It is becoming a major inconvenience for Town of McLennan public works staff and needs to be addressed. The second pump at one of its lift stations periodically loses its prime. As a result, an employee has to go to…

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Chris CleggSouth Peace News And now there are six! The National Junior Hockey League has added the Northern Alberta Lightning from Viking to swell the fledgling league to six teams. The Lightning, who very likely will not be playing from…
Renegades win ‘Game of the Season’

Richard FroeseSouth Peace News The High Prairie Renegades won their first game Sept. 8 in the 2023 high school football season. The Renegades caged the Valleyview Hillside Cougars 24-21 in their home-opener in Mighty Peace Football Conference action. “It was…

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Today in High Prairie! See what’s happening today in town, celebrity birthdays, local history, world history and your daily horoscope. Please send your birthdays and community events to southpeacenews@hotmail.com and/or spneditor@outlook.com. What’s Happening Today – September 24, 2023 Attend the…

Chris CleggSouth Peace News A proposal to charge Big Lakes County residents a licensing fee for their cats and dogs has ended quicker than a dog can bark at the moon or a cat can catch a mouse! Council decided…

South Peace News has won its 53rd Canadian Community Newspapers Association Award. The paper placed third in its circulation category up to 1,499 for Best Front Page in 2022 judging. Each paper submitted two copies for judge’s consideration. It is…

Pearl Lorentzen In the non-fiction section of the library, a book grabbed my attention. It is called Awkward: The Science Behind Why We’re Socially Awkward and Why That is Awesome by Ty Tashiro. After I checked it out, I had…

Don’t you just love going outside on a cool, crisp fall morning and hearing the sound of Canada Geese flying overhead?What is more Canadian than that?Farmers might not like it if those same geese have fattened up for the flight…

Chris CleggSouth Peace News The owner of a residential property near Kinuso will be allowed to add a tourist home on his property. Big Lakes County passed second and third readings at its Sept. 13 meeting to amend its land-use…

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