Category Archives: #2 and 3 Stories

Graysen Cameron looks to defy the odds with Humboldt Broncos comeback
Graysen Cameron's focus 16 months ago was on helping the Humboldt Broncos to a playoff series win.Now, on the heels of a life-changing journey, playing the game he loves once again is his prime object...
Jul 20, 2019

Age-old dream to walk on the moon says astronomer as we mark the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing
It was 50 years ago today that human beings stepped foot on a celestial body other than Earth for the first time.Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to set foot on the moon when Apo...
Jul 20, 2019

Street Perfomers Festival returns to usual location this year
It has been a Grande Prairie tradition for 19 years now.The Street Performers Festival starts downtown Friday afternoon at 4:30.Co-chair Wayne Ayling says they are back at their usual location at 100 ...
Jul 19, 2019 Set-up was well underway Friday morning for the Street Performers Festival. Photo by Curtis Galbraith.

Court update: double murder conviction, guilty please in abduction and shooting incidents
Newsrooms in Kitchener, Ontario say a former Valleyview resident has been found guilty of first degree murder after the death of a mother and daughter.CTV News, the Waterloo Region Record and kitchene...
Jul 19, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

First ever Rotary Rib Festival gets underway Friday
The 2019 Rotary Rib Festival is set to get underway today. Events kickoff down at the Montrose Cultural Centre at 11:30 this morning and go until 10 p.m. today and Saturday. Events go from 11:30 a.m. ...
Jul 19, 2019 Ribbers getting set up for the festivities on Thursday afternoon (Photo: Curtis Galbraith)

Close to $10 million ordered to be paid to unpaid hospital subcontractors
The Court of Queen's Bench in Edmonton today ordered another payment of just under $10 million be paid to various sub-contractors in the case of the unfinished Grande Prairie hospital.QB Master Scott ...
Jul 18, 2019 Graham Construction was removed as the general contractor on the project in September 2018 (Photo: Glory Przekop)

Calgary missing person case has ties to Grande Prairie
RCMP are working with Calgary Police to solve a nearly three-year old missing person case with ties to the Peace.Abdikadir Tukhov was reported missing by friends in December of 2016. He was last seen ...
Jul 18, 2019

AHS bringing mobile mammography service to Hythe
Women aged 50-74 in Hythe and surrounding area will have access to mammogram screen tests at the beginning of August.Alberta Health Services will be sending their local mammography trailer to the comm...
Jul 18, 2019

Highway 43X bypass set to open next month
The Highway 43X bypass is set to open in about a month's time.Alberta Transportation Regional Director Ryan Konowalyk says that the targeted time of completion is the end of August."We're currently fi...
Jul 18, 2019

One person dead after rollover near Widewater
Slave Lake RCMP say a young man is dead after a crash near Widewater.Mounties say Tuesday night around 11:30 p.m., a car carrying five people rolled into what police describe as a steep ditch along So...
Jul 17, 2019