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October 10, 2024
Flashing lights and sirens have always captivated Keelan Choboter.  He had lots of exposure to them, growing up. After all, his dad served as firefighter for years, and Keelan recalls he practically grew in the La Glace fire hall, just down the road from the family home.  Now in Grade 12 at Sexsmith Secondary School, […]

GPPS recruits training well underway

October 10, 2024

The Grande Prairie Police Service's (GPPS) first recruit class has been busy training for the past four weeks.GPPS recruits Erik Gault and Matt Caseley said it has included a lot of physical training, to ensure the recruits are in top shape. “We are getting whipped into shape very quickly,” said Caseley, who noted a background in […]

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Tell yeah! Oldsmobiles with Laser Guns, a locally produced comic book

October 10, 2024

Classic cars, friends and laser guns in space are all part of the world Mike Moman has created in his comic book Oldsmobiles with Laser Guns. Moman has self-published his comic book and will have the third issue coming out soon with some potentially being able to read it at the upcoming GPop Cultural Fair (Oct. […]

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Wildfire season in the South Peace:One long season in the South Peace

October 10, 2024

County of Grande Prairie regional fire service chief Trevor Grant said the county had another busy wildfire season this year, with the number of calls increasing from 2023.The fire season started early following a dry winter and spring; in addition, Grant said the service saw an increase in holdover fires from winter burning.“We actually had […]

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Grande Prairie Museum gains a fire lookout tower

October 10, 2024

The Grande Prairie Museum added another building to its historic village last Monday. The fire lookout tower was relocated there, from the Grande Prairie Alberta Forestry offices near 84 Ave. and 108 St.A training fire lookout tower at the Alberta Forestry offices in Grande Prairie on Monday, Sept. 30. (Photo by Jesse Boily)“It’s very historic; it […]

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Rural Albertans say they're penalized by high utility costs

October 10, 2024

Rural Albertans say they’re being penalized by high utility fees and some municipalities are asking the government to step in and equalize costs throughout the province.Transmission and delivery charges are a significant portion of any energy bill, but because of the low population density and long distance between customers, people in ATCO service areas in […]

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Sexsmith museum society wins provincial award for elevator project

October 10, 2024

The Sexsmith & District Museum Society received one of 16 Heritage Awards presented by the Alberta government in September.On Sept. 26, museum society president JamesShannon and project co-ordinator Florence Blais accepted a heritage conservation award or the society’s work on the Alberta Wheat Pool grain elevator preservation project.MLA Grande Prairie-Wapiti Ron Wiebe, left, presented Sexsmith […]

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73 million years in the making dinosaur skull unearthed in Pipestone Creek

October 3, 2024
Local paleontologists may have unearthed the largest dinosaur skull to come from the Pipestone Creek bonebed last Wednesday. The 72-million-year-old, 1.6 metre-long, 272-kilogram skull of a pachyrhinosaurus lakustai, a dinosaur unique to the Grande Prairie region, is the first skull to be retrieved from the bonebed in about 16 years.  “This is definitely the biggest […]