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Alfred Jackson, half-brother of late rock star Prince, dies
MINNEAPOLIS - A half-brother of the late rock superstar Prince has died, leaving five Prince siblings to share in the musician's fortune. An attorney for Alfred Jackson, Asa Weston, said Friday that t...
Aug 30, 2019
County of Grande Prairie announces winners of this years Landscaping Recognition Program
The County of Grande Prairie announced the winners of their third annual Landscaping Recognition Program.Valard Foundations came in first, as the Best Landscaped Lot Award winner. The People's Choice ...
Aug 30, 2019 First place winner, Valard Foundations (photo courtesy of the County of Grande Prairie)
Minnesota man charged with crashing van into bus shelter
MINNEAPOLIS - A prosecutor has filed charges against an 83-year-old man who crashed his van into a Minneapolis bus shelter and injured five people. George Reeves Jensen of Champlin is charged with cri...
Aug 30, 2019
Condemned Tennessee inmate will be spared execution
NASHVILLE - A Tennessee inmate is leaving death row eight months before what would have been his execution date, after a judge approved an agreement Friday to convert his death sentence to life in pri...
Aug 30, 2019
Minister of Advanced Education to visit GPRC September 19
Another provincial Minister will be coming to Grande Prairie in September.Demetrios Nicolaides, who is the Minister of Advanced Education, will be making a stop at Grande Prairie Regional College on S...
Aug 30, 2019
Placido Domingo concert opening sports complex in Hungary
SZEGED, Hungary - Placido Domingo received a warm reception Wednesday at a concert in Hungary to inaugurate a new soccer stadium for a Catholic diocese, the second of the opera star's European engagem...
Aug 30, 2019
NHLers keeping an eye on RFA stalemates with training camps approaching
Mark Giordano can't recall an off-season like this one. It wasn't that the captain of the Calgary Flames became just the fourth player to win the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenceman at...
Aug 30, 2019
United missing Rooney for match pivotal meeting with Impact on Montreal
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact are heading into a pivotal Eastern-Conference match with one major factor on their side - they won't have to face Wayne Rooney. Due to a suspension, the former Engl...
Aug 30, 2019
Draisaitl on Puljujarvi: 'It seems like he doesn't want to be on our team'
TORONTO - Leon Draisaitl hopes Jesse Puljujarvi has a change of heart. If he doesn't and snubs a potential return to the Edmonton Oilers' fold, that's also fine. "You want guys to pan out and you want...
Aug 30, 2019
City launches survey on park and playground use
The City of Grande Prairie has launched a new survey about park and playground use throughout the community.The City says the goal of the survey is to gain a better idea of who uses the parks and play...
Aug 30, 2019 Photo credit: Sheena Roszell