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County of Grande Prairie reminds motorists of slow-moving farm equipment on roads
It is now that time of year when slow-moving farm vehicles and equipment will be on the roads of the County of Grande Prairie. Sonja Raven, the Agricultural Fieldman for the County of Grande Prairie, ...
Sep 02, 2019 Photo: County of Grande Prairie

High Levels of Natural Gas Odorant Noticed in Grande Cache Area
Residents of Grande Cache may notice a much stronger than normal smell associated to their natural gas service. AltaGas says the smell is due to the level of odorant in the natural gas increasing abov...
Sep 01, 2019

Host Teams Make Playoff Round at Fast Ball Nationals
Both host teams are involved in playoff action Sunday morning at the Canadian Men's and Master Men's Fast Ball championships at South Bear Creek. The PVI Pirates face the Galway Hitmen at 9:30 Sunday ...
Sep 01, 2019 photo courtesy Shaun Penner/EverythingGP

One Dead After Plane Crash near Smith
One person is dead after a Chinese-built military training aircraft crashed while performing acrobatic manoeuvers during a fair and rodeo east of Slave Lake. . RCMP say two small planes were performin...
Sep 01, 2019

Minister of Advanced Education to visit GPRC September 19
Another provincial Minister will be coming to Grande Prairie in September.Demetrios Nicolaides, who is the Minister of Advanced Education, will be making a stop at Grande Prairie Regional College on S...
Aug 30, 2019

City launches survey on park and playground use
The City of Grande Prairie has launched a new survey about park and playground use throughout the community.The City says the goal of the survey is to gain a better idea of who uses the parks and play...
Aug 30, 2019 Photo credit: Sheena Roszell

School zones in effect Sept. 3 as students head back to class
The first day of school is Tuesday, September 3 and that means school zones are back in effect. Enforcement Services Sergeant Ross Gear says school zones are very busy and officers will be out there T...
Aug 30, 2019

Man hit and killed by train in Slave Lake
A man has been struck and killed by a train in Slave Lake.RCMP were called to the scene near Main Street at around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, where a male had been struck by a locomotive.The man had suffer...
Aug 29, 2019

AHS reminding parents to make sure children are up-to-date on immunizations
Alberta Health Services is reminding parents to make sure their children are up to date on their immunizations as the school year begins. "By following a routine immunization schedule, you and your ch...
Aug 29, 2019

Alberta's first geothermal power plant coming to M.D. of Greenview
Alberta's first commercial grade Geothermal facility is coming to the M.D. of Greenview.The project was given the green light to move forward as it was announced Friday in Nisku that a grant from the ...
Aug 28, 2019 Minister of Natural Resources Amarjeet Sohi announced the grant funding for the project Friday in Nisku (Photo: Facebook / Amarjeet Sohi)