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Report: Trudeau planning to call election for September

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning to send Canadians to the polls September 20. According to a Reuters news agency report, Trudeau will make the announcement Sunday.An election call has been ru...

Aug 12, 2021

Rising Above event hoped to help take step forward in reconciliation

Close to 100 people gathered at the Muskoseepi Park Amphitheater Wednesday evening in an effort to take a step forward in reconciliation with Indigenous peoples who lived through the residential schoo...

Aug 12, 2021

Grande Prairie records five drug poisoning deaths in May, up to 22 in 2021

New figures from Alberta Health show that in May of 2021 there were five acute drug poisoning deaths in Grande Prairie, four of which were linked to non-pharmaceutical opioids like fentanyl.With those...

Aug 11, 2021

Loewen calls on Kenney to give impacted Albertans final say on provincial police force

Central Peace-Notley MLA Todd Loewen is hoping Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will limit any referendum on potentially creating a provincial police force to only those residents living in municipalities...

Aug 11, 2021

Grande Prairie company hoping to raise money for local boy suffering from Gastroschisis

A Grande Prairie company is hoping to help raise funds for a local boy and his family through a golf tournament at the end of August.Khai Macleod of Grande Prairie has suffered from gastroschisis sinc...

Aug 10, 2021

City-County collaborate to install traffic lights near St. John Paul II school

Shovels are planned to hit the ground this fall on a new traffic light at the intersection of 108 Street and 132 Avenue. The City and County of Grande Prairie agreed to split the cost of the estimated...

Aug 09, 2021

Grande Prairie farm hosting festivities as part of Alberta Open Farm Days

A Grande Prairie farm will be one of over 100 farms taking part in Alberta Open Farm Days, which takes place this Saturday and Sunday.Country Roads RV Park says they will have a plethora of family fri...

Aug 09, 2021

Local rancher meetings on drought put spotlight on feed issues

Organizers say the number of people who attended a series of meetings on ways ranchers can deal with drought totalled between 250 and 300.The meeting series was organized by Teepee Creek business TP C...

Aug 09, 2021

Grande Prairie marked sixth warmest July last month following warmest June

Grande Prairie marked the sixth warmest July on record last month, which follows behind the city's warmest June ever recorded.The city has seen a plethora of days over the last two months reach at lea...

Aug 07, 2021

Grande Prairie residents voice opposition, approval over Alberta's COVID policy shift

Two groups stood outside Grande Prairie MLA Tracy Allard's constituency office Friday in protest, or in favour, of the province's policy changes surrounding COVID-19 testing, tracing, isolation and ma...

Aug 06, 2021