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Alberta RCMP responded to over 200 collisions over Labour Day weekend

Over this past Labour Day long weekend, RCMP focused on tackling speeding offenses across Alberta through enforcement initiatives. Between August 30 and September 2, RCMP responded to 226 motor vehicl...

Sep 06, 2019

Grande Prairie region still has lowest unemployment rate in province

The region that includes Grande Prairie continues to have the lowest unemployment rate in the province.The area of Banff, Jasper, Rocky Mountain House, Athabasca, Peace River and the Swan City had an ...

Sep 06, 2019

Attendance totals exceed expectations for Canadian Fast Pitch Championships

The attendance numbers are in, and the organizing committee for the 2019 Men's and Master Men's Canadian Fast Pitch Championships says they have exceeded expectations.A tally shows that over 6,000 peo...

Sep 06, 2019 The bleachers were packed for the Men's final on Sunday between Newfoundland's Galway Hitmen and B.C.'s Sooke Loggers (Photo: Shaun Penner)

Two arrested in relation to recent rural crime spree

Two suspects have been arrested by the RCMP's Western Alberta District Rural Crime Reduction Unit in relation to a rural crime spree that happened over a period of approximately 10 days.On August 27th...

Sep 05, 2019 Photo courtesy of the Western Alberta District Rural Crime Reduction Unit

Peace Region elevators included in sale

A pair of grain terminals in the Peace Region are part of an agribusiness transaction. Parrish & Heimbecker is buying 10 locations from the Louis Dreyfus Company, including the ones in Rycroft and...

Sep 05, 2019 Photo credit to ID 49812653 © Ian Chris Graham | Dreamstime.com

Rotary Community Food Bank Drive to happen this month

The Rotary Community Food Bank Drive will happen September 17.Volunteers will be going door to door between 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., collecting food donations.The drive has taken place for over 20 years ...

Sep 05, 2019

Man arrested in Valleyview given life sentence after double murder in Ontario

A man arrested in Valleyview in connection with a double murder in Ontario has been given a life sentence .Both Kitchener Today and CTV News in Kitchener say Glenn Kraemer Baurman will not be eligible...

Sep 04, 2019 Waterloo Regional Courthosue from Wikimedia Commons

Grande Prairie SCS town hall set for September 17

Grande Prairie stakeholders will get to have their say about the use of supervised consumption sites, as the eight-member panel tasked with delivering the UCP government with insights into the future ...

Sep 04, 2019 The Grande Prairie Mobile Supervised Consumption Site during the official unveiling back in March

Rotary House encampments come down, temporary transition site to be set up

The tents at Rotary House have started to come down. Various city departments along with external agencies are setting up a secure temporary transition site for those being moved from the Rotary House...

Sep 03, 2019 Rotary House Encampments

Grande Prairie RCMP warn public of bitcoin phone scam

Grande Prairie RCMP are warning the public of scams involving cryptocurrency, specifically bitcoin. RCMP say in the last week they have received several reports of suspects posing as energy providers ...

Sep 03, 2019