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RCMP: McMillan wildfire caused by arsonist

EDMONTON- RCMP have determined that arson was the cause of the McMillan wildfire in May that threatened remote communities in north-central Alberta and torched 2,730 square kilometres of forest.RCMP a...

Oct 23, 2019

Grande Prairie RCMP's new Superintendent already launching new operations

Grande Prairie's RCMP detachment has a new officer in charge, who has quickly launched a new policing initiative.Superintendent Sean Curry joined the local force just under 2 months ago, following the...

Oct 23, 2019 Acting Inspector Sergeant Peter King (L) and Superintendent Sean Curry (R) (Photo by Shaun Penner)

Viersen re-elected for second term in Peace River-Westlock

Arnold Viersen will be joining Chris Warkentin back in Ottawa, as the Conservative Incumbent in Peace River-Westlock has also been re-elected for a second term.Viersen, much like Warkentin, has taken ...

Oct 21, 2019 Viersen with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer in 2017 (Photo: Facebook / Arnold Viersen)

Beaupre re-elected County of Grande Prairie Reeve

Leanne Beaupre will continue to serve as Reeve of the County of Grande Prairie.Beaupre was re-elected to the post at Monday's organizational meeting for County Council.She has been the reeve since fir...

Oct 21, 2019 Photo supplied by the County of Grande Prairie

Over 4,000 road safety charges laid over Thanksgiving long weekend in Alberta

Over the Thanksgiving long weekend, police across Canada had their #OperationImpact initiative to encourage safe driving behaviours.The initiative was organized by the Canadian Association of Chiefs o...

Oct 21, 2019

John D'or woman charged with Fort Vermilion murder

Fort Vermilion RCMP are investigating a murder. Mounties say they were called to a home in that community at 10:30 on Thursday night. A man's body was found on scene, where a suspect was also arrested...

Oct 21, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Valleyview RCMP looking for female suspect in attempted robbery case

Valleyview RCMP are on the lookout for a woman involved in an attempted robbery at the Shell gas station on the night of August 30.The incident happened around 11:00 p.m. that night, where two men and...

Oct 21, 2019 The female shown here is wanted in connection to an attempted robbery at the Valleyview Shell station on August 30 (Photo: Valleyview RCMP)

The County is hosting open houses to discuss bioswales at Clairmont Lake

The County of Grande Prairie is holding two open houses on Tuesday, where the topic of bioswales will be discussed.Bioswales are green infrastructure, designed to filter out pollutants from rainwater ...

Oct 20, 2019 County of Grande Prairie

Flu shots available starting Monday

Flu shots will be available at clinics and pharmacies starting Monday. The influenza vaccine is not 100 per cent effective, but last year's stats show the vaccine was around 73 per cent effective at s...

Oct 19, 2019 Vaccine vial dose flu shot drug needle syringe,medical concept vaccination hypodermic injection on blue background

Tenille Townes Facebook hacked, fans asked for personal info

Someone is trying to scam Tenille Townes' fans. A local fan of Tenille's has shared recent Facebook Messenger messages with Everything GP that show someone posing as Tenille offering merchandise and a...

Oct 18, 2019 Screenshots of some of the messages one fan received.