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Bear Creek Ball Diamonds renamed to Fossil Energy Ball Park
The City of Grande Prairie has awarded the naming rights for the Bear Creek Ball Diamonds to Fossil Energy.Officials say the partnership reflects the value of collaboration between local businesses an...
Nov 04, 2025

Anglican Diocese questions Alberta's use of notwithstanding clause on teachers
The Anglican Diocese of Edmonton is expressing concerns about the Alberta government's use of the notwithstanding clause to force striking teachers back to work.Bishop Stephen London says it is not hi...
Nov 04, 2025

Airdrie resident behind recall campaign says local MLA not representing community
The man who launched a petition drive to oust United Conservative Party legislature member Angela Pitt says she needs to go because she's not getting the job done.Airdrie, Alta., resident Derek Keenan...
Nov 04, 2025

Storm start long stretch of road games Tuesday night in Calgary
The Storm have nine games scheduled for the month of November, and all but one will be played on the road.Grande Prairie starts a four-game road trip Tuesday night (November 4) in Calgary. The Storm a...
Nov 04, 2025

Traffic delays along Highway 43
Westbound drivers on Highway 43 may be seeing some delays today (Tuesday, Nov. 4)According to 511 Alberta, "clean-up activities" are underway along Highway 43, near Range Road 74, resulting in a lane ...
Nov 04, 2025

West Grande Prairie Regional Transfer Station reopened as full-time facility
The West Grande Prairie Regional Transfer Station has reopened.The station has been closed since early August while it underwent upgrades.Officials say these upgrades allow the station to operate full...
Nov 04, 2025

MD of Greenview temporarily closes Twp. 685 for culvert replacement work
A section of Township Road 685 will be closed for construction work today (Tuesday, November 4.)MD of Greenview crews will be replacing a centreline culvert one mile east of Range Road 225.A detour wi...
Nov 04, 2025

Wembley Medical Clinic reopens
The Wembley Medical Clinic reopened on Monday.It has been closed since the end of May after one doctor moved to Nova Scotia and the other could not take over the practice because of College of Physici...
Nov 04, 2025

Save NWP Fairview effort underway
Some people trying to keep the Northwestern Polytechnic campus in Fairview have started a social media campaign.The page called Save NWP Fairview already has over 1,000 followers.Organizers are asking...
Nov 04, 2025

BC Hydro says it "should have been more proactive" on cost of Site C Dam
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's power utility says it should have been more proactive about ballooning costs on the massive Site C hydroelectric dam project, partly blaming a failure to budget for ``lo...
Nov 03, 2025