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MD of Greenview takes over Multiplex operations

The Municipal District of Greenview has come to an agreement with the Town of Valleyview to take over operations of the Greenview Regional Multiplex.The Town was in charge of the Multiplex, but the ne...

Jan 02, 2020

New hospital completion, auto insurance review among items to come in 2020 says local MLA

GP-Wapiti MLA and Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews says the government is hoping the new Grande Prairie hospital will be finished in the second half of this year."The projection is that hospital ...

Jan 02, 2020

New Conservative leader among things to look for in 2020 says Warkentin

Among the things to look forward to politically in 2020 is the federal Conservatives picking a new leader.Grande Prairie-Mackenzie MP Chris Warkentin is the Caucus-Office of the Leader of the Oppositi...

Jan 01, 2020 Photo by Emily Keller

Year-End Interview: Travis Toews

It has been a "steep learning curve" says the MLA for GP-Wapiti after being elected in April's provincial election.Travis Toews was named Alberta Finance Minister in Premier Jason Kenney's first cabin...

Dec 31, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Year-End Interview: Mayor Bill Given reflects on the 2019 year

The City of Grande Prairie saw some major events in 2019, and Mayor Bill Given says it was really a year of change."I would really see 2019 as a year of change in a lot of ways for our overall communi...

Dec 31, 2019 Photo: EverythingGP Staff

Scam warning from local resident

A caller to Everything GP has a phone scam warning for people in the Peace Region. She says someone phoned her, saying she had won $785,000 in a contest, but she needed to send a $4200 registration fe...

Dec 30, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Local critic says Federal Carbon Tax will hurt Albertans, not reduce emissions

The federal carbon tax is rolling out in Alberta, starting January 1st.After the provincial carbon tax was abolished in June, the federal government stepped in to implement a carbon pollution price of...

Dec 30, 2019

Changes coming to Alberta's medical services in 2020

Alberta's medical system is getting prepped for some major surgery in 2020.Health Minister Tyler Shandro says one critical piece will be the release in January of a third-party report on Alberta Healt...

Dec 30, 2019

The city is accepting art project funding applications

The City of Grande Prairie is accepting applications for Major Project Funding and Festival Funding opportunities.The funding, provided through the Arts Development Fund, is designed to support and en...

Dec 29, 2019

Santa runs marathon Christmas Day in support of Food Bank

If you saw Santa running around the Grande Prairie area on Christmas Day, your eyes were not deceiving you.The running St. Nicholas also goes by the name of Umberto Soda, who is a new resident to the ...

Dec 28, 2019 Umberto Soda ran 42.2 km on Wednesday as a way to raise money for the Salvation Army Food Bank (Photo: Soda Entertainment)