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2020 budget approved and other council highlights

City council went on Monday, where the 2020 Operating and Capital Budgets and the 2021 through 2023 Operating and Capital Financial Plans were approved.Council also received the 2018 census results fo...

Nov 18, 2019 Photo: Curtis Galbraith

Local project gets grant from RBC Foundation

A new local project called Ending Period Poverty has been given a $15,000 grant from the RBC Foundation.This will see free menstrual hygiene products available at no cost in the bathrooms at the Grand...

Nov 18, 2019 The Grande Prairie Public Library's Hailey McCullough (l) and the Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta's Tracey Vavrek announce a $15,00 grant from the RBC Foundation Monday at the Library. Photo by Curtis Galbraith.

Investigation continues into BC Peace truck fire

VICTORIA - A tanker truck that crashed and burned over the weekend near the B.C.-Alberta boundary was carrying just over 250 barrels of crude oil. The Ministry of Environment in B.C. says much of the ...

Nov 18, 2019 A photo taken of the scene Saturday morning (Photo: Twitter / @SpillsInfoBC / @Bob_Fulton_DCFR )

AFSC holding town hall meetings on the harvest

Agricultural Financial Services Corporation says it will be meeting with Alberta farmers to hear their questions and concerns about this year's harvest.A pair of meetings will be held on Wednesday in ...

Nov 18, 2019 Photo: Facebook / AFSC

City to hold free education session on the dangers of opioids

The City of Grande Prairie's Community Opioid Response Task Force is holding a public information session on the opioid crisis on Wednesday.Jasmin Marshall, the Program Services Coordinator with Commu...

Nov 18, 2019

Tanker truck fire closes Highway 49 east of Dawson Creek

DriveBC says Highway 49 remains closed in both directions at the Pouce Coupe bridge, following a tanker truck fire Saturday morning that also led to an oil spill into the Pouce Coupe River below.The B...

Nov 16, 2019 A photo taken of the scene Saturday morning (Photo: Twitter / @SpillsInfoBC / @Bob_Fulton_DCFR )

Woman killed in crash near Salt Prairie

High Prairie RCMP say a 24-year-old woman was killed and another woman was taken to hospital after a car-semi collision on November 8.It happened around 1:30 a.m. on Highway 750 near Salt Prairie.Moun...

Nov 15, 2019

Grande Prairie Public School Division feels effects of Provincial Budget cuts

The Grande Prairie Public School Division has lost $4.9 million in government grants.The school division is funded through Alberta Education, in a combination of various grants and per-student allocat...

Nov 15, 2019 Grande Prairie Public School Division logo (Facebook)

Freezing rain warnings end, roads re-opening

UPDATE: (2:53 pm) 511 Alberta says Highway 59 is open again. The freezing rain warning for Grande Cache and Hinton has ended.The freezing rain warning has ended for Grande Prairie, Beaverlodge, and Va...

Nov 15, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

School buses cancelled Friday due to freezing rain

School buses for all area school divisions have been cancelled today due to inclement road conditions, caused by the freezing rain.Those cancellations affect all First Student buses (Grande Prairie Pu...

Nov 15, 2019