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Rezoning of Stonebridge Hotel land approved for proposed Coordinated Care Campus
Grande Prairie City Council has voted in favour of re-zoning the property of the Stonebridge Hotel, which moves the proposed Coordinated Care Campus project one step closer to being approved.The propo...
Jun 29, 2021
Four temperature records set in Grande Prairie over weekend, more expected in coming days
Grande Prairie saw four temperature records set over the weekend, but a meteorologist with Environment Canada says more records are likely to be smashed in the coming days.The high pressure system tha...
Jun 28, 2021
Northreach offering STI testing on June 29
Northreach Society in Grande Prairie is offering free sexually transmitted disease (STI) tests on Tuesday, June 29.Northreach had planned to offer free HIV tests as part of National HIV Testing Day (J...
Jun 28, 2021
Evergreen Ridge Recreation Area seeing positive usage six months after management plan
Six months since County of Grande Prairie Council formally adopted a management plan for the Evergreen Ridge Recreation Area, the area is seeing positive usage.The 99-acre parcel of land is located di...
Jun 27, 2021
Jackie Clayton to run for Mayor of Grande Prairie in October municipal election
Jackie Clayton will be seeking to reclaim the seat she has held on an interim basis over the last six months. On Friday, Grande Prairie's interim mayor announced she would be running for mayor in the ...
Jun 25, 2021
"It’s rare and it’s historic": record-breaking temperatures in Grande Prairie's forecast
A meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada says temperatures never seen before in Grande Prairie are in the forecast.Amid a heat wave which has brought with it a heat warning for most ...
Jun 25, 2021
26-year-old man dead following collision on Highway 40 south of 68 Avenue
Grande Prairie RCMP say a 26-year-old man has died following a collision on Highway 40/108 Street Thursday morning.The two vehicle collision on 108 Street, just south of 68 Avenue, happened around 6:3...
Jun 24, 2021
751 unmarked graves at Saskatchewan residential school: First Nation
COWESSESS FIRST NATION - A Saskatchewan First Nation says it has found 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school. The Cowessess First Nation says ground-penetrating radar recently...
Jun 24, 2021
Alberta commits $8 million to locate and honour victims at residential school sites
The province is putting forward $8 million to help Indigenous communities research undocumented deaths and burials at residential school sites in Alberta.Premier Jason Kenney laid out the Alberta Resi...
Jun 23, 2021
Report suggests STARS become sole helicopter emergency medical service in Alberta
verythA report on Alberta's helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) has laid out 11 recommendations for the future of HEMS in the province, including recommending having Shock Trauma Air Rescue S...
Jun 22, 2021