Category Archives: Newsletter Daily

The Grande Prairie Forest Area Wildfire ating has returned to High.The potential for lightning-caused fires will be of concern over the next few days and fire lookouts will be on high alert, constantl...

A Peace Country agriculture tradition returns this weekend.The 51st Wanham Plowing Match will run Friday through Sunday.Activities will start at 10 a.m. today and run well into the evening.Things get ...

June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day.The day to celebrate the culture and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples is always held on, or close to, the summer solstice.The Grande P...

McLennan RCMP say a suspicious vehicle call from the public on June 18 led to the arrests of a pair of individuals. Mounties who received the report attended a farmer's field in the MD of Smoky River,...

The UFA Agricultural Community Foundation says there is $100,000 available in its rural communities grant program this year.Non-profit groups located in communities within 200 kilometres of a UFA loca...

A Grade 9 student at Grande Prairie Composite High School has been recognized with an award for Indigenous students.Paige Aubichon is one of 12 recipients of the 2024 Alberta School Boards Association...

STARS Air Ambulance will host a celebration tomorrow (Friday, June 21) alongside Birch Hills County, to recognize the County's contribution to the not-for-profit.Taking place at the Eaglesham Ag Socie...

A grant from Tree Canada's Community Tree Grants program has been received by the City of Grande Prairie. The money will enable the city to plant 19 new trees near Holy Cross and IV Macklin Schools. N...

The Grande Prairie Friendship Centre says it has been given a $1.8 million federal grant to address Indigenous homelessness in Grande Prairie.The money from the Reaching Home: Canada's Homelessness St...

June 20 will be the longest day of the year.The Old Farmer's Almanac says the Summer Solstice will happen at 2:51 p.m. Alberta time.The almanac says that is the time when the North Pole is at its maxi...