Author Archives: Curtis Galbraith
County of Grande Prairie organizing Home Alone Safety Training program
The County of Grande Prairie wants to ensure kids can be safely left at home. The county's Home Alone Safety Training program will educate children aged 9-11 on how to be safe and responsible when hom...
Dec 2, 2023
Odyssey House official says domestic violence patterns in Grande Prairie same as in other parts of Alberta
A spokesperson with Odyssey House says Grande Prairie is seeing the same increases in domestic violence as other places in Alberta. Odyssey House is one of 39 shelters that contributed to a recent rep...
Dec 1, 2023
RCMP Livestock Investigations Unit reminds livestock owners to purchase permit
The RCMP Livestock Investigations Unit would like to send a friendly reminder to people who intend on transporting horses and cattle across the border during the upcoming winter months. Mounties say i...
Nov 29, 2023
County developing Indigenous Relations Strategy
Corrected from an earlier version. The County of Grande Prairie is developing an Indigenous Relations Strategy. County council has directed administration to meet with neighbouring municipalities on t...
Nov 29, 2023
Province adds funding to support K-12 student enrolment
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta said it is taking steps to support schools. The province has announced an additional $30 million in funding for the 2023-24 school year for school authoritie...
Nov 28, 2023
Possible class-action lawsuit filed in Alberta over child special allowance payments
EDMONTON - The Alberta and federal governments are facing a potential class-action lawsuit over how the province handled payments for children in care. A statement of claim filed Friday alleges Albert...
Nov 27, 2023
Young musicians from the Peace earn awards from Conservatory Canada
Some young musicians from Grande Prairie have won an armful of awards from Conservatory Canada. Emily Ding and Qi Fang Liu (Lulu to her friends) have both received a National Medal for Excellence Awar...
Nov 26, 2023
Ng says panel rules 'clearly in favour of Canada' in dairy imports dispute with U.S.
WASHINGTON - The federal government is cheering a big win in its ongoing dispute with the U.S. over access to Canada's dairy market. A settlement panel has rejected complaints from the U.S. Trade Repr...
Nov 24, 2023
Company at centre of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares enters not guilty plea
CALGARY - A company that runs a commercial kitchen at the centre of an E. coli outbreak at multiple Calgary daycares has entered a not guilty plea to municipal bylaw charges. The City of Calgary charg...
Nov 21, 2023
Alberta COVID panel chair urges federal Conservatives to weaponize his findings
EDMONTON - The chair of a taxpayer-funded panel reviewing Alberta's COVID-19 response is urging the federal Conservatives to weaponize his findings against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's governing co...
Nov 20, 2023