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Large metal spikes protrude from the tires as the motorcycles line up to race on the frozen Clairmont Lake.  Racers will reach speeds of about 150 km/h on the 7.2-kilometere track, which is about 12 metres wide and was created only days earlier. “It's pretty high speed and obviously dangerous,” says Dwayne Hausler, Wapiti Off-road […]

Grande Prairie Live Theatre (GPLT) has chills, and they’re multiplying.Grease the Musical is setting up to debut next month at the Douglas J. Cardinal Performing Arts Centre and will feature 26 cast members and an eight-piece band in a jukebox-styled set.For director Jennifer Robertson, it represents coming full circle on her theatrical career. With two […]

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The MD of Spirit River is hoping it can walk back another Agriculture Financial Services (AFSC) decision that sees its office open only one day a week.It’s worked before.Four years ago, the News reported AFSC intended to close this AFSC office with a staff of one in May 2021.  After pressure on the province by […]

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Dozens are popping into pickleball to escape the January chill, and Grande Prairie Pickleball Club (GPPC) vice president Dan Gorman said more players than ever are showing up every week. Gorman said the club has approximately 350 players, from as old as 86 to as young as five years old. “We’re expecting that to grow […]

Grande Prairie Technical Search and Rescue Association (TSR) is seeking increased support from local municipalities in the years ahead.Founded in 1995, TSR is a volunteer association which trains its members in search and rescue disciplines including rope rescue, ice rescue, swift water rescue, remote medical response and evacuation, and heavy animal rescue, and organizes searches […]

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Rising Above breaks ground on new building

Rising Above, a faith-based addictions treatment centre, broke ground at its Park Campus in Grande Prairie on Monday.It marked the beginning of construction on a $5 million four-storey building and will bring more resources to its clients. It will be located on the site of the former young offenders centre.“It's a turning point for the […]

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A first-of-its-kind television show to premiere from Grande Prairie filmmaker

A Grande Prairie filmmaker’s newest project explores the planet's fragile ecosystems while highlighting indigenous and Western solutions to problems facing waterways in Canada. Len Morrisette is the creator of Water Worlds, a first-of-its-kind indigenous underwater exploration 13-part docuseries. “There are some things, to be honest with you, I wish I didn't learn, and there are […]

Festive and free: Christmas events taking place near you

Christmas doesn’t come from a store; if you are seeking some festive fun or a holiday hearth this Christmas, the doors will be open for free activities taking place this December.On Dec. 20, the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre (GPFC) will host a free Winter Solstice Celebration at Evergreen Park, starting at 4 p.m.“We’ve done it […]

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