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County of Grande Prairie Council Candidate Profile: Bob Chrenek
Bob Chrenek is one of three Division 9 residents running for a County Council position.He was asked to answer the following four questions with a 600-word limit.1. What has inspired you to run for may...
Oct 10, 2025
Land values up in the Peace says new FCC report
Farm Credit Canada's newest report on farmland values says land values in Alberta went up 6.6 per cent in the first six months of this year.FCC says the Peace Country and southern Alberta led the grow...
Oct 10, 2025
Storm, NWJHL, Wolves soccer this weekend
StormThe Storm will host Olds for two games this weekend.Face-off times will be Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 6 p.m. The Storm have two wins, two losses and a shootout loss so far this season, good...
Oct 10, 2025
Beaverlodge Hospital ED closed for 12 hours Oct. 11
The Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital emergency department will be without an on-site physician for 12 hours Saturday, Oct. 11.Due to an inability to secure physician coverage, there will be no on-site p...
Oct 10, 2025
New pulmonary function testing program launches for rural and remote areas in Alberta
Albertans in rural and remote areas, as well as those in Indigenous communities, now have access to a new service able to keep tabs on a person's lung health.The service is called Lung Health Check Pu...
Oct 10, 2025
County to begin construction on Range Road 41 Oct. 11
Construction on Range Road 41 will slow traffic for the rest of October and much of November.The County of Grande Prairie is conducting paving and line painting work between Township Road 714 and High...
Oct 10, 2025
Education professor calls parent tool kit during teachers strike "incoherent"
An education expert says online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers' strike are -- quote -- ``incoherent.''Maren Aukerman, an education professor at ...
Oct 10, 2025
Person contagious with measles reported at Grande Prairie Regional Hospital
A person contagious with measles has been confirmed to have visited public areas in Grande Prairie this week.Alberta Health Services says the infected individual visited the Grande Prairie Regional Ho...
Oct 10, 2025
Final day for Never Miss Lunch Food and Donation Drive
Today (Friday, October 10) is the last day donations are being collected in the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre's Never Miss Lunch Food and Donation Drive.Non-perishable food, things that would be go...
Oct 10, 2025
Court update: sentences in two cases and a preliminary hearing set in another
Fourth accused in child pornography investigation pleads guiltyAlberta Justice says a fourth man charged in a 2023 child pornography investigation has pleaded guilty.Patrick L'Hirondelle admitted to a...
Oct 10, 2025