Indigenous people who attended residential schools were honoured and remembered at the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation event on Monday in Grande Prairie.A large crowd at the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Muskoseepi Park in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (Photo by Jesse Boily)Events across the region were set […]
The latest exhibit at the Veteran’s Memorial Gardens and Interpretive Centre is honouring Canada’s peacekeepers and the 60th anniversary of the Cyprus mission. The exhibit includes photos from peacekeepers' time in Cyprus and videos from veterans speaking of their experiences. “It helps people connect to a part of our history that's kind of being forgotten,” said […]
City council will be advocating to the province for additional funding with the hopes of returning local EMS service levels to what they were before Alberta Health Services (AHS) took over their delivery.If the additional funding is granted, the Grande Prairie Fire Department (GPFD) would implement a Fire Paramedic Response Unit that would include an […]
The city is continuing to work on its land use bylaw (LUB) that would allow garden suites to make more housing available and reduce urban sprawl.The LUB currently allows for garage suites where a suite is attached to a garage and has an internal parking space; garden suites will not require an internal parking space.“All […]
The National Bee Diagnostic Centre (NBDC) in Beaverlodge is receiving funding to develop sugar and botanical testing services with the hope to increase the sales of Canadian honey in national and international markets. Northwestern Polytechnic will receive more than $390,000 to create a Canadian honey authentication system.“Not only will we be testing for quality, we will […]
Local historian David W. Leonard is releasing a book that gives a glimpse of the Peace Country through many unpublished photos just before a large scale of settlers arrived in the area. New Rivers of the North Revisited includes excerpts from the original 1912 book New Rivers of the North by Hulbert Footner, who documented his […]
