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Online petition over Alberta’s high utility rates exceeds 82,000 signatures
It took less than two weeks for an online petition demanding lower utility rates in Alberta to gain 75,000 signatures.Beginning in early February, Cierra Jonasson, 30, from Calgary, started the petiti...
Feb 27, 2022
Grande Prairie curling coach back after third trip to Olympics
A Grande Prairie curling coach says COVID times made her third trip to the Olympics much different than the first two.Renee Sonnenberg provided analytics and scouting reports prior to the games then w...
Feb 27, 2022
Premier Kenney, ministers & dignitaries officially open Grande Prairie Regional Hospital
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, various provincial officials, Ministers and local dignitaries were in Grande Prairie on Saturday morning to "officially" celebrate the opening of the Grande Prairie Regio...
Feb 26, 2022
Alberta to lift mask mandate, most other COVID rules as of March 1
Premier Jason Kenney announced Saturday morning that the provincial mask mandate will end on March 1.Kenney was speaking from a special opening event for the new hospital in Grande Prairie.Masking wil...
Feb 26, 2022
Alberta lifting nearly all COVID-19 restrictions March 1
Alberta is set to see nearly all COVID-19 restrictions removed on March 1 as part of Stage 2 in its easing of restrictions. Effective March 1, Alberta will begin step two, which will include the end o...
Feb 26, 2022
'Please, no more war:' Capitals star Ovechkin addresses Russian invasion of Ukraine
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin asked for "no more war" Friday in his first media availability since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Moscow native said he has "lots of friends in Russia an...
Feb 26, 2022
Former Alberta justice minister officially removed from post as Kenney announces cabinet changes
EDMONTON - Suspended Alberta justice minister Kaycee Madu is being moved to another cabinet post following a third-party report into his phone call to Edmonton's police chief over a traffic ticket.Mad...
Feb 25, 2022
Grande Prairie RCMP arrest man involved in Feb. 14 shooting
The Grande Prairie RCMP is advising the public 37-year-old Andrew Wayne MacPherson has been arrested for his involvement in a shooting in the County of Grande Prairie on Valentine's Day.Back on Feb. 1...
Feb 25, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Alberta justice minister removed from post, becomes labour minister
EDMONTON - Alberta Justice Minister Kaycee Madu is being moved to another cabinet post following a third-party report into his phone call to Edmonton's police chief over a traffic ticket. Madu takes o...
Feb 25, 2022
Grande Prairie records 21 COVID-19 recoveries, 11 new cases
The City of Grande Prairie recorded 21 COVID-19 recoveries and 11 new cases from February 24. There are 161 active cases in the city.In the County of Grande Prairie, there were seven recoveries and 25...
Feb 25, 2022