Community

Upgrades coming to Bezanson Hall thanks to provincial grant

The province has approved an application from the Bezanson Agricultural Society for funding through the Community Facility Enhancement Program. According to Finance Minister and Grande Prairie-Wapiti ...

Aug 02, 2020

NHL returns to action 142 days after COVID-19 forced suspension of season

TORONTO - The NHL's most unusual season in history resumed Saturday with five qualifying round games as the league kickstarted its pandemic-hit campaign. The New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes g...

Aug 01, 2020

Genetic detectives begin work to trace spread of COVID-19 in Canada

OTTAWA - Canada's public health experts have been racing to stop the spread of COVID-19 by trying to figure out how everyone is getting it, and whom they might have given it to. But even the best effo...

Jul 13, 2020

COVID-19 reshapes Canada Day celebrations from big parties to online shows

OTTAWA - A different kind of Canada Day is dawning this morning, with large celebrations in many parts of the country replaced with backyard barbecues and digital events. The COVID-19 pandemic has led...

Jul 01, 2020

Some anger but Innisfail Black Lives Matter rally mostly peaceful

INNISFAIL - There was some friction and angry words but a Black Lives Matter rally in central Alberta Saturday remained largely peaceful.The protest in Innisfail was initially called off after an onsl...

Jun 14, 2020

'Stay off our lands:' RCMP attendance at Indigenous ceremony raises ire of chief

SASKATOON - An Indigenous leader is telling the RCMP to stay off reserve land after armed officers were dispatched to break up a sacred ceremony. "These are First Nations lands. This is Indian land. S...

May 13, 2020

Ceremony to be held today for service members who died in helicopter crash

CFB TRENTON, Ont. - The Canadian military is to hold a special ramp ceremony today at Canadian Forces Base Trenton to repatriate remains of a service member and honour all six who died in a ...

May 06, 2020

National chief calls COVID-19 outbreak in Saskatchewan alarming

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says an outbreak of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan's far north is alarming.Perry Bellegarde notes there's been a steady rise in cases mainly from in and a...

May 05, 2020 (The Canadian Press)

Rotary Club of Grande Prairie wraps up Dream Home Lottery

A Clairmont resident and her family will soon be moving into their new home in Taylor Estates, after their ticket was drawn in the Rotary Club of Grande Prairie Dream Home Lottery. Patti Avery, along ...

Apr 25, 2020 Patti Avery (photo Left, with her family and Rotary Club of Grande Prairie president Steve Madden, won the dream home, while Oluwadamilar Ayanleke (photo Right with his family and Madden) won the 50/50 Cash jackpot. Photos courtesy Kevin Hilgers/Rotary Club of Grande Prairie

Flooding in downtown leads to local State of Emergency declaration in Peace River

UPDATE (9:00am) - Water pumping efforts continue at Riverfront Park. Tiger dams, earth berms and road blocks are set up and will remain in place until at least Monday morning, to channel the water fro...

Apr 19, 2020 Photo courtesy Town of Peace River website