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Increase for water rates among items discussed by City Council at Monday's meeting
Other items discussed at Grande Prairie City Council's meeting on Monday included the following:Water Rates IncreasingCouncil approved a new utility bylaw that will see the cost of water and wastewate...
Jan 30, 2024
City snow removal crews move to Week B residential areas
A parking ban remains in effect on all priority roads in Grande Prairie as snow removal crews continue to operate. Residential snow clearing will take place in Week B areas, which include:Country Club...
Jan 30, 2024
City set to host "How Did the Chicken Cross the Road" awards ceremony
The City of Grande Prairie will be awarding the nine winners of the "How Did the Chicken Cross the Road" road safety contest on Wednesday, January 31.A special presentation and awards ceremony featuri...
Jan 30, 2024
City Hall to look at possible new location for cricket practice cage
City Council has asked administration to look into a new location for a cricket batting cage currently located in Head & Salmond Park in the Royal Oaks neighbourhood.Three residents spoke to counc...
Jan 30, 2024
Russian figure skaters to get Olympic team bronze medals ahead of Canada despite Valieva DQ
GENEVA (AP) - Despite the disqualification of Kamila Valieva in a doping case, the Russia figure skating team was set to get bronze medals from the 2022 Beijing Olympics, the sport's governing body sa...
Jan 30, 2024
Russian figure skaters to get Olympic team bronze medals ahead of Canada despite Valieva DQ
GENEVA (AP) - Despite the disqualification of Kamila Valieva in a doping case, the Russia figure skating team was set to get bronze medals from the 2022 Beijing Olympics, the sport's governing body sa...
Jan 30, 2024
In the news for today: Digital health records coming and Pharmacare policy concerns
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Make all health records digital by 2028: report The Public Policy Forum says Ca...
Jan 30, 2024
Neskantaga First Nation works to uplift community since suicide crisis 10 years ago
NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION, ONT. - Small, white crosses dot a graveyard just outside Neskantaga First Nation in northern Ontario. Some graves are marked with white picket fences, flowers have been placed...
Jan 30, 2024
Seven years after triple murder-suicide, Nova Scotia inquiry to release final report
HALIFAX - Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond calmly bought a semi-automatic rifle on Jan. 3, 2017, and later that day fatally shot his mother, wife and 10-year-old daughter before killing himself ...
Jan 30, 2024
Jury to be given instructions as stabbing rampage coroner's inquest nears end
MELFORT, Sask. - Jurors are set to receive instructions from a coroner this morning as an inquest into a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation reaches its final stages. Myles Sanderson killed 1...
Jan 30, 2024