The Grande Prairie Police Service (GPPS) is actively recruiting experienced officers and recruits to join its ranks. GPPS is seeking experienced officers with a minimum of 18 months of experience and offering them a $25,000 transitional allowance. Recruits will have a starting salary of $76,854. "Our vision is clear, our dedication to service is unwavering, […]
The South Peace home of prickly pear cacti and sandstone cliffs has been declared a provincial park. The province declared Kleskun Hills Natural Area a provincial park in January. The move saw 2,700 acres, about 1,100 hectares, declared a park, not including the Kleskun Hill Campground. “It’s a real special area,” said Minister of Forestry […]
The Grande Prairie Palliative Care Society (GPPCS) is recruiting pets for their pet visitation program. Dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters and their owners are all needed as volunteers for the society’s pet visitation program. “The visitor who owns the animal can also be like a friendly visitor to the patients,” said Kristen Yaceyko, GPPCS director. The […]
The city’s Boulevard Naturalization Pilot Program will remain as is for now after council shelved any plans to enhance the aesthetics in those areas. The three-year pilot project will enter its second growing season this spring at three locations on Resources Road, 84 Ave. and 116 Ave. City Administration recommended that aesthetic changes not be […]
