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Grande Prairie RCMP targeting impaired drivers over holiday season

Throughout the month of December, the Grande Prairie RCMP will be conducting impaired driving initiatives, aimed at keeping roadways safe this holiday season.The RCMP Traffic Unit has organized severa...

Dec 20, 2019 Photo Credit: Shaun Penner

Sixth annual GP Christmas Charity Dinner goes Saturday

On Saturday, hundreds of homeless people in our community will gather at the Oasis Church for Grande Prairie's sixth annual Christmas dinner. The dinner is for those who are in need and can't afford t...

Dec 20, 2019 Photo Credit: EverythingGP

Rotary Club of Grande Prairie pledges $1.8 million towards D Coy Community Hub Project

The Rotary Club of Grande Prairie has pledged $1.8 million from their Dream Home Lottery to the restoration of the D Company, or D Coy, Armouries building. The plan is to restore the building into a c...

Dec 19, 2019 Photo: EverythingGP staff

Mail theft once again an issue this holiday season

RCMP in Grande Prairie and across Alberta are once again responding to a rash of mail thefts this holiday season.Social media pages in Grande Prairie and area have recently been flooded with images of...

Dec 19, 2019 A resident in Country Club West found their mailbox like this earlier this week (Photo: Facebook / Tracelle Hinze)

Santa spreads Christmas cheer at QEII hospital

Santa Claus left his sleigh at home, and took a helicopter to the Queen Elizabeth II hospital to visit children in the pediatric ward.Leaving the reindeer back at the North Pole, Santa, along with an ...

Dec 19, 2019 Santa Claus visits children in the pediatric wing of the Queen Elizabeth II hospital (photo by Liam Verster)

Sexsmith to say farewell to last payphone

The Town of Sexsmith will soon be saying goodbye to a local landmark.The pay phone that stands at 9901 100 Street will be removed this coming new year.Sexsmith Mayor Kate Potter says its been a long t...

Dec 18, 2019 Sexsmith pay phone (Photo from the Town of Sexsmith Facebook page)

County of Grande Prairie Council approves $2.7 million in grants for local organizations

County of Grande Prairie Council announced Monday that they have approved $2.7 million in grant funding to sport, recreation and cultural organizations and facilities for 2020.Over $1.5 million will g...

Dec 18, 2019 Photo Credit: EverythingGP

Province creates committee to examine automobile insurance

EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government is looking at ways to improve auto insurance in Alberta.Finance Minister and GP-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews announced a new committee that will examine auto insura...

Dec 18, 2019 GP-Wapiti MLA and Finance Minister Travis Toews makes the announcement of the three-member panel at a press conference in Edmonton Wednesday (Photo: Government of Alberta)

Stay off unsafe storm ponds this winter: City

City Hall is again reminding Grande Prairie residents that storm ponds are not to be used for recreation.The City's Transportation and Parks Manager Robert Carroll says this is because of safety conce...

Dec 18, 2019 Skating and other recreational activities are not safe to do on storm ponds around the City

Tenille Townes to be recognized by Rotary Club of Grande Prairie

Tenille Townes will be recognized for her community involvement and support Friday, December 20, 2019. The Rotary Club of Grande Prairie will be presenting Townes with the Paul Harris Fellow honour at...

Dec 17, 2019