Grande Prairie News Archive

The Sexsmith Skating Club’s Starstruck ice show showcased over 60 skaters performing a variety of Vegas-inspired acts on ice on Sunday. 

Jason Schilling was re-elected as the president of the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) last week, just ahead of Grande Prairie teacher Peter Mackay. Schilling received 5,619 votes and MacKay 5,263; another Grande Prairie resident - Donovan Eckstrom - received 663 votes.This will be Schilling’s fourth term. Jason Schilling (Photo Supplied)Teachers from across the province cast online ballots […]

Nearly 60 people were honoured at this year’s County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service and Enforcement’s 2024 graduation and service award ceremony March 14. Fifty-nine members were recognized for their years of service, outstanding contributions, and career milestones, and three Fire Services graduates celebrated completion of their training.   Families, community members, county councillors and staff joined in recognizing the graduates as they took their official oath, administered by […]

After 44 years the self-described man of many hats - mayor, actor, producer, manager, lawyer - has decided to retire. Wayne Ayling says after many years of “28 hours a day, 8 days a week” it’s his time to retire from the Grande Prairie Live Theatre (GPLT). He’s left a long trail of imprints across a wide […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.