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Local residents seeing a jump in utility bills
Grande Prairie experienced record setting cold weather in the beginning of the year and now people are noticing their utility bills are on the rise. Geoff Scotton, Senior Communications Advisor with t...
Mar 11, 2019
Women of Influence Awards Presented in Grande Prairie
To celebrate International Women's Day, the City hosted the annual Women of Influence Awards reception. Awards were presented on Friday to local women who have made a significant impact within the com...
Mar 11, 2019
Man killed in worksite accident Sunday night
Grande Prairie Rural RCMP have confirmed a 31-year-old male has been killed as a result of a workplace accident Sunday night. This is the second workplace fatality in the Grande Prairie area in about ...
Mar 11, 2019
Local judo athletes bring home medals from Edmonton International Judo Competition
The Edmonton International Judo Competition has wrapped up and athletes from the Grande Prairie region have taken home medals. Our region was represented by the local judo club Hokei Sei Kan which con...
Mar 11, 2019
'I'm angry:' Mother of murdered Calgary Stampeder confronts convicted killer
CALGARY - The mother of a slain Calgary Stampeders football player shouted at her son’s killer Monday after a judge found him guilty of second-degree murder. “For what Lugela? For what?...
Mar 11, 2019
Saskatoon Mountain residents petitioning for air quality monitoring
A permanent air quality monitoring unit could soon be set up in the Saskatoon Mountain Area, with plenty of oil and gas projects on-going in the area. A petition has been started by local residents to...
Mar 11, 2019
Peck now 27th at the Iditarod
A Grande Prairie musher is now in 27th place at the Iditarod. Aaron Peck and his dog team that now numbers seven left the Kaltag checkpoint just after 1 a.m. Alberta time this morning. The sleds in fi...
Mar 11, 2019
Utah plaintiffs seek to force Omar Khadr to answer their questions
TORONTO - Relatives looking to collect on an American lawsuit against Omar Khadr are asking a Canadian court to force the former Guantanamo Bay prisoner to answer questions about his confession to pur...
Mar 11, 2019
Increase wolf cull, pen pregnant cows to save endangered caribou: study
EDMONTON - An extensive study of caribou herds across British Columbia and Alberta suggests a way to reverse a long and steady decline of the endangered species - kill more wolves and moose and pen pr...
Mar 11, 2019
Panthers' Huberdeau, Stars' Bishop, Ducks' Terry named NHL stars of the week
NEW YORK - Florida Panthers left-wing Jonathan Huberdeau, Dallas Stars goaltender Ben Bishop and Anaheim Ducks right-wing Troy Terry are the NHL’s three stars of the week. Huberdeau led the NHL ...
Mar 11, 2019