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Talk to Me Colour Walk/Run to be held in honour of Dustin Sieker

The first annual Talk to Me Colour Walk/Run is set to take place May 4 at the Wapiti Nordic Ski Trails for an 11 a.m. start. The event in support of PTSD awareness was organized by Belinda Sieker, in ...

Apr 21, 2019 Dustin Sieker/ Photo from Belinda Sieker on Facebook

Unofficial results released and more than 71% of eligible Alberta voters cast a ballot

The votes have been counted and according to Elections Alberta, the unofficial voter turnout for the recent provincial election is 71.1% based on 1,880,508 votes cast and 2,643,453 registered electors...

Apr 20, 2019

New Executive Director coming to Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum

Starting next month the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum will have a new Executive Director. Linden Roberts officially steps into her new role in the beginning of May and she says she's excited to wor...

Apr 20, 2019 Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum - Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Investigation underway at Beaverlodge intersection

RCMP in Beaverlodge are currently on scene at the five way stop in that community. The Town and Country News is reporting on its Facebook page that a body was located in that area. However, Everything...

Apr 19, 2019 photo courtesy EverythingGP

Early Morning Fire Damages North End Home

Investigators are looking into the cause of an early morning fire in the city's North end.Grande Prairie Fire Department officials were notified about the blaze by a neighbour who saw the flames on th...

Apr 19, 2019 photo courtesy EverythingGP

Palliative Care Conference aims to get conversation going on end of life care

Next month, an event will be held to highlight the topic of end of life care. Grande Prairie Palliative Care Society Executive Director Brenda Finch explains the event is going to look at what's going...

Apr 19, 2019 Facebook/Grande Prairie Hospice Palliative Care Society

Oil and gas industry looking forward to positive change with UCP Government

With the United Conservatives coming into power in Alberta, workers in the oil and gas industry are expecting positive changes to be on the way.President of the Grande Prairie Petroleum Association Ro...

Apr 18, 2019 President of the Grande Prairie Petroleum Association Rob Petrone speaking at the Support Oil and Gas Rally on December 16, 2018

House destroyed in fire north of Teepee Creek

County Regional Fire Services says no one was injured in a house fire north of Teepee Creek last night. The call came in just before midnight to a fire on Range Road 30 near Township Road 750.When cre...

Apr 18, 2019

Nearly 70 per cent of eligible Albertans voted in provincial election

EDMONTON - The unofficial turnout shows nearly 70% of Albertans voted in the provincial election - the highest in decades.Elections Alberta says about 2,615,000 people in Alberta were registered to vo...

Apr 17, 2019

Local Alberta Party candidates reflect on election results

Alberta Party candidates are feeling mixed emptions after Tuesday's provincial election. Both Grant Berg in Grande Prairie and Jason Jones in GP-Wapiti finished third.Party leader Stephen Mandel faile...

Apr 17, 2019 Alberta Party candidate for Grande Prairie Grant Berg (Left) and GP-Wapiti candidate Jason Jones (Right). Photo/ Courtney Almeida