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Members of Medicine Hat based charity detained in Ethiopia
MEDICINE HAT -- Fifteen members of the Medicine Hat based charity group Canadian Humanitarian have been detained in Ethiopia.According to the Canadian Humanitarian website, the 15 members consist of m...
Mar 1, 2020 submitted photo / Canadian Humanitarian
Mommylicious Market to return to Grande Prairie this month
A family focused market is returning to Grande Prairie this month. The Mommylicious Spring 2020 Market will be at the Pomeroy Hotel on March 15.Mommylicious started in 2010, and is now managed and run...
Mar 1, 2020 Image: Mommylicious/Facebook
Storm begin playoff action in Spruce Grove
After a disappointing finish to the regular season that saw the Grande Prairie Storm drop 15 straight games, the team is eager to flip the page and get ready for the playoffs. The Storm's first-round ...
Mar 1, 2020 Grande Prairie Storm huddled around Interim Head Coach Ryan Aasman. Photo Credit: Shane Clausing
Public sector supporters rally against budget cuts Saturday
A contingent of supporters of the province's public sector bared the blustering, snowy conditions on Saturday afternoon to rally against some of the changes announced in the province's most recent bud...
Feb 29, 2020 Public sector supporters rallied in the parking lot outside of St. Joseph's Catholic High School on Saturday afternoon against cuts made by the United Conservative Government (Photo: Shaun Penner)
Thunberg says sexually explicit decal shows desperation, says activists are winning
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg says a decal bearing an energy services company's logo below a cartoon depicting what appears to be a sexual assault shows desperation.An Alberta woman complain...
Feb 29, 2020
No injuries reported in residential fire
The Grande Prairie Fire Department were called to a single-family residence in the South Patterson Place neighbourhood at around 11:15 a.m. on Friday, February 28, for reports of a structure fire.Crew...
Feb 29, 2020
Awards presented at the Downtown Association's AGM
The Downtown Association held their Annual General Meeting on Thursday, where a few awards were given out. The Art Ouellette Memorial Award was presented to Telus in the City Centre.Wendy Bosch, Execu...
Feb 29, 2020 Amanda Bartelds accepted the Art Ouellette Memorial Award on behalf of Telus. Pictured (from left to right): Andre Ouellette, Amanda Bartelds, Wendy Bosch, DTA Chair Chelsea O'Neill and Mayor Bill Given. (Photo courtesy of the Downtown Association)
All-female driving service giving Grande Prairie women alternative ride home option
A new designated driving service in Grande Prairie is offering women an alternative way to get home safely after a night out.Sober Gals Designated Driving Services is entering its second week of opera...
Feb 28, 2020
Odyssey House Executive Director moving on
Odyssey House is looking for a new Executive Director.After nearly four years in the post, Ebony Rempel has decided to move on.She thinks building the shelter's recognition in the community is one of ...
Feb 28, 2020 Odyssey House. Executive Director Ebony Rempel (third from right) will leave the post in April. Photo supplied by Odyssey House.
10 years after golden goal, Grande Prairie remembers Canadian history
It's hard to believe that it's been 10 years since Sydney Crosby and Team Canada captured the Olympic Gold Medal at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.Many will say it was as big of a goal, if not bigger, th...
Feb 28, 2020 Sydney Crosby scores gold medal winning goal at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Photo Credit: With files from the Canadian Press.