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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

Coalition for Safer Alberta Roads uses traffic collision stats to raise awareness on road safety

The Coalition for Safer Alberta Roads has released some collision stats, and the numbers are alarming. According to the numbers provided by The Alberta Department of Transportation, from 2012-2016, th...

Oct 11, 2019

Storm join NHL initiative with Hockey Fights Cancer Night

The Grande Prairie Storm are putting up a fight against more than the Bonnyville Pontiacs tonight.Down at Revolution Place, the team is set to host its first-ever Hockey Fights Cancer Night.The team h...

Oct 11, 2019 Storm forward Lukas Jirousek is fighting for his grandparents, who have all had their own battles with cancer (Photo: Grande Prairie Storm)

Grande Prairie MLA pushes for more women representation in STEM fields

The MLA for Grande Prairie is encouraging young women to study in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. On opening day of the Alberta Legislature, MLA Tracy Allard took the f...

Oct 10, 2019 Alberta Legislature