Grande Prairie News Archive

The federal government announced more than $9.4 million in funding to Grande Prairie and area organizations at Centre 2000 on Tuesday, June 27. The funding will go to 23 organizations including the County of Grande Prairie, Philip J. Currie Museum, Sagitawa Friendship Society in Peace River and the Town of High Level. The Prairies Economic […]

The 4th annual Grande Prairie Traditional Powwow will return this Saturday, June 24, after a small hiatus. The powwow is a free event open to everyone in the community. “Everyone's welcome at all the powwows, and all the nations want people to come in and check it out,” said Wendy Goulet, event co-ordinator and co-chair of the […]

City councillors are mulling over the future of city street lights. A recent proposal from ATCO would see all the street lights in the city go into the company’s care.“Acceptance of this proposal will evenly distribute costs over the budget cycle (and) allow us to catch up on a backlog of repairs at a fraction of […]

The Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation (GPRHF) and the Alberta Cancer Foundation (ACF) launched a campaign Saturday to raise $1.5 million to purchase a mobile mammogram clinic for North Zone. The Aztec Engineering 5th Annual Ball hockey tournament and silent auction fundraiser raised over $66,000, with half of the funds going to 3D Children’s Society and […]

The County of Grande Prairie has lifted all its fire restrictions as of 3 p.m. today (June 19).The county is urging residents to continue practicing extreme caution throughout the fire season. The restrictions were removed due to the region's cooler temperatures and significant rainfall, removing the Fire Restriction placed on June 14.“Residents are reminded that permits […]

The County of Grande Prairie is removing its fire ban at 5 p.m. today (June 14).  The ban has been replaced with a fire restriction and is in place for the entire county, along with the towns of Beaverlodge, Sexsmith and Wembley. Recent and forecasted rainfall has allowed the ban to be moved to a restriction […]

City council approved $544,000 in implementation costs for the Stormwater Utility and is entering negotiations with Aquatera Utilities Inc. to provide the billing service. City council decided to implement the Stormwater Utility in January. The first bills will be arriving to residents in the new year.“This is an initial start-up cost,” said coun. Wendy Bosch. The $554,000 […]

The City of Grande Prairie is developing an attraction and retention strategy for health care professionals in the city. The three key areas of focus are information, incentives and infrastructure. “This problem of health care physicians and health care professionals is not a one-size-fits-all solution,” said Mayor Jackie Clayton.She noted that having a wide variety of incentives […]

The Filipino Association of Grande Prairie and Area (FAGPA) hosted its second annual Filipino Cultural & Musical Heritage Festival at Muskoseepi Park on Sunday, June 11.  The celebrations coincided with the 125th Philippine Declaration of Independence. “We built this festival to remember all of the things that we did in the past, our forefathers, our […]

The warm summer weather has some South Peace residents dancing in the park. The Peace Country Western Dance Club (PCWDC) is hosting dancing in the park at the amphitheatre in Muskoseepi Park all summer long. Peace Country Western Dance Club members dance at Muskoseepi Park amphitheatre. Peace Country Western Dance Club is hosting a free dance all […]