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Canfor backing sale to Pattison owned firm

Based on the direction given by an independent committee of its board of directors, the Canfor Corporation is backing the bid from Jim Pattison's Great Pacific Capital Corp. to take the lumber product...

Oct 29, 2019 Canfor owns and operates the sawmill in Grande Prairie (Photo: Shaun Penner)

Red Arrow's first year serving Grande Prairie a small success

Red Arrow has been providing a bus service between Grande Prairie and Edmonton for a full year now.John Stepovy, director of business development for Red Arrow, says the first year has been okay, with...

Oct 29, 2019

Grande Prairie coffee roaster hopes smokey techniques fuels Dragon's fire

A local coffee roastery is making a pitch on Dragon's Den. Ole Smokes Coffee is appearing on the CBC show, where the owner Tim Sanford, is looking for some national recognition, and to potentially mak...

Oct 28, 2019 Ole Smokes Coffee (Facebook)

Court update: accused murderer pleads guilty to reduced charge, short sentence in carjacking

Alberta Justice says a man charged after a Grande Prairie murder has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter.Trevor Eldon Martineau entered the plea during a court appearance on October 21 ...

Oct 28, 2019

Friday snowfall leaves thousands of Peace region residents without power

Around three thousand customers in the Grande Prairie area were without power as a result of Friday's snowfall in the region. Some residents told EverythingGP that they were still without power as of ...

Oct 27, 2019 photo supplied by a listener

Peace, Athabasca Bowl finals set

St Joe's and Grande Prairie Composite will meet in the MPFL Peace Bowl. Comp needed a late touchdown to knock off Sexsmith 41-39, while St. Joe's got by Whitecourt 43-13 in the other semi final. Meanw...

Oct 27, 2019 Photo courtesy Shaun Penner/EverythingGP

Four local youth earned Duke of Edinburgh award for work on improving self, community

Four local youth involved in the 3rd Grande Prairie Scout troop were presented with the Duke of Edinburgh award on Tuesday, October 22, in recognition of their work to improve themselves and their com...

Oct 27, 2019 Left to Right: Karsten Andersen, Jaryn Anderson, Chris Thiessen, Kyler Bayko, Tyler O’Handley (photo courtesy of the 3rd Grande Prairie Scouts)

Toews promotes budget to Calgary chamber

Alberta's finance minister and the MLA for Grande Prairie/Wapiti says the province will have the luxury of diversifying its revenues after its budget is balanced.Travis Toews told the Calgary Chamber ...

Oct 26, 2019

Mayor Given says cuts to municipal funding "not a surprise"

Big cuts seemed to be the theme of the 2020 Provincial Budget, and Grande Prairie's Mayor is not surprised to see some of the city's funding getting the axe.Funding for Municipal infrastructure was sl...

Oct 25, 2019 City of Grande Prairie Emblem (photo by Emily Keller)

UPDATE: Highway 43 near Demmitt re-opened

UPDATE (2:57 p.m.): Highway 43 has been cleared and reopened for travel. RCMP would like to thank the public for their patience. Beaverlodge RCMP are on Highway 43 helping with the traffic as tow truc...

Oct 25, 2019 A look at the conditions along Highway 43 this morning (Photo submitted by a listener)