GPRC enrolment on the rise    
Posted 3 days ago
It is good to see students wandering the halls of Grande Prairie Regional College again, said Susan Bansgrove, the institution's vice-president academic. And the number of students in those halls is on the rise. [more]

Monthly reports now also peg gas rates    
Posted 3 days ago
In the wake of an Edmonton survey earlier this year that labelled Grande Prairie as the most expensive city in Alberta and near the top in Canada, mostly attributed to high utility costs, the city has been issuing monthly energy reports. [more]

Dirty Oil doc ‘embarrassment’ for gov’t: CTF director    
Posted 3 days ago
The province should roll the final credits on programs like the one that funded a film critical of the oilsands, says a taxpayer advocate. [more]

Beet, molasses combo keeping dust down    
Posted 3 days ago
An alternative dust-control substance recently tested on some of Grande Prairie's unpaved roads revealed favourable results. [more]

GP Walmart tops fundraising effort    
Posted 3 days ago
The Grande Prairie Walmart raised the most money in Canada during the retail giant's annual Red Cross fundraising campaign. During the three-week effort, which ended Tuesday, the Grande Prairie store raised $24,909, plus a $2,000 matching grant from Walmart Canada. [more]

Alberta motorcycle crashes soar    
Posted 3 days ago
CALGARY — Having responded to three times as many motorcycle crashes this summer compared to last, Alberta police and STARS air ambulance crews are asking riders to use a little more caution than usual heading into the Labour Day long weekend. [more]

Gag order on Wildrose boss displays a double standard: Point of View    
Posted 3 days ago
It's not only, in the opinion of Wildrose Alliance MLA Rob Anderson, "absurd," it's also nit-picking to the Nth degree -"N" standing for "noodle-head" or "numbskull." Out of the blue, apparently because of a complaint from a so-far-unidentified MLA (care to guess which party?), House Speaker Ken [more]

First Nations threaten violence over B.C. mine     
Posted 3 days ago
A group of B.C. First Nations leaders are threatening violence if the federal government doesn't kill a mining project that could destroy a pristine lake. [more]

Harper: Pride in parks 'not a federalist plot'     
Posted 3 days ago
Encouraging Canada's students to visit national parks is "not a federalist plot," according to the prime minister. The Bloc Quebecois accused Harper of spreading "propaganda" in a letter he sent to all Grade 8 students -- including those in Quebec -- in May. [more]

Tears flow at CFB Trenton     
Posted 3 days ago
In March 2009, Raynald Bouthillier heard a knock on his door. When he opened the door to an OPP officer, he knew he was about to receive devastating news. "My legs went numb. I totally collapsed," said Bouthillier. [more]

Karzai blames NATO for deadly air strike     
Posted 3 days ago
Afghan President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned an air strike by NATO-led forces which he said killed 10 campaign workers for this month's election, a sour note as U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived for talks. [more]

Fruit cultivation in GP     
Updated 3 days ago
The popular expression "labour of love" is sometimes bandied about for almost anything these days. But in Jason Halwa's case, he has spent the past 16 months cultivating and tending to a fruit orchard that has been his dream for more than 15 years. [more]

Great golf guaranteed at GP Open     
Updated 3 days ago
Brad Babiuk is set to defend his title this weekend, but it won't be easy. It never is, at the Grande Prairie Golf and Country Club Men's Open. [more]

Hearn has tour card in sights    
Posted 3 days ago
With nine events left in the Nationwide Tour season, David Hearn refuses to change his mindset. [more]

Rhyno suffering long-distance loneliness    
Posted 3 days ago
Do you know there's an Iron Maiden song called the Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner? I stumbled upon it the other day while I was reliving my 1980s heavy metal days on YouTube. I chuckled. Lately, I have felt slightly deserted. [more]

Day of the Bone Thief     
Updated 3 days ago
Ottawa based author Rick Mofina -- a former journalist who has reported from the Caribbean, Africa and Kuwait's border with Iraq -- has more than a million books in print that have been published in 15 countries. [more]