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More than 3,000 pairs of socks donated to Wapiti House during 2025 2Day FM Sock Drive

2Day FM's fourth annual Sock Drive finished up on February 5th, with a record-setting 3,010 pairs donated directly to Wapiti House in Grande Prairie. 

2Day FM annual sock drive approaches 1,000 pairs, Northreach officials call on community for support

2Day FM's annual sock drive is underway until the end of January, and with its lofty 3,000-pair goal, the station, and the Northreach Society, are asking for your help to finish this year's drive strong. 

Helping Hands selected to coordinate City of GP’s new Food Security Backbone project

The City of Grande Prairie has selected Helping Hands to be the coordinator in a new project that looks to address food insecurity in the swan city. 

Northreach Society encourages residents to be mindful during National Addictions Awareness Week

November 25th marks the beginning of National Addictions Awareness Week across the country, and locally, the Grande Prairie Northreach Society is encouraging residents to be mindful of addictions in the community. 

More homeless people finding stable housing in Grande Prairie

Another 61 formerly homeless people have successfully found a place to live over the past year. That's how many...

Grande Prairie seeing success with Housing First program

The City of Grande Prairie is two years into its renewed plan to end homelessness, and it seems to...

HIV North receives more funding to end homelessness

New funding for HIV North means that the organization can continue to grow in Grande Prairie. Executive Director Melissa...

Home Depot Orange Door Project aims to end youth homelessness

Today marks the beginning of this year's Orange Door Project at Home Depot. Locations across Canada will be asking...

Homeless ID program coming to Grande Prairie

Alberta Health Services is bringing a Homeless ID program to Grande Prairie in early 2017. Provincial Medical Director for...
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More than 100 participate in NWP-hosted multi-agency mass casualty event

NWP, along with numerous community partners came together for a mass casualty training event on April 24th, ending the school year with a bang, and establishing connections between prospective workers and potential future employers. 

Peace River man charged for stealing a fire truck across the province

A situation one would think to find in a movie or television script involving an alarm, stolen fire truck and police dogs happened in southern Alberta over the weekend, leading to the arrest of a 25-year-old man.

Grande Prairie riding sees more than 19,000 ballots cast in early voting

Roughly 200,000 more Albertans cast their ballot during early voting during this election than the number of people who did during the 2021 election. 

County crews begin street sweeping, parking restrictions active in some neighbourhoods

Street sweepers are operating throughout the County of Grande Prairie, with a focus on the neighbourhoods of Wedgewood, Taylor Estates, and Maple Ridge in the coming days. 

PRSD announces nominee for 2025 Edwin Parr Award

The Peace River School Division has announced their pick for the Edwin Parr Award.
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