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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 […]

The time has come to don the poppy once again. A host of ceremonies to mark Remembrance Day are being planned for this week. Nov. 8Indigenous Veterans Day10:30 a.m.Veterans Memorial Gardens & Interpretive CentreGathering at 10 a.m., ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Refreshments to follow. Daniel Franklin Rycroft: A Story of Survival1:30 p.m.Grande Prairie MuseumPeace Country […]

A 14 per cent increase in calls for service to Odyssey House in the last year has led to an expansion of its emergency shelter. The prevalence of family violence is a “public health crisis,” said Odyssey House executive director Mikaela Benson.   “There were 53,000 calls for help across Alberta to women’s shelters,” said Benson, […]