Author Archives: Curtis Galbraith
Mayor Jackie Clayton welcomes the 2024 National Aboriginal Hockey Championship
The City of Grande Prairie has shared a statement from Mayor Jackie Clayton, welcoming those part of the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship to Grande Prairie:"I am pleased to welcome the athletes...
May 06, 2024
Trans Mountain pipeline expansion gets green light to open for May 1
CALGARY - The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is complete and the Canada Energy Regulator has given the go-ahead for the project to open. The regulator says it has approved the last remaining "leave...
Apr 30, 2024
UPDATE: Missing teenager found safe
UPDATE May 7: Slave Lake RCMP would like to advise the public that Daisy Gray was located safe. Alberta RCMP would like to thank the public and the media for their assistance. Slave Lake RCMP are look...
Apr 27, 2024
22,000 "smiles" to be delivered at every school in Grande Prairie
It will be all "smiles" around town next week, but it's starting early in all Grande Prairie schools Thursday and Friday.Ahead of Tim Horton's annual Smile Cookie Campaign, Sean Sargent has donated 22...
Apr 25, 2024
Seven people treated, released from hospital after school bus-truck crash
Valleyview RCMP say seven people, five kids and two adults, had to be treated in hospital after a collision between a school bus and a truck Monday morning.Mounties say they got a call just after 8:30...
Apr 23, 2024
Large study shows caribou herds in Alberta, B.C., growing from wolf culls, cow pens
Fresh research suggests western Canada's once-dwindling caribou numbers are finally growing. But the same paper concludes the biggest reason for the rebound is the slaughter of hundreds of wolves, a p...
Apr 23, 2024
An inside look at Cedar Point, Grande Prairie's newest supportive housing
The Mustard Seed is now fully operating Cedar Point, previously called the Coordinated Care Campus.Cedar Point is a supportive housing building that provides an affordable, social housing option looki...
Apr 22, 2024
UPDATE: Missing man in Peace River found safe
UPDATE: Peace River RCMP advise that William Reid Glenn has been located safe. RCMP would like to thank the media and public for their assistance. A tip from the public was crucial in locating Mr. Gle...
Apr 22, 2024
First Nations patients more likely to leave ER without care, study says
Researchers say First Nations patients are more likely to leave Alberta emergency departments before receiving care than non-Indigenous patients. They say a new study shows that anti-Indigenous racism...
Apr 21, 2024
Judge orders Alberta to produce massive trove of coal documents after four-year fight
EDMONTON - A judge is ordering the Alberta government to produce a massive trove of documents concerning its efforts to encourage coal mining in the province's Rocky Mountains. The ruling comes in res...
Apr 15, 2024