The Grande North Winter Festival returned last weekend and highlighted Grande Prairie as a winter city. Events across the city saw people of all ages engaged in a wide range of activities. Luke Haysey, 5, explores the snow maze during the Grande North Winter Festival at Montrose Cultural Centre in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Saturday, […]
A repeat offender has once again been caught by Grande Prairie RCMP. The RCMP say on Jan. 11, while on patrol, the Western Albert District Crime Reduction Unit located a Dodge Nitro at a motel in Grande Prairie that had been stolen from Fort St. John, B.C. The same vehicle is believed to have been […]
There’s a hole in the community now, says former Beaverlodge Art and Culture Centre director Cathrine Gabriel. For years, long-time resident Betty Gaudin has been a passionate part of that community, volunteering wherever the opportunity could be found. Whenever she wasn’t travelling abroad, she was seen everywhere from the Beaverlodge Area Cultural Society (BACS) to […]
Marie Renee Charbonneau, organizer, places a candle during the candlelight vigil honouring the Dutch liberation at the Veterans Memorial Park in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. The tradition comes from the Holten Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands, where citizens from the area place candles at the graves of Canadian soldiers every […]