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Two Arrested after Vehicle Stop Turns up Weapons and Drugs

Two people were arrested after an investigation into a vehicle with a stolen licence plate turned up weapons, drugs and counterfeit money. The Grande Prairie RCMP Crime Reduction Unit pulled over the ...

Sep 21, 2019

Fundraising, awareness the reason behind GP man's bike ride from Edmonton to Grande Prairie

A Grande Prairie man will be embarking on a bike ride from Edmonton to Grande Prairie tomorrow to help raise funds and awareness for a close friend, who needs out of country medical treatments.Damion ...

Sep 20, 2019 Damion Podridske is riding his bike from Edmonton to Grande Prairie to raise money for his friend's treatment of Lyme disease in Mexico (Photo: Damion Podridske)

'Ronnie's Cupboard' hopes to feed those in need

Three ladies from the Farmers' Market have started to collect food that will be available to people who are living on the streets and are often going without anything to eat. Darice Rach, one of the w...

Sep 20, 2019 Ronnie's Cupboard is set up outside the Farmers' Market (Photo by Sheena Roszell)

GPFD investigating Thursday night fire in the city

A small fire broke out at the Courtyard Apartments Thursday evening, and the fire department and RCMP are looking into the root cause of it.The Grande Prairie Fire Department was called to the complex...

Sep 20, 2019

David and Collet Stephan found not guilty in meningitis death of infant son

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An Alberta couple who treated their son with herbal remedies rather than seek medical attention have been found not guilty in the boy's death.David and Collet Stephan were charged ...

Sep 19, 2019 David Stephan and his wife Collet had been charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life after their 19-month-old son Ezekiel died in March of 2012. (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)

Prejudice, intolerance the focus of GPVSB conference Saturday

The Grande Prairie Volunteer Services Bureau will be hosting a conference on overcoming prejudices this Saturday.What is being called "NOT ME"... The Presumption of Tolerance, the full-day conference ...

Sep 19, 2019 Montrose Cultural Centre

Traffic circle being explored at Range Road 62, Highway 43X

Another traffic circle may be coming to Highway 43X.County of Grande Prairie Council has directed Administration to look at developing a traffic circle, that would create an intersection at Range Road...

Sep 19, 2019 The traffic circle would connnect this stretch of road through to the Whispering Ridge neighbourhood (Photo: Shaun Penner)

County hoping new report helps advocate for twinning of Highway 40

A report released by the County of Grande Prairie shows a big benefit to twinning a portion of Highway 40.The report, which was completed by Edmonton-Based economic consulting firm Nichols Applied Man...

Sep 18, 2019 This 19 kilometre stretch of Highway 40 sees an average of 10,000 vehicles per day (Photo: Shaun Penner)

Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign underway

The Tim Hortons Smile Cookie Campaign kicked off Wednesday in Grande Prairie.Every September, Tim Hortons in Grande Prairie sell smile cookies for $1, with all proceeds donated to the Grande Prairie R...

Sep 18, 2019 Sean Sargent and his A-Team van

Tuesday's food bank drive on track to bring in same record-breaking numbers as last year

Organizers with the Rotary Community Food Bank Drive are blown away after another very successful canvassing event in support of the Salvation Army. Lori Pollock, Co-Chair of the Rotary Community Food...

Sep 18, 2019 Volunteers at the warehouse where donations were dropped off Tuesday (Photo: Facebook/Johnathan Clarkson)