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Mayor Given goes in-depth on high residential property taxes
Mayor Bill Given isn't shy in admitting that Grande Prairie has the highest Residential Taxes in the province.Given presented at a Realty Glimpse Live luncheon on Thursday, addressing how taxes work i...
Apr 11, 2019 Mayor Bill Given (left) spoke at Realty Glimpse Live on Thursday, hosted by realtor Mark Street (right)
New Jersey Devils win NHL draft lottery for second time in three years
TORONTO - Devils general manager Ray Shero has made it clear his team needs to accumulate more talent. The luck of the draw helped New Jersey take a huge step in that direction Tue...
Apr 11, 2019
Boeing makes 96 flights to test software on troubled Max jet
DALLAS - Boeing's CEO says crews have made 96 flights to test a software update for its troubled 737 Max jet and will make more in coming weeks as the company attempts to convince regulators to let th...
Apr 11, 2019
Chief hopes Senate committee sees link between resource development, violence
WINNIPEG - The chief of a Manitoba First Nation says he hopes a Senate committee will seriously listen to how resource development is linked to allegations of physical and sexual violence in his commu...
Apr 11, 2019
Johnny Depp sues ex-wife for $50 million in defamation suit
FAIRFAX, Va. - Actress Amber Heard is asking a judge to dismiss a $50 million defamation lawsuit her ex-husband Johnny Depp filed over a Washington Post op-ed she wrote about domestic violence. In the...
Apr 11, 2019
2019 Leaders of Tomorrow Awards handed out at annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon
In support of National Volunteer Week, the Grande Prairie Volunteer Services Bureau held its 35th annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon on Thursday. Youth were recognized at the event which took plac...
Apr 11, 2019 (Photo/ Courtney Almeida)
Lloydminster teen charged with making explosives
A 16-year-old boy in Lloydminster has been charged with making an explosive substance.RCMP say they got word last Tuesday about explosives possibly being kept at a commercial storage facility in the b...
Apr 11, 2019
Desmarais RCMP in search of witnesses in death of Wabasca man
Police are looking for witnesses after an accident in northern Alberta that killed a 32-year-old man.RCMP say officers on patrol early yesterday morning came across a singe-vehicle crash on Highway 75...
Apr 11, 2019
Study shows steep drop in oil and gas operations in Western Canada
A new study by a consulting firm shows Western Canada has lost nearly 300 oil and gas producing companies since the end of 2014.XI Technologies of Calgary says an analysis of its database shows 1,334 ...
Apr 11, 2019
Chelsea Carey reflects on her team's wild up-and-down curling season
TORONTO - Calgary skip Chelsea Carey took a break from curling after coming home from a disappointing performance at the recent world women's championship in Denmark. She didn't throw stones for ...
Apr 11, 2019