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Province suspends parking fees at hospitals beginning Friday

Starting Friday, parking fees at the QEII hospital and others around the province will be suspended amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The province made the announcement Thursday afternoon, citing a desire to...

Apr 02, 2020

Grande Prairie Salvation Army to create food assistance program for school kids

The Grande Prairie Salvation Army has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the Province, to develop and run a program that supplies vulnerable students and their families with food and/or meals during t...

Apr 02, 2020

Local distilleries now distributing hand sanitizer

Broken Oak and Latitude 55 Distilleries in Grande Prairie are now distributing their made-in-house hand sanitizer.Around the middle of March, Broken Oak and Latitude 55 announced they were beginning t...

Apr 02, 2020 Both distilleries are offering 375 millilitre bottles of the hand sanitizer. (Latitude 55/Facebook)

Grande Prairie seeing colder temperatures than usual for the beginning of spring

Grande Prairie is seeing colder weather than usually expected for this time of year.Doug Gillham, a meteorologist with The Weather Network, says in Northern Alberta, there aren't always 'normal' tempe...

Apr 02, 2020 Grande Prairie is seeing more snow than usual for this time of year.

Victim Services still providing essential services during COVID-19 pandemic

The Grande Prairie and District Victim Services office may be closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but their work is ongoing.Victoria Johnson, the President of the Board, says they are maintaining ess...

Apr 01, 2020

Unemployed during COVID-19? Here's how to navigate federal programs

A quick look at some of the federal COVID-19 benefit programs and who qualifies for assistance: Canada Emergency Response Benefit The CERB pays a monthly $2,000 payment to workers who wouldn't ot...

Apr 01, 2020

Local artists to perform at-home shows for Peace Country residents

A number of local artists are set to "hit the stage" over the next two weeks at "Revolution Place" to perform for the people of the Peace while they are practicing social distancing and staying home.T...

Apr 01, 2020 Grande Prairie's Tenille Townes performing during her annual Big Hearts for Big Kids fundraiser this past September (Photo: Sheena Roszell)

Grant funding recommendations made for Bear Creek Folk Fest and BuckWild PBR events

A city committee has voted to recommend the Bear Creek Folk Festival and Grande Prairie BuckWild PBR event get tourism grant funding.At the committee meeting, the recommendation was made to give Bear ...

Apr 01, 2020

North Zone adds five confirmed cases of COVID-19 Tuesday to close out March

Five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been added to the North Zone's total on Tuesday, bringing the total to 50 to close out the month of March.Two of those cases were added in the Peace Region. T...

Mar 31, 2020 Dr. Deena Hinshaw (Photo: Government of Alberta)

Crime and roads major concern in City, according to satisfaction survey results

The City has received the results of their citizen satisfaction survey which was completed in January.The results from both the phone and online survey were presented to the Council Committee Meeting ...

Mar 31, 2020 Photo: Shaun Penner