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Government urging Alberta teachers to return to bargaining table
The Alberta government is urging teachers to get back to the bargaining table to get out of an ongoing stalemate.Finance Minister Nate Horner is encouraging teachers to take a closer look at the lates...
Sep 09, 2025

Sunday night fire in the Dunes West area put out by Regional Fire Service
The County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service put out a vegetation fire in the Dunes West area Sunday night( Sept. 7)Firefighters were called out around 6:30 p.m. to the area of Range Road 65 and...
Sep 09, 2025

Highlights from Monday's meeting of Grande Prairie City Council
Grande Prairie City Council met on Monday, Sept. 8.- Council approved referring a $70,000 item for design work on a paving project to 2026 budget deliberations. This would include paving on 101 Street...
Sep 09, 2025

Peace Regional RCMP arrest Peace River resident in connection with break and enter
Peace Regional RCMP have arrested a suspect in connection with a break and enter that occurred Friday.With assistance from the Forensic Identification Service, Mounties identified a suspect captured v...
Sep 08, 2025

Alberta revises school book ban policy to focus on sexual images
The Alberta government has officially revised its school book ban to state that written descriptions of sex are OK, but images and illustrations of sex are not.Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides ...
Sep 08, 2025

City of Grande Prairie hosting worm composting workshop Sept. 15
A workshop happening in Grande Prairie next week will show that worms in your house can sometimes be a good thing.The workshop will teach participants about vermicomposting, an indoor composting proce...
Sep 08, 2025

New OB/GYNs to begin practising in Grande Prairie next month
Alberta Health Services is welcoming two new physicians coming to Grande Prairie next month to practice obstetrics and gynecology care.Doctors Johnson Amu and Mamdouh Ghobrial will be practising at O&...
Sep 08, 2025

Grande Prairie CRU seize illegal drugs during traffic stop
Grande Prairie RCMP's Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) took a group into custody who had fled from RCMP the day before.On Wednesday, Sept. 3, Mounties attempted a stop on a pick-up truck, but it fled from p...
Sep 07, 2025

2025 Municipal Election Nomination Day set
The City of Grande Prairie has issued the "official notice of Nomination Day for the 2025 Municipal Election," set for October. Nomination Day has been set for Monday, Sept. 22. That means anyone inte...
Sep 07, 2025

Peace Regional RCMP investigate B&E near Highway 986
Peace Regional RCMP are searching for four suspects after a break-and-enter near Highway 986 and Highway 743 yesterday morning (Friday, Sept. 5).Mounties say at 5:49 a.m., an older model blue or black...
Sep 06, 2025