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City looking at reductions to community group funding

Grande Prairie City Council is looking at potential cuts to community group funding.At Monday's Council Meeting, Administration was directed to report back to Council with a report with possible recom...

Feb 16, 2020 Photo: Curtis Galbraith

RCMP Crime Reduction Unit lay charges against two local residents

Charges have been laid against two people after the Grande Prairie RCMP's Crime Reduction Unit stopped what they thought was a stolen vehicle. At around 7 pm Wednesday night, the CRU spotted a vehicle...

Feb 15, 2020

Over a dozen protesters march against UCP cuts and privatization of health care

Sixteen supporters of United Nurses of Alberta (UNA), Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE), and Canadian Public Employees Union (CUPE), took to the streets over the lunch hour on Friday, Febru...

Feb 14, 2020 Union supporters walking down 98 St (photo by Liam Verster)

Grande Prairie second highest selling Valentine's Day gift market for Walmart Canada

Grande Prairie is the second top-selling Valentine's Day gift market for Walmart Canada. Plush toys, Valentine's Day trading cards and novelty gag gifts make up the top three for the most popular item...

Feb 14, 2020

QEII Hospital welcomes new OB/GYN

The QEII Hospital has gained another specialist.Alberta Health Services announced Friday that Dr. Modupe Omole has been practicing in Grande Prairie as an obstetrician and gynecologist, also known as ...

Feb 14, 2020 Dr. Modupe Omole (Photo: Alberta Health Services)

Multiple counterfeit money reports in Fort St. John leads to two arrests

Fort St. John RCMP have charged two suspects after nearly two-dozen reports of people using counterfeit money.Mounties say they got 22 reports over the past few weeks of phony $50 and $100 bills being...

Feb 13, 2020 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Man charged after dangerous incident involving a stolen truck

A man from Paddle Prairie is facing charges after a dangerous incident in the Manning-Dixonville area.Peace Regional RCMP say another driver saw a pickup that had been stolen in Manning going south on...

Feb 13, 2020 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Northwest Junior Hockey League teams giving back to High Level

The Northwest Junior Hockey League and its teams are giving back to the town of High Level.This past September, the league organized exhibition games and hockey camps in the community. It's something ...

Feb 13, 2020 Northwest Junior Hockey League making donations to the High Level Fire Department and the High Level Victim Services Unit. Photo Credit: Town of High Level

RCMP looking for help naming new pups at training facility

The RCMP's Police Dog Service Training Centre in Innisfail is in need of suggestions to name its newest batch of crime fighting pups.The 2020 "Name the Puppy" contest is now accepting submissions from...

Feb 13, 2020 The newest trainees at the RCMP's Police Dog Service Training Centre in Innisfail (Photo: RCMP)

Snow clearing begins in Wedgewood on Friday

County Crews will be in the Wedgewood neighbourhood on Friday, February 14, to clear the roads of snow and ice.Temporary parking restrictions will be in effect from 7 a.m to 7 p.m., and "no Parking" s...

Feb 13, 2020 A County of Grande Prairie snow plow clearing the road (photo courtesy of the County of Grande Prairie)