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Prairie Mall starts new Pop-Up Project

The Prairie Mall is running a new Pop-Up Project meant to give local businesses exposure to mall cliental. The presence of the Grande Prairie Farmers Market will be a main feature of the project, as t...

Apr 08, 2019 Photo/ Beauchamp Photography

One year later: Memorial service for those killed in Humboldt Broncos crash

HUMBOLDT, Sask. - A memorial service being held today to mark one year since the Humboldt Broncos tragedy will include a moment of silence at 4:50 p.m. - the exact time of the deadly crash.Sixteen peo...

Apr 06, 2019 Photo courtesy The Canadian Press

Charges laid after fraud investigation

RCMP say charges have been laid following a fraud investigation from a local post secondary institution. The investigation revealed discrepancies in documents of a value over five thousand dollars sus...

Apr 05, 2019

Wolf sighting prompts school hold and secure

The Peace Wapiti School Division says a wolf sighting in Spirit River prompted a short hold and secure at Spirit River Regional Academy Friday afternoon.It has since been lifted. The Division says thi...

Apr 05, 2019 From the SRRA Facebook page

Bezanson teen to compete in Miss Teenage Canada pageant

14-year-old Mia Ouellet-Wilson, a self-described "country girl" who lives on an acreage with her family near Bezanson, has won the title of "Miss Teen Northern Alberta". The competition that took plac...

Apr 05, 2019 Photo/ Mia Ouellet-Wilson

Drug bust sentence, preliminary hearings set

Alberta Justice says a local man has been given a two-year jail sentence after a 2017 drug arrest.Trent Douglas Hockett pleaded guilty to one charge each of possession for the purpose of trafficking a...

Apr 05, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

No clear winner in party leaders debate

There were no knock-out blows delivered in Alberta's election debate last night.United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney and NDP Leader Rachel Notley accused each other of failing fundamental tests of ...

Apr 05, 2019 Photo: Facebook / Stephen Mandel

April 4 a good day to expect precipitation

On the last half-dozen April 4th's, counting this one, there has been rain or snow on all but one.That was in 2017.Environment Canada records indicate that on April 4, 2014, Grande Prairie had 1.2 cen...

Apr 04, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Sentences given in two Grande Prairie drug cases

Alberta Justice says a Grande Prairie man charged after a drug bust in May of last year has been given jail time.David Guilbeault was handed a three-year sentence Tuesday in Grande Prairie court after...

Apr 04, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Area residents wake up to snow on Thursday

Residents of the Peace Country have been greeted by a fresh layer of snow this morning, after several weeks of warm, spring like temperatures.Environment Canada is calling for about 2 cm to fall, befo...

Apr 04, 2019