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January 9, 2025
Dozens are popping into pickleball to escape the January chill, and Grande Prairie Pickleball Club (GPPC) vice president Dan Gorman said more players than ever are showing up every week. Gorman said the club has approximately 350 players, from as old as 86 to as young as five years old. “We’re expecting that to grow […]

NWP opens new $17M instrumentation lab

September 11, 2025

A new $17 million state-of-the-art instrumentation lab opened Sept. 3 at Northwestern Polytechnic.  Along with tours of the new facility, Minister of Advanced Education Myles McDougall announced an additional $1 million to support the planning phase of further trades expansions at the school.  “With demand for skilled workers at an all-time high, creating new opportunities […]

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A second year begins for new youth cattle club

September 11, 2025

A local junior cattle club is settling into its second year of operation. The River Bend Jr. Cattlemen’s Club (RJBCC) was founded in 2024; club founder Chanley Jassman said organizers appreciated the structure of the iconic 4-H beef club but desired more autonomy to establish their own bylaws specific to their location and group needs. […]

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Grande Prairie spousal abuse rates concerning, say stakeholders

September 11, 2025

Nearly 900 files reporting spousal abuse in Grande Prairie to date this year are causing concern. A recent report from RCMP says there have been 897 files of spousal abuse and 1,886 files with a victim service unit referral. “Those are very concerning numbers to us,” said Dan Wong, Grande Prairie Police Commission chair.  “897 […]

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Medical school kicks off a new era of care for the north

September 4, 2025
School is back in session, and a first-of-its-kind class has begun in Grande Prairie, training future physicians in the north.  The Northern Alberta Medical Program (NAMP) celebrated the first day of classes on Tuesday with its first cohort of 30 students.  “I don't know if you realize how historic this is actually going to be; […]

Grande Prairie Food Bank Drive looks for 800 volunteers

September 4, 2025

Hundreds of volunteers will be canvassing the city to collect donations for the Grande Prairie and area Salvation Army Community Food Bank on Sept. 11. The search for volunteers is underway as it seeks about 800 people to help collect donations.  “We need volunteers to go door-to-door for the canvassing,” said Lori Pollock, food drive […]

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Veterans Memorial Gardens helps spread spuds: Locals help themselves to 23,000 kgs of potatoes

September 4, 2025

It takes a village: Nearly 23,000 kg of potatoes were free for the taking across the South and Central Peace this week.  Thanks to Second Harvest Food Rescue, Veterans Memorial Gardens and dozens of local volunteers, hundreds of residents showed up Tuesday, Sept. 2 to help themselves to some spuds. Locals could swing by the […]

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Diggin’ up bones: PJCDM makes significant finds in pre-historic past

September 4, 2025

Local paleontologists and residents have made some prehistoric discoveries this summer that may hold significance in understanding what the region looked like millions of years ago “We’re on track to probably get close to 700 fossils out this summer,” said Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum (PJCDM) curator Emily Bamforth. The bones of a Pachyrinosaurus lakustai […]

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