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Volunteers needed for Street Performers Festival

A post on the Grande Prairie International Street Performers Festival Facebook page says you can get "happy memories and a free T-shirt."Volunteers are needed for this weekend's Festival. There are so...

Jul 16, 2019 Photo from the Grande Prairie International Street Performers Facebook page.

Wood pellet plant being built in High Level

A new wood pellet plant is being built in High Level.Pinnacle Renewable Energy is working on the new facility that is going up next to the existing Tolko sawmill.The company's Leroy Reitsma says the p...

Jul 16, 2019 Photo from the Pinnacle Renewable Energy web site

Road construction underway on 156 Avenue in Clairmont

Overlay work on 156 Avenue in Clairmont is underway today.The work is happening between 100 Street and 102 Street (in front of the UFA Regional Centre) and is expected to be finished by the end of Jul...

Jul 16, 2019

Council votes to keep 2020 community group funding amount at 2019 level

City council has voted in favour of keeping the amount of money available for community group funding in the 2020 budget the same as it is in 2019.That amount is $4,349,685.Mayor Bill Given says counc...

Jul 15, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

More revenue sources, expanded reach the focus for growth of Dinosaur Museum

Finding more revenue sources and expanded reach is the name of the game for the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum.Executive Director at the Museum Linden Roberts presented to Council at the County of G...

Jul 15, 2019

Unique retail market continues boom in Grande Prairie

A retail market analysis commissioned by the City of Grande Prairie shows that the city continues to serve as the retail capital of the north.The report shows that retail spending in the Swan City in ...

Jul 15, 2019 (photo credit to Shaun Penner)

City staff, DTS board want more time to discuss future plans

A city committee is asking council to approve extending funding for the Disabled Transportation Society until September 1 from August 1.Back in June, council had approved keeping funding as budgeted b...

Jul 15, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Pettyjohn named Miss Teepee Creek Stampede

Megan Pettyjohn is Miss Teepee Creek Stampede for 2019. The 17 year old from Bezanson was crowned prior to Saturday night's chuckwagon races in Teepee Creek. Pettyjohn, who took part in last year's Mi...

Jul 14, 2019 Photo courtesy Miss Teepee Creek Stampede Facebook page

Work continues to find a permanent home for pickleball

Efforts to find a permanent Grande Prairie home for a pickleball court continue.Courts at the Leisure Centre are now considered the best option.Those courts would need about $100,000 worth of work.A c...

Local firefighters helping out up north

Some firefighters from the City and County of Grande Prairie are still helping out with the big fire up north.The city department currently has two firefighters and some equipment deployed in High Lev...

Jul 13, 2019 The Chuckegg Creek continues to burn. It has scorched over 330.000 hectares. Photo supplied by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.