Grande Prairie News Archive

On Friday morning, 16 Rotarians kicked off on a road trip in eight vehicles that will be donated to local groups in Mazatlán, Mexico.The eight-day, 5,500-kilometre journey includes six school buses, a fire truck and an ambulance.“We're helping save lives; the extent of it is unreal when you get down there and you see what […]

Grande Prairie local Peter Kim is going to Florida to help those affected by Hurricane Milton. The Grande Prairie Salvation Army Captain and 15 others from Salvation Army Canada are answering the call as the United States chapter requests additional aid. “I was maybe on the top 10 list of people to go because of the many […]

A unique housing project in the Smith neighbourhood is a first of its kind for the Grande Spirit Foundation (GSF). Construction on the 160-unit building, of which 30 per cent are affordable housing units, is expected to begin within a few weeks. “We're hoping that this building is constructed over 2025 and occupancy into 2026,” said Steve […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

The latest exhibit at the Veteran’s Memorial Gardens and Interpretive Centre is honouring Canada’s peacekeepers and the 60th anniversary of the Cyprus mission. The exhibit includes photos from peacekeepers' time in Cyprus and videos from veterans speaking of their experiences.  “It helps people connect to a part of our history that's kind of being forgotten,” said […]

Indigenous people who attended residential schools were honoured and remembered at the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation event on Monday in Grande Prairie.A large crowd at the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Muskoseepi Park in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (Photo by Jesse Boily)Events across the region were set […]