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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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