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Alberta Blue Cross Community Wellbeing grant returns after “overwhelming” success last year

Community Ethan Montague -
Alberta Blue Cross is bringing back its Community Wellbeing grant program for 2024, to support the work of community organizations who promote the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of Albertans. 

County helping fund new hospital bedside engagement

News Erica Fisher -
The new patient bedside engagement system for the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital is almost fully funded. The County of...

Surgeon’s suspension upheld after appeal

News Erica Fisher -
A Grande Prairie doctor will stay suspended from practicing medicine. Dr. Mohammed Al-Ghamdi had appealed the decision made last...

2day FM radiothon sets sights on portable infant cardiac monitor

News Erica Fisher -
2day FM will once again be raising money for the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation by broadcasting live from...

Northern Alberta sees first flu death

News Erica Fisher -
Someone has died of the flu in northern Alberta. Alberta Health Services recorded the death in the week leading...

EpiPen shortage hurting Grande Prairie pharmacies

News Emma Mason -
There is a shortage of EpiPens in Grande Prairie. There is a country-wide shortage of the injectors that is...

QEII surgeon suspended for disruptive behaviour

News Erica Fisher -
A Grande Prairie doctor has been banned from practicing medicine for at least two years. In a December 2017...

Community Paramedic Team coming to Grande Prairie

News Erica Fisher -
Grande Prairie is getting a new paramedic team to help seniors and others in home and continuing care. Executive...

Beaverlodge health facility plans still on hold

News Erica Fisher -
Almost a year after Alberta's health minister confirmed plans for a new community health centre in Beaverlodge were moving...

Three dead from influenza in Alberta

News Erica Fisher -
Early in Alberta's flu season, three people have died and 90 have been admitted to hospital with influenza. According...

PCN getting established in new location

News Erica Fisher -
The Grande Prairie Primary Care Network is settling in to its new digs. All of its services were moved...

Free flu shots start October 23rd

News Erica Fisher -
With fall comes the flu. That means starting late next month, Albertans over the age of six months will...

Uptake slow at opioid dependency clinic despite demand

News Erica Fisher -
The province is hoping to increase awareness of the new opioid dependency treatment clinic recently opened in Grande Prairie....

High Air Quality Health Index forecast for Wednesday

News Erica Fisher -
The air quality in the Grande Prairie area is expected to be poor tomorrow as more smoke from the...

Precautionary air quality advisory expanded to northern Alberta

News Erica Fisher -
A precautionary air quality advisory has been expanded to include all of northern Alberta. Alberta Health Services says the...

Grande Prairie PCN prepping for move

News Erica Fisher -
All of the Grande Prairie Primary Care Network programs and services will be closed for a week so they...
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RCMP arrests one following firearms incident near Composite High School

RCMP
The Grande Prairie RCMP arrested and charged one after an incident involving weapons occurred near the Composite High School. 

Peace Wapiti Enterprise Centre part of international research to reform high school education policies

PWPSD
The Peace Wapiti Enterprise Centre welcomed an international guest on March 4th to showcase the school's off-campus programming and discuss high school education policies to better suit student's needs. 

Education among key priorities for County of GP ahead of 2025 wildfire season

Fire
The County of Grande Prairie has received the Regional Fire Service's 2024 Annual Report, which identifies several key difference-makers for the county to be mindful of ahead of the 2025 wildfire season. 

93rd Street in County Industrial Park to close for construction, detours implemented

Traffic & Closures
The County of Grande Prairie is informing drivers that 93rd Street in the County Industrial Park will be closed on March 5th. 

Volunteers dish out generosity at Rycroft School

PWPSD
The Peace Wapiti Public School Division is celebrating a group of dedicated volunteers and sponsors who have allowed what used to be a student-paid meal to transition into a complimentary hot lunch every Friday. 
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