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Alberta Education lays out at-home learning plan, cancels Diploma Exams

Alberta Education says it now has guidelines in place for the learning outcomes for students while classes are cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.After cancelling all in-school classes on Sunday, ...

Mar 20, 2020 Education Minister Adriana LaGrange

Local distillery looking to help community by making hand sanitizer during COVID-19 outbreak

The Broken Oak Distilling Company in Grande Prairie is looking to switch from making spirits to making hand sanitizer for those in need during the COVID-19 outbreak. This trend has popped up in North ...

Mar 20, 2020 Photo: Broken Oak Distilling Company

City Hall, County of Grande Prairie Administration building now closed to the public

Grande Prairie City Hall and the City Service Centre are now closed to the public, as they take further measures against COVID-19.Anyone with questions can call or email the city. Specific contact inf...

Mar 19, 2020

Saint Lawrence Centre awarded daytime programming contract for new daytime shelter

The Saint Lawrence Centre has been awarded the service contract for the new daytime programming to go across from Rotary House. The creation of a new daytime shelter, as well as the search for program...

Mar 19, 2020 The former Prime Property Management building, where the new daytime shelter will go.

Province extends expiring driver’s licences, vehicle registrations, other permits & certificates until May 15

Upcoming expiry dates for Alberta drivers' licences, vehicle registrations, other permits and certificates are being extended until May 15.Albertans with surnames or company names beginning with B, D,...

Mar 19, 2020 Government of Alberta logo. Photo Credit: Government of Alberta

Warkentin concerned aid package is not balanced

Our Member of Parliament says he has some concerns about the $82-billion package the federal government announced Wednesday to help deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.Grande Prairie-Mackenzie MP Chris Wa...

Mar 19, 2020 Photo Credit Louis Henault/Dreamstime

Alberta RCMP to limit public access to detachments, suspend non-critical services

Alberta RCMP are putting some changes in place in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Spokesman Fraser Logan says they will be limiting access to public spaces such as detachments."We're asking...

Mar 18, 2020

All six GPREP regional municipalities declare State of Local Emergency

The Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership (GPREP) announced Wednesday that all six partner municipalities, including the City of Grande Prairie, County of Grande Prairie, the Towns of Beaverlo...

Mar 18, 2020 Town of Sexsmith sign. Photo Credit: Shane Clausing

City extending memberships and freezing payments at Eastlink, Coca Cola Centres

The City of Grande Prairie says they will be extending memberships and freezing payments in light of the closures of the Eastlink Centre and Coca Cola Centre. Payments are to resume when the facilitie...

Mar 18, 2020

Provincial government passes 2020 budget

EDMONTON, AB - Amid the COVID-19 global pandemic, Alberta premier Jason Kenney has announced that the provincial budget has passed its budget.Kenney made the announcement on Facebook shortly after 1:0...

Mar 18, 2020 Premier Jason Kenney (photo by the Canadian Press)