Category Archives: Newsletter Daily

Saddle Hills County begins work on Project Aurora
Project Aurora, a joint fibre optic project between Saddle Hills County and locally owned Canadian Fiber Optics was officially announced yesterday. (Tuesday, March 12)This project also got support fro...
Mar 13, 2024

County of Grande Prairie Council approves purchase of Voyent Alert notification service
The County of Grande Prairie will be implementing a new mass notification service.At its Monday meeting County Council approved the purchase of Voyent Alert to provide subscribers with target alerts, ...
Mar 13, 2024

Eastlink Centre says 50 metre pool to close for maintenance later in March
Officials at the Eastlink Centre say the 50 metre pool will be for parts of two days later this month for some maintenance work.The planned closures are for March 20 and 21 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.Th...
Mar 13, 2024

United Nurses of Alberta hold rally against proposed structure overhaul of AHS
Tuesday morning commuters on the 100 Street and 116 Avenue intersection in Grande Prairie may have noticed a crowd waving flags and getting honks in support.The United Nurses of Alberta held a Public ...
Mar 12, 2024

MD of Greenview organizing Ridgevalley and DeBolt ASP open houses Mar. 19-20
The Municipal District of Greenview is inviting residents to attend open house sessions next week to discuss changes to the Ridgevalley and DeBolt Area Structure Plans.Attendees are encouraged to atte...
Mar 12, 2024

Highlights from Monday's meeting of Grande Prairie City Council
Besides the stormwater utility idea, there were several other things discussed at Grande Prairie City Council's meeting Monday. Those included the following:Bear Creek Folk Festival fundingCouncil app...
Mar 12, 2024

Stormwater utility idea not going ahead
City council has decided not to go ahead with a stormwater utility for Grande Prairie. This would have seen residents and businesses given a separate utility charge for the cost of stormwater drainage...
Mar 12, 2024

Grande Prairie RCMP arrest impaired driver wanted in Beaverlodge
An impaired driver who fled Grande Prairie RCMP on Friday, March 8 is now in custody.Grande Prairie RCMP say they attempted to stop a pickup truck travelling along Highway 43 at 11:30 p.m. while condu...
Mar 11, 2024

Sales increase for Alberta Open Farm Days
Organizers of Alberta Open Farm Days say the 2023 edition saw a decrease in visitors but an increase in on-farm sales.A post on the province's website says the sales total in 2023 was $299,000 compare...
Mar 11, 2024

Curling from the weekend
U20 provincialsThe Kenan Wipf team from Edmonton beat the Timothy Marin team from Sherwood Park 8-3 in the U20 Alberta men's curling final Sunday in Drayton Valley.Team Marin includes Sexsmith's Jaxon...
Mar 11, 2024