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City Council appoints Regional School Sites Committee representative

City Council appointed Councillor Dylan Bressey on Monday as the representative to the Regional School Sites Committee.The Regional School Sites Committee aims to improve coordination between the scho...

Aug 14, 2019 St. John Paull II Catholic School is one of the Grande Prairie area's newer schools

Grande Prairie man charged in Stony Plain break and enter

A Grande Prairie man has been charged following a break and enter in Stony Plain yesterday.Parkland RCMP were called to a chinese restaurant in the Edmonton suburb around 3:00 a.m. yesterday morning. ...

Aug 14, 2019 Photo: Facebook / Bing's #1 Restaurant Stony Plain

Warkentin preparing for fifth federal election

With the federal election drawing ever closer, it means that Grande Prairie-Mackenzie MP Chris Warkentin is gearing himself up for yet another federal election.EverythingGP caught up with Warkentin du...

Aug 14, 2019

Impaired driving bus nabs more intoxicated drivers during second visit

The impaired driving bus' second trip to the Swan City was once again considered a success by RCMP.The RCMP utilized the Mobile Breath Test Unit from the 9th to 11th at four different checkstops throu...

Aug 13, 2019

Armed robbery in Hythe

Police are looking for two suspects after an armed robbery Monday in Hythe.Beaverlodge RCMP say at around 3:20 a.m., two men wearing ski masks, jeans, and dark hoodies stole an undisclosed amount of c...

Aug 13, 2019

Short lockdown ended at Prairie Mall

A brief lockdown at the Prairie Mall earlier this afternoon ended after just a few minutes.The lockdown occurred around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, but the mall was deemed safe by RCMP shortly after their arr...

Aug 13, 2019

AHS' mobile mammography unit coming to Spirit River

Alberta Health Services will be bringing their mobile mammography trailer to the community of Spirit River.It will be stationed at Central Peace Health Complex on Sept. 3-6 and Sept. 9-13. A mammogram...

Aug 13, 2019

Site for new Beaverlodge Fire Hall unveiled Monday

A new fire station is coming to the Town of Beaverlodge.The new fire hall site was unveiled Monday afternoon, which is located along First Avenue in Beaverlodge at the former UFA cardlock location.Man...

Aug 12, 2019 Members of the Beaverlodge Fire Department unveil the sign, marking the future home of the new fire hall (Photo: Shaun Penner)

Deficit at Crosslink County Sportsplex higher than anticipated

Documents presented at today's County of Grande Prairie Council meeting show the Crosslink County Sportsplex is operating at a higher loss than budgeted.It was a little at $330,443 in the red through ...

Aug 12, 2019

Offer made to make Canfor a private company

Jim Pattison's Great Pacific Capital Corp. has made an offer to buy the rest of Canfor Corp. it does not already own for $16 per share.Shares in Canfor closed at $8.80 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on...

Aug 12, 2019