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 […]
Tenille Townes, a GP product, headlined opening night at the Bear Creek Folk Festival last weekend. The Juno and multi-CCMA-award-winning singer songwriter has leveraged her talents from Northern Alberta to Nashville. Muskoseepi was bursting with good vibes and great weather for the three-day festival! Photo by William Vavrek
Preliminary analysis of the substance reported in the Bear River in late July found it was “weathered diesel or hydraulic oil”, according to the City of Grande Prairie. The city reported Aug. 5 that remediation activities were winding down after a resident reported what they thought to be a diesel sheen near the stormwater drain […]
The canine companions of the Caribou Child & Youth Centre in Grande Prairie will stay well-fed this year. Sky and Pluto play a valuable role in emotional support for youths, said centre Program Co-ordinator Nicole Bockus. Caribou Child & Youth Centre is a non-profit organization that brings together police, Victim Services, and Children’s Services under […]
A Grande Prairie man faces 27 firearm and drug-related charges following a July 26 traffic stop near Hinton. Christopher Allen Ost, 39, along with Kalcey Dawn White, 39, of Edmonton, made their first appearances in the Alberta Court of Justice in Hinton Aug. 5, with White facing 18 charges of her own, after Hinton RCMP […]
With a tidal wave of data centres in planning or proposal stages across the province, Alberta’s Minister of Technology and Innovation Nate Glubish is holding a series of town hall meetings to “provide comprehensive information on AI data centre development.” One of those meetings will be held in the Grande Prairie area on Sept. 11 […]
The City of Grande Prairie is urging residents to be mindful of what’s going into their storm drains after crews were called to a “petroleum hydrocarbon release” near Muskoseepi Park July 24. The Grande Prairie Fire Department and Hazardous Materials Team were called to the Bear River (sometimes known as Bear Creek) between Maskwoteh Park […]
