Fixer upper: Arena for sale. Boasts ice surface, change rooms, concession; needs new roof but lots of potential. The Clairmont and District Agricultural Society is moving forward with the sale of its arena after a March 11 meeting saw 15 members vote unanimously to sell the building. The arena, owned and operated by the ag […]
The Northwestern Polytechnic Wolves women's hockey team is having an impressive debut, besting the Medicine Hat College Rattlers 3–1 on Oct. 30 at Design Works Centre. This squad is new to the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference women's hockey league this season. Captain Jill MacWilliam (No. 6), Hudson Lamb (No. 10) and Paige Cheek (No. 18) […]
If you didn’t know it was coming, Grande Prairie’s transition to a new police service may have passed you by, but residents will likely soon start noticing some of the changes that come along with a dedicated municipal police force. It is a new day in the city on the law enforcement front as the […]
Some Cedar Point residents in Grande Prairie have been told they need to find new places to live by the end of year. “Knowing that we’re getting thrown out, there’s no plan, there’s nothing in place to help, that’s what really hurts everyone in here,” said a Cedar Point resident who asked not to be […]
Anne Santos and mom Lucel were all smiles after bringing the family down to the annual Pumpkin Fest on Westside Dr. in Grande Prairie Oct. 17. Organized by Team Warkentin Real Estate, there were hot drinks, games for the kids, professional photos and an unmistakably fall motif with pumpkins galore. Patrons were also able to […]
While the big question about remaining in Canada was answered quite definitely on Oct. 19, with three quarters of Alberta voters voting to stay, votes on the other nine questions are still within just a few percentage points of each other as counting continues. Provincially, as of Wednesday morning 75.28 per cent voted to stay, […]
A new mixed-income housing development in Grande Prairie proposed by Treaty 8 Sovereign Nations could see up to 63 units built just off Park Rd. directly northwest of the Keyera Centre. The project is conceptual at this point, according to Treaty 8 First Nations Grand Chief Trevor Mercredi, who paid a visit to city council’s […]
The new Grande Prairie Technical Institute (GP Tech) is up and running, but the junior high school continues to be dogged by social media posts the school says are damaging its reputation. A widely shared anonymous Reddit post claimed “This ‘school’ is disorganized chaos and not ready to be instructing anyone's children. They don't have […]
