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City of GP residential snow removal operations start Jan. 22
A round of snow removal work in Grande Prairie neighbourhoods kicks off Monday January 22.The City of Grande Prairie has ordered two-week rotations of residential snow clearing to take place Monday to...
Jan 20, 2024
Report says retail sales up in Grande Prairie
Retail sales were up in Grande Prairie last year, according to the city's Retail Market and Gap Analysis report.Total sales were $5 billion. The report also showed Grande Prairie has a catchment area ...
Jan 19, 2024
Westbound Highway 43 from Bezanson to Grande Prairie to be repaved this year
Westbound Highway 43 between Bezanson and Grande Prairie will be repaved this year. Alberta Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors Devin Dreeshen says the province is spending $8 million do...
Jan 18, 2024
Former NDP cabinet minister calls Notley stepping down as party leader "the end of an era"
A former NDP MLA and cabinet minister from the Peace says it was not a surprise, but also bittersweet to hear Rachel Notley stepping down as party leader.Marg McCuaig-Boyd was the MLA for what was the...
Jan 17, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Former premier Rachel Notley stepping down as leader of Alberta NDP
EDMONTON - Rachel Notley, the former premier of Alberta, is stepping down as leader of the province's Opposition NDP. Notley says there will now be a race to replace her, and she plans to stay in the ...
Jan 16, 2024
UPDATE: Multiple city residents still affected by outages
UPDATE: According to the ATCO outage map, two power outages remain in effect in the City. These outages are affecting power in the Montrose, Hillside, Swanavon, Cobblestone, Brookefield, Crystal Landi...
Jan 15, 2024
Provincial grid at high risk of rotating power outages
An Alberta Emergency Alert has been issued by the AEMA as extreme cold blankets the province and the electricity grid is at high risk of rotating outages overnight.Albertans are being asked to limit t...
Jan 13, 2024
Some hockey games cancelled due to extreme cold & Storm Chuck-A-Duck set for this weekend
Games in the Peace region are being cancelled due to the extreme cold warnings blanketing most of western Canada. Grande Prairie Storm The Grande Prairie Storm host two teams at Bonnetts Energy Centre...
Jan 12, 2024
No injuries in Mountview house fire
A home that caught on fire in the Grande Prairie neighbourhood of Mountview on Wednesday, January 10 has left multiple occupants displaced. The Grande Prairie Fire Department responded to the scene at...
Jan 11, 2024
Update: Extreme cold warnings out for more areas, including Grande Prairie-Beaverlodge-Valleyview
UPDATE 2:Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for the Grande Prairie-Beaverlodge-Valleyview forecast area.The weather office says the temperature will be close to -30 tonight with the...
Jan 09, 2024