Author Archives: Curtis Galbraith
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
CP NewsAlert: Trucker loses bid for third trial in killing of woman at Edmonton hotel
EDMONTON - Alberta's highest court has dismissed a former Ontario truck driver's bid for a third trial in the 2011 death of a woman in an Edmonton hotel. Bradley Barton was sentenced to 12 1/2 years f...
Jan 29, 2024
Stay of proceedings for Slave Lake man in Bowden Institution drug investigation
There has been a stay of proceedings for a Slave Lake man charged in a year-and-a-half long drug investigation at the Bowden Institution.Braden Foster, 33, was scheduled for trial in Red Deer Court of...
Jan 24, 2024
Two Grande Prairie residents arrested in oilfield theft investigation
A pair of Grande Prairie residents have been arrested in connection to oil and gas site thefts taking place in northwestern Alberta and northeastern B.C.The thefts took place in the County of Grande P...
Jan 24, 2024
Women's curling provincials start Wednesday
A couple of curlers from the Peace start their defence of a provincial title Wednesday evening in St. Paul Nampa-raised skip Kayla Skrlik's team plays Edmonton's Nicky Kaufman in Draw 1 of the Alberta...
Jan 24, 2024