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Ribbon cut to officially open new Composite High School
Students, teachers, and local dignitaries were on hand Tuesday morning for the official opening of the new Grande Prairie Composite High school. At over 16,500 square metres, the new Composite high is...
Sep 27, 2022
Good samaritan cleans vandalism on local teen artists work, auction underway
An act of vandalism has been turned around for the better thanks to a good samaritan in Grande Prairie. Around six years ago, Hannah Shkolny was just 10 years old and submitted her artwork to be used ...
Sep 27, 2022
Final Candidate for the 2022 By-Election
The last candidate for the 2022 By-Election has been announced, Frank Skolly will be the eighth person in the running. Skolly says running is something he's thought about for the last couple of years ...
Sep 27, 2022
Minister of Education on visit to Grande Prairie
Alberta's Minister of Education was in Grande Prairie last week to meet with school boards and get their input on the issues at hand for this school year in our area. Adriana LaGrange says after spend...
Sep 26, 2022
One accused in Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation murder pleads guilty to manslaughter, second accused still to stand trial
One of two men charged after the murder of a Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation man in 2019 has pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter.Harlin Dallas Martineau entered the plea Friday in Grande Prairie cour...
Sep 23, 2022
Manitoba man charged after death of Wabasca woman handed 11-year sentence
PEACE RIVER, Alta. - A man has been sentenced to 11 years for killing an Indigenous woman in northern Alberta and later moving her body to Manitoba. Grant Sneesby, who is 72, stabbed Gloria Gladue mul...
Sep 22, 2022
Volunteer teams still needed for Rotary Food Bank drive
The annual Rotary Food Bank drive goes Thursday night in Grande Prairie.Starting at 6 pm, teams will spread out across the city, going door to door to collect donations of non-perishable food items fo...
Sep 22, 2022
Pinty's Hearing Life Tour Challenge is coming to Grande Prairie after two years
The Grande Prairie Curling Club hosted the Pinty's Hearing Life Tour Challenge news conference on Wednesday, September 21. Olympic Gold Medal Curler Kevin Martin says this event will feature some loca...
Sep 22, 2022
Rotary Community Food Bank Drive returns Thursday
Update:The Food Bank has said in a press release, they are in desperate need of more volunteers, as of this morning (Wednesday, September 21) they were short about 50 teams.An annual, city-wide food d...
Sep 21, 2022
Frost advisories out, 47 mm of rain over the weekend!
Environment Canada has issued frost advisories for all the forecast areas in the Peace Country.The weather office is predicting a low of -1 for low-lying areas, and +1 elsewhere.It adds patchy frost d...
Sep 20, 2022