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County of Grande Prairie finalizes 2023 budget

Residents in the County of Grande Prairie will not see any increases to the municipal tax rate portion of their taxes.County council finalized its budget for 2023 this week, which Reeve Bob Marshall s...

Apr 21, 2023

Fundraising efforts for new Sunrise House Youth Emergency Shelter continue

Another $1.3 million still needs to be raised to pay for the new Sunrise House Youth Emergency Shelter.It is currently under construction near the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital. Capital Campaign Ma...

Apr 21, 2023

Grande Cache RCMP charge local Education Assistant with sexual assault

An investigation conducted by the Grande Cache RCMP detachment and the Western Alberta RCMP General Investigation Section, has resulted in the arrest of a male Educational Assistant. On April 18, Moun...

Apr 20, 2023

Lost Car Rescue Season 2 features Peace Country relics and restored WWII plane

An extreme hobby turned into a job for B.C. native Matt Sager, and he is now the star of his own television show on the History Channel called Lost Car Rescue. The show launched in February 2022 and i...

Apr 20, 2023

No injuries in Mission Heights neighbourhood multi-home fire

On Wednesday morning shortly after 3:00 a.m., the Grande Prairie Fire Department responded toa report of a structure fire in the Mission Heights neighbourhood. Upon arrival, there were two homes invol...

Apr 19, 2023

New group program to reduce death by suicide starting in May

The Resource Centre for Suicide Prevention says thanks to funding from the provincial government, it is offering a new four-week group-based pilot program for youth in the region experiencing suicidal...

Apr 18, 2023

Council picks site of old Comp. and Leisure Centre for soccer dome proposal

Grande Prairie City Council endorsed the site of the old Leisure Centre and Comp. high school as the site for a proposed soccer dome.The city had also considered a spot in the Smith neighbourhood (clo...

Apr 18, 2023

Roof top fundraiser once again a success for County fire fighters

A total of $12,864 was raised this past weekend by members of the Charitable Foundation of County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service, through their Fill the Boot campaign for Muscular Dystrophy. ...

Curtis Galbraith Apr 17, 2023

Missing woman in Grande Prairie

***Update on April 17 at 1:00 p.m. - Grande Prairie RCMP have located Paige Blayone safe and unharmed. RCMP would like to thank the public and the media for their assistance.***-----------------------...

Apr 16, 2023

Music program suspended at NWP, but enrollment growing in other programs

The president of Northwestern Polytechnic says it was a difficult decision to suspend the school's music program.Justin Kohlman says a number of things were considered."In spite of increased marketing...

Apr 14, 2023