It’s possibly the strangest face-off in hockey history: The Fighting Amish, a hockey team adorned with beards and wide-brimmed hats, facing off against the Empire Snipes Back, an entire team decked out in Star Wars attire. Other players nearby include teams of zombies, Newfies, and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. The referee – for reasons […]
Grande Prairie’s Centre for Creative Arts (CFCA) has regained its charitable status after more than a year and the new executive director is thrilled to hear it after the city declined a recent request for emergency funding. CFCA announced the updated status on social media on Aug. 21, just a few days after Grande Prairie […]
When Canadian country music star Brett Kissel tells you to raise your glass, have a good time, and sip a little sunshine, you raise your glass and you drink that sunshine down. Kissel headlined the County of Grande Prairie’s 75th anniversary celebration at Evergreen Park Aug. 21-22, a two-day recognition of how far the county […]
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 […]
