Author Archives: Curtis Galbraith
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Ottawa to open new provincial office
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is in Ottawa today where she is set to open a new provincial office. Smith's office says the new space is meant to expand the province's presence in the nation'...
Feb 05, 2024
UPDATE: Missing teenager found safe
UPDATE: Ryder's Mom left a voice mail with EverythingGP to say Ryder has been located and is safe. Grande Prairie RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating a teenager that has been reported mi...
Feb 03, 2024
Grande Prairie RCMP answer "high risk" call
Grande Prairie RCMP say they answered what they describe as a "high risk call" early Saturday morning (February 3).Mounties sent out a news release just after 3 a.m. saying the call came from the 9600...
Feb 03, 2024
UPDATE: Heavy police presence in Rycroft over
UPDATE: Spirit River RCMP say the police incident in Rycroft Friday ended just before midnight. corrected from an earlier versionSpirit River RCMP say there is a heavy police presence on the 4600 bloc...
Feb 02, 2024
Seven Piranhas heading to Olympic Trials
UPDATE: Sine this story was written, Swimming Canada has moved the location from Montreal to the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. A big contingent of Grande Prairie Piranhas will be heading to Montreal i...
Feb 02, 2024
Behnke, Sauve Canada's flag-bearers at Youth Olympic Games closing ceremony
UPDATE: Annika and Kole will be coming home from Korea with two medals. They were part of Team Canada that won bronze in figure skating's team event, during which they recorded a personal best time. C...
Jan 31, 2024
Two Grande Prairie child care centres part of Tuesday's rolling closures
A couple of places in Grande Prairie were part of rolling closures of childcare centres in Alberta Tuesday. The closure lasted just the one day. Wee Care Daycare & Drop-In Centre and the A Step Ab...
Jan 31, 2024 Photo credit: A Step Above Learning Society/Facebook.
'Muscling': Alberta government won't stock B.C. wines that sell direct to consumers
EDMONTON - An interprovincial wine war is fermenting after Alberta's liquor wholesaler told vintners in British Columbia that it won't stock their products in retail stores unless they stop shipping i...
Jan 31, 2024
Emergency Alert issued for Minburn County as fire burns at oil lease site
UPDATE: The alert has been cancelled. A critical emergency alert has been issued for the County of Minburn Tuesday evening, Jan. 30.The County of Minburn is located east of Edmonton."There is an out o...
Jan 30, 2024
Contamination from old Alberta Rockies coal mines raises cleanup questions
EDMONTON - A former coal mine in the Alberta Rockies is releasing a contaminant toxic to fish at rates more than dozens of times higher than federal and provincial guidelines, while another periodical...
Jan 30, 2024