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Hairstyles come and go but some things, like the Central Barber Shop in downtown Grande Prairie, remain the same.  When you walk in, three chairs are waiting for their next clients. They may date back to the 1950s and have been reupholstered over half a dozen times, said former shop owner and barber Ross “Dick” […]

About $700,000 in provincial funding is missing for Grande Prairie area municipalities. Funding for water, wastewater and solid waste management is missing for the shareholders of Aquatera: the City of Grande Prairie, County of Grande Prairie, and the towns of Sexsmith and Wembley. “Because we don't directly own it, we're not getting credit for it,” […]

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Chocolate cake, laughs and the opera is what you can expect from Grande Prairie Opera’s Double the Opera performances later this month.  Double the Opera will have two short operas, Bon Apetit and The Telephone, on May 24 and 25 in Grande Prairie.  “We're doing something a little bit different,” said Chelsie Pall, founder of […]

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Local municipalities are grappling with rising infrastructure costs and less cash from the province.  The province is handing out about $4 million less to local municipalities in 2024 than it did in 2011.  “If we had the same infrastructure funding as we had back in 2011, then that's a huge property tax decrease we could […]

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Over 90 youths were part of the search for the next generation of Canadian Olympians in Grande Prairie on Monday.  The RBC Training Ground at the Eastlink Centre was open for youths aged 14 to 25 to test their strength, power, endurance, and aerobic fitness. “It’s how we find and fund (future) Olympians,” said RBC […]

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Grande Prairie neighbourhood wants to be FireSmart

A barbecue on Saturday was the first step for one neighbourhood to become FireSmart. West of the city, the neighbourhood of Sunnybrook has been working to become the county’s first FireSmart community through the FireSmart Neighbourhood Recognition Program (NRP). “We’re getting people to come together today and we’re going to start the process of making […]

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National Aboriginal Hockey Championships opening ceremony

The National Aboriginal Hockey Championship brought the region over 350 athletes and officials. "This elite sporting event marks a significant milestone as it lands in Alberta for the first time in its history,” said City of Grande Prairie Mayor Jackie Clayton. Hythe Regional School’s Grade 3 Cree Language students performed a hello song and the […]

NWP and U of A formalize agreement to train local physicians

Another step forward in ensuring better healthcare for northern Alberta was made in Grande Prairie on Friday, April 26.  The University of Alberta (U of A) and Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding, formally uniting the institutions to bring physician training to Grande Prairie. “I refer to it as a transformational in both […]