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First-year students in the Veterinary Technology program at Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP) Fairview campus are “devastated” by the announcement of the campus closure.  Twenty-eight students started the two-year diploma program just two months ago, and learned of the closure at the same time media releases went out around 8:30 p.m. Oct. 29.  NWP said it is […]

A Grande Prairie local has applied for a petition to recall Grande Prairie MLA Nolan Dyck. Recall petitions for United Conservative Party MLAs are growing across the province following the government’s use of the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back to work.  “Dyck was chosen by the people to represent their interests and not echo […]

For about 75 years, the Grande Prairie Ladies Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion has raised funds supporting the community and its local Legion.  The fundraisers included the once-popular Poppy Tea and themed dinners, such as Hawaiian night, and fashion shows with funds going to a variety of community groups, including minor sports leagues, the […]

In August of 1944, after returning from a mission to bomb a vehicle factory in Rüsselsheim, Germany, a Canadian Lancaster plane with a crew of nine Royal Air Force (RAF) airmen was shot down. Seven crewmen would perish; one would escape and be taken prisoner. This was tailgunner Daniel “Danny” Rycroft of Spirit River. The […]

At 10:15 a.m. on Oct. 30, Grade 12 student EJ Igao stood up during his second-period Theory of Knowledge (philosophy) class and walked out with about 100 of his peers.  The students at the Grande Prairie Composite High School were among many across the province staging a walkout to protest the government's treatment of their […]