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Family Violence Prevention Month marked in Grande Prairie with series of events

November marks Family Violence Prevention Month in Grande Prairie and the rest of Alberta, and IMPACT Grande Prairie hopes to create more awareness and education on domestic and sexual assault through...

Nov 03, 2021

Court update: jail time in college fraud case, prelim. dates set in attempted murder and aggravated assault, trial set in drug arrest

Guilty plea, jail time in GPRC fraud caseAlberta Justice says a Clairmont woman charged in connection with a fraud committed while she was working at Grande Prairie Regional College has been given jai...

Nov 03, 2021

MLA Tracy Allard responds to weekend protest outside residence

Grande Prairie MLA Tracy Allard says some rather disturbing remnants were left behind by protestors who demonstrated outside of her private residence in Grande Prairie on Sunday.In a Facebook post fro...

Nov 02, 2021

County of Grande Prairie Reeve welcoming return of special lien powers on oil and gas properties

The Reeve for the County of Grande Prairie is welcoming proposed changes to the Municipal Government Act which will once again allow municipalities to place a special lien against oil and gas companie...

Nov 01, 2021

Three sent to hospital following serious collision east of Grande Prairie

A two-vehicle collision at the Five Mile Hall intersection Saturday has sent three people to hospital.At 11:00 a.m. on October 30, Grande Prairie RCMP and emergency crews were called to the collision ...

Oct 30, 2021

UPDATE: 18-year-old charged for impersonating peace officer in Grande Prairie

UPDATE: RCMP say an 18-year-old male from Grande Prairie is facing one count of impersonating a peace officer in connection with Friday night's incident."Thanks to information received from the public...

Oct 30, 2021

One death linked to opioids in Grande Prairie in August

New data released by Alberta Health Friday shows one person died as a result of acute opioid poisoning in Grande Prairie in August 2021, the lowest recorded monthly total since April of 2020. The new ...

Oct 29, 2021

MGA amendment aims to help municipalities collect unpaid oil and gas company taxes

The United Conservative government has put forward an amendment to the Municipal Government Act, which if passed would give municipalities a leg up in collecting unpaid property taxes from oil and gas...

Oct 28, 2021

Child dies following collision in Saddle Hills County

Spirit River RCMP say a child has died following a collision between a water truck and a dirt bike Friday evening in Saddle Hills County, east of Dawson Creek.Police say they were called to what is de...

Oct 27, 2021

Opioid-related EMS responses more than tripled in Grande Prairie last week says Northreach Society

The Northreach Society says opioid-related EMS responses in Grande Prairie last week saw over triple the number of calls compared to normal. Over the week of October 18-24, there were ten opioid-relat...

Oct 26, 2021