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The Town of Wembley is requesting that the County of Grande Prairie reimburse it for over $381,000 after the town repaired a portion of road under county jurisdiction.  Wembley repaired Township Road 712 between Range Roads 82 and 83 in 2018 and funded the repairs through a no-interest loan from the county. It has since […]

The Grande Prairie Hindu Association hosted its first Chariot Festival  in Grande Prairie on Saturday.  A parade left the Montrose Cultural Centre after an Aarti (prayer) and made its way to Muskoseepi Park for more dancing and food.  The tradition began over 5,000 years ago in the city of Jagannatha Puri, India and is now […]

The Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum hosted its two-day science festival Palaeo Palooza this weekend.  Saturday was spent with carnival games, scavenger hunts, and panels of professionals at the museum. On Sunday the festivities were moved to Pipestone Creek where science talk tables were set up in the park and along the trail to the […]

The Regional EMS Foundation has donated $43,890 for specialized training equipment at the health education centre at Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP). The Emergency Medical Responder program is slated to start in January.  “We're not just funding for EMR Educational Programming Equipment; we're igniting the future of emergency medical response education in our region,” said Regional EMS […]

The Kleskun Hill Museum Day on Saturday included live music, tours of historic buildings, wagon rides, lunch and a silent auction.  The schoolhouse had former students speak about their experience  in the one-room school and even shared memories Kleskun Hill Day of days past when teachers would hand out ice cream through the school house […]