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Grande Prairie schools to feel effects of province's education cut to fund COVID-19 response

On Saturday, March 28, the provincial government announced plans to temporarily reduce funding from the Education Budget and put it towards the COVID-19 response fund.The province is proposing taking ...

Mar 31, 2020

Sunrise House still operating amid COVID-19 pandemic

The Sunrise House Youth Emergency Shelter wants to let the community know they are still operating during the COVID-19 pandemic.Executive Director Tanya Wald says some confusion has been created as se...

Mar 31, 2020 Photo: EverythingGP Staff

Residental snow clearing and parking bans begin on snow routes

Residential snow clearing is underway in Grande Prairie. This process will take two-weeks to complete and will also see parking bans implemented on snow routes. Snow clearing will occur from Monday to...

Mar 31, 2020 Photo: EverythingGP

Farmer's Market remains open with temporary measures addressing COVID-19

The Grande Prairie Farmer's Market is remaining open during the COVID-19 pandemic as an essential business.Its hours are 4-7 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.The market says local farmers ...

Mar 30, 2020

Rotary Club of Grande Prairie launches food drive to support Food Bank

The Rotary Club of Grande Prairie is lending a hand to the Grande Prairie Food Bank during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now three weeks since the pandemic effects were really felt in Canada, the Grande Prai...

Mar 30, 2020 The shelves at the Salvation Army food bank are in need of replenishing, as donations have decreased during the unfolding of the COVID-19 crisis (Photo Credit: Facebook / Salvation Army Grande Prairie Community and Family Services)

Oilsands producers in the red as blended bitumen price dips below $4 per barrel

CALGARY - Analysts say oilsands producers are likely losing money or barely breaking even as prices for Western Canadian Select bitumen-blend crude dipped as low as US$3.82 per barrel on Monday.Michae...

Mar 30, 2020

Grant applications for charitable and non-profit organizations being accepted by local municipalities on behalf of province

The City's Family and Community Support Service's (FCSS) are now accepting applications for funding during the COVID-19 pandemic.The six other municipalities in the Grande Prairie Regional Emergency P...

Mar 30, 2020

Alberta adds 40 new COVID-19 cases as province reports third fatality Sunday

The North zone reported two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, as the province added its lowest count of cases since last Sunday, with 40 new cases being recorded by the province.However, the ...

Mar 29, 2020

Grande Prairie to serve as backdrop of new film

The City of Grande Prairie is set to become the backdrop of a new film in 2021. The Edmonton based company A Little Late Films is heading up Highway 43 next summer to film their latest movie, Spearphi...

Mar 29, 2020

Province temporarily reduces K-12 education funding for "services not being utilized"

The provincial government announced on Saturday that it is temporarily re-routing some of the funding from its education budget to its COVID-19 response, which will have an affect on areas such as tra...

Mar 28, 2020 Minister of Education Adriana LaGrange (Photo: Government of Alberta)