- Peace River Chamber President Layne Gardner sent a letter to the County of Northern Lights regarding the future of the Peace River Airport.
Gardner is urging the municipality to help take back ownership of the Airport, in partnership of other jurisdictions in the region, including the Chamber. - The auctioning of special hunting licenses has been a part of some trips abroad for one provincial cabinet minister. (Todd Loewen Interview in Separate Story)
The Minister’s Special Licence offers a unique opportunity each year for hunters to hunt certain game species with enhanced season lengths and an expanded hunting area. - Scholarships have been awarded to six students in the area, who are pursuing healthcare or medical-related studies.
The Grimshaw Regional Healthcare Attraction and Retention Committee has a goal of encouraging them to live and work in the region. - The Northland School Division is moving ahead with purchasing new school busses for the fleet.
Superintendent Cal Johnson presented the latest updates on how to support students, families and communities. - A private surgical company at the heart of allegations the Alberta government interfered to secure overpriced medical contracts was billing taxpayers more than twice as much per procedure than it would cost in a public hospital, according to reports.
- Doctors are calling on provincial and territorial governments to remove the “barriers” preventing them from working where they are needed in Canada.
Under the current system, most physicians face an application process and thousands of dollars in fees to obtain separate licences for each province or territory they want to practice in. - Two games in the NHL tonight… San Jose is in Winnipeg, and Vegas is in LA.
- Nampa’s Kayla Skrlik has improved her chances of being considered for the upcoming Olympics.
Skrlik finished fourth in last week’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts, which could rank her high enough for a berth in the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in November in Halifax.
The winner represents Canada at the Olympics in Italy next February. - Lots of sunshine and snow melting temperature are forecasted in the Peace and Big Lakes this week.
Meanwhile, a slight chance of flurries, but warmer temperatures are expected in the Mackenzie.
Highs this afternoon are around 5 in the Peace and Big Lakes, and -5 in the Mackenzie, with lows tonight around -15, except for -7 in the Big Lakes.
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