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Court update: Jail time handed out in three cases
Man charged with several crimes given jail timeAlberta Justice says a man charged in a string of arrests has been given a three-and-a-half-year jail sentence.Angus Byron Ferguson pleaded guilty to a n...
Oct 20, 2022
One man dead after ATV rollover
Fairview RCMP says an 81-year-old man is dead after an ATV accident near Worsley Tuesday night.They say at around 6:45 pm, they received a 911 call about an ATV that had rolled over near Range Road 74...
Oct 19, 2022
Council approves another $3 million for Coordinated Care Campus because of rising costs
City council has approved another $3 million for the Coordinated Care Campus; the homeless facility going into the former Stonebridge Hotel in Grande Prairie's north end.The money is needed so Phase 3...
Oct 19, 2022
GPFD responded to a carbon monoxide alarm at a business
The Grande Prairie Fire Department wants to remind residents to have a working carbon monoxide detector after a scare at a business.On Friday, October 14, the Grande Prairie Fire Department responded ...
Oct 18, 2022
Almost 1 in 5 people in Grande Prairie used food bank in 2021
The Salvation Army says 19 per cent of the people in Grande Prairie accessed the food bank in 2021.A delegation from the Salvation Army spoke to Grande Prairie city council at its meeting on Monday.Ca...
Oct 18, 2022
Wade Pilate wins City By-Election
Unofficial results are in for the 2022 By-Election and Wade Pilat has won the seat on City Council with 669 votes. Kevin Mclean with 432 votes followed him, and Solomon Okifoh was third with 407 votes...
Oct 17, 2022
Alberta Major Crimes Unit arrest High Prairie resident in relation to infant death
The Alberta Major Crimes Unit has laid charges in relation to the infant homicide in High Prairie on October 6.On October 15, 29-year-old Kyra Renee Backs was arrested and charged with second-degree m...
Oct 17, 2022
2022 By-Election voting today
Voting for the 2022 Grande Prairie By-Election goes today, Monday, October 17. Polling stations will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Residents that need to find their assigned voting station can click ...
Oct 17, 2022
Fatal tanker truck collision on Canfor Road Smoky River Bridge
UPDATE: Grande Prairie RCMP say the tanker truck has been recovered.The bridge is damaged and will remain closed until repairs can be made.Occupational Health and Safety is investigating.RCMP thank th...
Oct 14, 2022
Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Reduction Unit is investigating an infant death in High Prairie
Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit has overtaken an investigation into the death of a 7-month-old baby in High Prairie.Mounties investigated the circumstances around the infant male's death and an autopsy...
Oct 13, 2022