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Local paleontologists may have unearthed the largest dinosaur skull to come from the Pipestone Creek bonebed last Wednesday. The 72-million-year-old, 1.6 metre-long, 272-kilogram skull of a pachyrhinosaurus lakustai, a dinosaur unique to the Grande Prairie region, is the first skull to be retrieved from the bonebed in about 16 years.  “This is definitely the biggest […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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PBR (Professional Bull Riding) returned to Grande Prairie on the weekend. 

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 […]

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Hythe church demolition set to cost $99,000

The demolition of a former church in Hythe will cost more than the county expected after asbestos was discovered in the building. The cost for demolition is expected to be about $99,000; that is $56,000 more than initially budgeted. “We did have an asbestos sample taken on the building, and it was confirmed to contain asbestos; as […]

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City looking for housing solutions

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 […]

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New business coming to Beaverlodge

A mini-storage facility is coming to Beaverlodge. We Care Mini-Storage will be opening 22 self-contained units in a $100,000 facility located on the corner next to New Horizon Co-Op. Jack Marsim told the News last week he hopes to have the units ready for rental by December.It will have 10x10 and 8x10 foot storage units, accessed by […]

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