The latest exhibit at the Veteran’s Memorial Gardens and Interpretive Centre is honouring Canada’s peacekeepers and the 60th anniversary of the Cyprus mission. The exhibit includes photos from peacekeepers' time in Cyprus and videos from veterans speaking of their experiences. “It helps people connect to a part of our history that's kind of being […]
Indigenous people who attended residential schools were honoured and remembered at the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation event on Monday in Grande Prairie. A large crowd at the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Muskoseepi Park in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (Photo by Jesse Boily) Events across the region […]
City council will be advocating to the province for additional funding with the hopes of returning local EMS service levels to what they were before Alberta Health Services (AHS) took over their delivery. If the additional funding is granted, the Grande Prairie Fire Department (GPFD) would implement a Fire Paramedic Response Unit that would include […]
The demolition of a former church in Hythe will cost more than the county expected after asbestos was discovered in the building. The cost for demolition is expected to be about $99,000; that is $56,000 more than initially budgeted. “We did have an asbestos sample taken on the building, and it was confirmed to contain […]