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The Mustard Seed has been named as the service provider at the Coordinated Care Campus (CCC), the City of Grande Prairie has announced.The Mustard Seed will begin working in the CCC in February.“The Mustard Seed comes with more than 20 years of experience working with the vulnerable sector,” said Wendy Hughes, city director of Housing […]

The demolition of the former Composite High School and Leisure Centre is not yet complete, but plans for the land around the area are already in motion, with city council eyeing a recreational dome structure. On the last day of budget deliberations (Nov. 17) council approved $10 million from debenture for a recreational dome structure.Time is […]

Hairstyles come and go but some things, like the Central Barber Shop in downtown Grande Prairie, remain the same.  When you walk in, three chairs are waiting for their next clients. They may date back to the 1950s and have been reupholstered over half a dozen times, said former shop owner and barber Ross “Dick” […]

Bells rang as the Salvation Army kicked off its kettle campaign for 2023 as the organization looks to raise $650,000, a $50,000 increase from last year. Captain Peter Kim, Grande Prairie Salvation Army executive director, says this year about 9,200 individuals are accessing the food bank. He expects the number to grow to more than […]