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NTL Pipelines donates $10,000 to Sexsmith Christmas Hamper Campaign

The Sexsmith and Area Christmas Hamper campaign started this month and has already received a big donation.NTL Pipelines donated $10,000 towards the campaign on Friday.Naomi Robinson, the Family and C...

Oct 15, 2019 Naomi Robinson, FCSS Coordinator for the Town of Sexsmith (photo from the Town of Sexsmith Facebook page)

An indoor skate park may be in Grande Prairie's future

At Tuesday's Community Living Committee, Councillor Jackie Clayton put forth the motion to have staff explore models, potential locations, and potential partners, to establish and house an indoor skat...

Oct 15, 2019 close up with a skateboard

Grande Prairie duo charged in series of break and enters around area

Grande Prairie RCMP have charged two men following an extensive investigation into a number of break and enters in the area. Police say that between July 11 and October 4 of this year, RCMP received a...

Oct 15, 2019 The items shown here were recovered following a search warrant of a home and vehicle in the city (Photo: Grande Prairie RCMP)

Crown appealing verdict in case of David and Collet Stephan

The Crown is appealing the not guilty verdict in the case of an Alberta couple charged with not seeking medical help sooner for their sick toddler son.Last month Justice Terry Clackson acquitted David...

Oct 15, 2019

25th annual fall Woman's Show takes over Revolution Place this weekend

The 25th annual fall Woman's Show is set for this weekend at Revolution Place. The show has really grown over the years, so much so that it has outgrown its original space of the Bowes side of Revolut...

Oct 15, 2019 Fashion show at GP Woman's Show (Photo Grande Prairie Woman's Show/Facebook)

Adopt A Family program back this year

Odyssey House wants to help more people over the Christmas season with its Adopt-a-Family program.Thirty-four single mother families received over $14,000 worth of gifts and food-related items benefit...

Oct 14, 2019 Photo from the Odyssey House Facebook page

Latest edition of Teepee Creek Stampede was one for the record books

The 103rd annual Teepee Creek Stampede set an attendance record this year, with over 31,000 people visiting during the 4 day event.President of the Stampede Association, John Muggaberg, says they adde...

Oct 13, 2019 Tuff Dreger chuckwagon racing photo by Micheline Thiberge/Facebook

Court update: Guilty plea in murder case, trial ordered in abduction case

A Grande Prairie man had pleaded guilty in a Peace River murder case.Blake Murphy admitted to a charge of second-degree murder during an October 3 court appearance.He was given a life sentence with no...

Oct 12, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Man charged in shooting incident pleads guilty

The man charged after a 2015 shooting incident at the Halliburton facility in Clairmont has been given a five-year prison term.Alberta Justice says Panagiotis Michalakakos pleaded guilty to six of the...

Oct 11, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Peace Region now has second-lowest unemployment rate in Alberta

Statistics Canada says the Camrose-Drumheller area now has the lowest unemployment rate in Alberta. Its rate fell to 5.1 per cent from 5.6 per cent in September. The region that takes in the Peace Cou...

Oct 11, 2019