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Hillside student receives 2024 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Student Award
Grade 6 student Kairoh Winiandy of Hillside Community School has received a provincial honour. Kairoh has been given a 2024 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Student Award. Nine students from across Albe...
Jun 13, 2024

Early bird ticket sales open through June 30 for Grande Prairie Regional Airshow
After a 19-year absence, the Grande Prairie Regional Airshow will return July 27 and 28.Early Bird tickets are available through June 30 at the show's website.The show is being organized by Grande Pra...
Jun 13, 2024

Alberta cyclist raising funds for Alberta Cancer Foundation with 2,000 km ride
An 80-year-old cyclist will be in the Peace region this week as part of a fundraising ride to raise money for cancer treatment as part of the Enbridge Tour Alberta for Cancer.Art Brochu is peddling ov...
Jun 12, 2024

Eleven suspicious fires in Grande Prairie area being investigated
The Alberta RCMP Forestry Crimes Unit, with Alberta Forestry and Parks, have been called on to investigate a list of suspicious fires by the City and County of Grande Prairie Fire Departments. Alberta...
Jun 11, 2024

Seeding virtually complete in Peace Region
According to the latest crop report on June 7, from AFSC and the Alberta government; 98 per cent of crops in the Peace Region are seeded.Seeding progressSeeding has been delayed in a few areas provinc...
Jun 10, 2024

Fairview resident to be inducted into Alberta Order of Excellence
A Fairview resident is set to receive the highest honour a citizen can receive in Alberta.Kim Ruether will become a member of the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2024.Ruether is a diagnostic imaging te...
Jun 10, 2024

UPDATE: Valleyview RCMP advise Highway 49 collision cleared
Valleyview RCMP advise the collision scene north of Township Road 734 has been cleared and normal traffic can resume.--Grande Prairie RCMP are assisting the Valleyview detachment in responding to a se...
Jun 08, 2024
Wildfire hazard back up to high in GPFA
The gusty winds have pushed the wildfire hazard to high in the Grande Prairie Forest Area.Fire permit holders are reminded that they must postpone burning, as the wind is forecast to be from the north...
Jun 07, 2024

D-Day "a necessary but costly step" says Grande Prairie historian on 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings
People around the world are marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.On June 6, 1944, allied forces, 14,000 Canadians among them, stormed the beaches of Normandy in an invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe.Gr...
Jun 06, 2024

Federal Conservatives attack Liberal government after cut to 4-H Canada funding
Federal Conservatives have been blasting the federal government after a funding cut to 4-H Canada.Grande Prairie-Mackenzie M.P. Chris Warkentin says the government reduced the group's funding from $1 ...
Jun 05, 2024