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COVID-19 quarantine time reduced for fully vaccinated Albertans

Alberta has announced that fully vaccinated individuals who test positive for COVID-19 will only need the quarantine for five days as opposed to the 10 days that was previously required.Those who are ...

Dec 31, 2021

Alberta extends winter break for students by one week, Grade 12 January diploma exams cancelled

The Province of Alberta has announced that it has extended the winter break for its schools until January 10.The decision comes as Alberta continues to record new daily records of COVID-19 cases. Some...

Dec 30, 2021

Grande Prairie community rallies to replace vandalized Christmas inflatables

The Grande Prairie community has once again rallied together, this time, to support a local family whose inflatable Christmas decorations were vandalized on Christmas Eve. Every year, the Squires fami...

Dec 30, 2021

Dan Gorman announces retirement as Evergreen Park General Manager

The search has begun for a new General Manager at Evergreen Park after Dan Gorman announced late last week that he is retiring from the position at the end of 2022. Gorman has spent 10 years at Evergr...

Dec 30, 2021

Grande Prairie COVID-19 numbers stay mostly stable over Christmas break, Alberta records new daily record

Alberta is reporting a new daily record of 2,755 new cases of COVID-19 for December 28.The record number of cases comes with a test positivity rate of 29.5 per cent on the completion of 9,398 tests. T...

Dec 29, 2021

GPRC adopting mandatory vaccine policy, temporarily shifting most courses online

Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) will be introducing a mandatory vaccination policy starting January 3, along with a temporary shift to online classes for most courses starting January 4. The st...

Dec 29, 2021

Province reports estimated 8,250 new COVID cases over last five days

An estimated 8,250 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Alberta over the last five days. The province's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, provided preliminary estimates for the Chr...

Dec 28, 2021

Year-End Interview: Jackie Clayton

Our year-end interview series begins today with Grande Prairie Mayor Jackie Clayton.Clayton became interim mayor earlier this year after the resignation of Bill Given. She was then elected to the post...

Dec 27, 2021

Extreme cold warning issued for Grande Prairie area

An extreme cold warning has been issued by Environment Canada for the Grande Prairie area.This includes the City and County of Grande Prairie, M.D. of Greenview, and all the way north to Mackenzie Cou...

Dec 24, 2021

Unimmunized physicians and staff allowed to return to work if tested frequently for COVID-19

Starting December 23, unvaccinated health care workers will be allowed to return to work if they provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test. At the direction of the Alberta Government to AHS, all physi...

Dec 23, 2021