The City's fire department responded to two residential structure fires in less than 24 hours. Countryside South FireThe Grande Prairie Fire Department says the first one was in the Countryside South neighbourhood on Wednesday, May 8. They responded to the scene with two engines, a ladder truck, and command truck to th...

Ownership of the NHL's team in Utah has given fans 20 choices to vote on for the franchise's new name, according to a survey sent out Wednesday by Smith Entertainment Group. Owner Ryan Smith has told The Associated Press the team will have a name starting with Utah. The inaugural season will feature jerseys with the na...

A charity that offers supports to people diagnosed with cancer and their families will be in Grande Prairie on Thursday, May 9, as part of a province -wide tour.Wellspring Alberta offers what it calls in a news release "robust mental health, wellness and community supports."The group says its outreach manager...

The Board of Trustees for both the Grande Prairie & District Catholic Schools and Holy Family Catholic Regional Division met on Monday May 6, to discuss the future of St. Thomas More School in Fairview.The meeting was regarding a request issued by St. Thomas More School Parent Council Chair Amber Moskalyk in March ...

The County of Grande Prairie is lifting it's gravel road bans.As of 10:00 a.m. Thursday (May 9), gravel roads will return to 100 per cent axle weight loading, 24 hours per day, unless otherwise posted.The County issues gravel road bans as part of a practice to keeps the roads in good shape during the spring melt.

Police in Fort St. John have arrested four youth in connection to a truck theft reported by Grande Prairie RCMP.On May 7, around 7:30 a.m., Fort St. John RCMP received a request to assist the Grande Prairie detachment and located the truck in the Walmart parking lot in Fort St. John.Four young people, who were reported...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - A shipment of humanitarian aid has left a port in Cyprus and is on its way to the U.S-built pier in Gaza, the first delivery to the newly built ramp, Cyprus' foreign minister said Thursday. The U.S. vessel, loaded with much needed humanitarian assistance, departed from the Larnaca port with the a...

The Vancouver Canucks struck first in a wild second-round NHL playoff series opener against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday and the Florida Panthers pulled even in their best-of-seven matchup against the Boston Bruins. The two other conference semifinals will resume Thursday night. Here are five things to know: VAN ...

CALGARY - Although Canada's lone PGA Tour Champions event will have a different name, the goal will still be the same for Mike Weir. Like he did during his three previous appearances at the Shaw Charity Classic, Weir will do his best to finish at the top of the leaderboard this August at the tournament - now called the...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Embassy praised sanctioned Haitian, emails suggest A Canadian Embassy official and an RCMP liaison officer in Haiti praised and thanked a sanctioned Haitian businessman after he allowed the use of hi...