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 […]
The County of Grande Prairie will pay the City of Grande Prairie about $7.3 million over four years after signing a Recreation and Culture Cost Sharing Agreement.This year, the county will provide $2.76 million to the city this year, with the amount being adjusted annually to reflect the cost of services over the four-year term […]
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 […]
City on 99 will become a new $4.4 million Integrated Emergency Communications Centre (IECC) over the next year, which will combine emergency resources dispatching under one roof.The centre is expected to create more efficiencies and improve emergency response in the city by dispatching the proper resources to calls.“When that call for service comes in from […]
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 […]
Helping Hands will begin working as a backbone organization to create a co-ordinated approach to addressing food insecurity in Grande Prairie and focus on long-term solutions.City council approved $160,000 to fund the pilot project from the Council Strategic Initiatives fund on Monday (Dec. 16).“We know that this co-ordination of services won't happen overnight,” said Mayor […]
A $3.96 million deficit in the interim 2025 budget was approved by County of Grande Prairie council last week. The deficit stems from maintaining vital services and programs, including investments in roads, water and sewer infrastructure, and intermunicipal commitments around recreation and culture cost-sharing, according to a county media release Dec. 13. Council deferred discussion around property […]
