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June 13, 2024

A request for $60,000 for the Grande Prairie Pow Wow event later this month has been denied by the city. Instead, council opted to provide a gift-in-kind for rental of Bonnetts Energy Centre and its guest services, valued at $22,000.Rising costs and low sponsorships were among the reasons for the ask. “​​Despite our best efforts, which include […]

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Charges laid in Hwy. 43 fatality crash

March 13, 2025

After an eight-month investigation police call “complex,” a 43-year-old Grande Prairie man has been charged in a double fatality crash on Hwy. 43 last summer.Edward Cameron is charged with two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and two counts of operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drug causing death. […]

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Abuse of power and lack of transparency among former trustee’s concerns in Valleyview

March 12, 2025
A Valleyview library board member has resigned, stating the board is abusing its power, lacking transparency, dismissing public input, miscommunicating and intimidating the public.  Kelli Reimer resigned as a trustee on social media on March 4, after almost 15 years serving the library in different capacities. “Despite my commitment to advocating for library users and […]

Provincial budget 2025, additional funds for Mountview Health Complex

March 6, 2025
Last Thursday’s provincial budget contained little that was new for the Grande Prairie region. Line items tagged for the South Peace were on health care and education. Some $189 million over three years has been allocated to the Beaverlodge Hospital replacement, the Mountview Health Complex. The province’s 2025 to 2028 business plan includes $43.8 million […]

Concerned citizens have doors shut on them at MLA office

March 6, 2025

A scheduled meeting with Grande Prairie MLA Nolan Dyck at his constituency office with a group of citizens concerned about the education system was abruptly cancelled 15 minutes before it was to begin.The group - made up of former teachers, parents, an educational assistant, and the chair of a school council - were among the […]

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Grande Prairie podcast aims to remove stigmas around mental health

February 27, 2025

A new podcast from the Resource Centre for Suicide Prevention (RCSP) is looking to help remove the stigma around improving mental health while also highlighting experiences and groups promoting mental health and research in northwestern Alberta. Cara Jones, RCSP communications co-ordinator, is producing and hosting Starting Conversations. “It's all about mental health because that's how we prevent […]

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PHOTOS: Polar Plunge for Special Olympics

March 6, 2025
The Polar Plunge in support of Special Olympics Alberta and the Grande Prairie Special Olympics Summer Games at the Eastlink Centre in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. Over $20,900 was raised exceeding the $15,000 goal.The Grande Prairie Police Service was the top team raising $5,545.

$16.4 million soccer dome coming to Grande Prairie; construction to begin this summer

February 27, 2025
A proposed recreational facility in Grande Prairie’s Avondale area is no longer moving forward; instead city council has decided the “soccer dome” facility will now be located in the Trader Ridge area. City administration informed council that the alternative location on the city's northern border would be suitable for a recreation centre at a council […]