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Local community groups planning an event in 2025 have until the new year to apply for a City of Grande Prairie grant. Up to $14,000 is available for any non-profit group planning events that would "en...
Dec 17, 2024
City Council approved having a new Integrated Emergency Contact Centre in the City on 99 building at its meeting on Monday.It would answer calls for 911, police, fire, Municipal Enforcement Services a...
Dec 17, 2024
Grande Prairie City Council held its last meeting of 2024 on Monday. Some of the highlights included the following:- Council asked administration to meet with officials from the Maskwa Medical Centre ...
Dec 17, 2024
Alberta housing construction is ending 2024 on a positive note.The province led Canada in housing starts per capita from January to November; and saw a 35 per cent increase compared to 2023, according...
Sheldon Spackman Dec 16, 2024
The County of Grande Prairie says despite the back-to-work order issued for Postal Workers, alternatives to its services will still be available until the new year. Important or urgent mail will still...
Tanner Smith Dec 16, 2024
The City of Grande Prairie will be performing a temporary outage of their Geographical Information Systems Tuesday December 17, as part of an upgrade to their services.The GIS uses web-based mapping a...
Dec 16, 2024
The City of Grande Prairie opened several local outdoor skating surfaces this past weekend. Eight different surfaces, ranging from skating ovals to full Outdoor Rinks are now open for the season:Alexa...
Sheldon Spackman Dec 16, 2024
Many local leagues were in action on the ice this weekend. The Grande Prairie Storm lost both home games, but players that were away faired better...Bringing home bronzeTwo Grande Prairie Storm player...
Sheldon Spackman Dec 16, 2024
A Grande Prairie man recently received a lot of attention for being the oldest competitor at a competition at Regina's Canadian Western Agribition.Gordon Frentz is 82. He wound up finishing third in A...
Erika Rolling Dec 16, 2024
The Grande Prairie Public School District has chosen its winner for the annual high school holiday art card contest. This year's theme was "All is Bright," with four people receiving a cash prize, tha...
Dec 15, 2024