When Glen and Alana Compo left to compete at the World Taekwon-Do (ITF) Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia, it marked the first time in Canadian history a husband and wife would compete on the martial art's biggest stage.[...]
The Grande Prairie Regional College Wolves volleyball teams will finally play in their home gym after starting the 2009-10 season with consecutive road trips to Lloydminster and Fort McMurray. "We're looking forward to it," said Wolves women's head coach Ron Thomson.[...]
Do you have a photo of the Olympic Torch relay in Grande Prairie? Want to share your great pics with all of the city. The Daily Herald-Tribune can host your photos in our community galleries. Here's how you do it: 1.[...]
Thousands of people lined the streets and packed Muskoseepi Park Friday morning to catch a glimpse of the Olympic Flame as it was carried through Grande Prairie by 13 torch bearers.[...]
The contentious, decade-long debate over the efficiency of the national long-gun registry took another turn Wednesday when the House of Commons voted to repeal it.[...]
Grande Prairie RCMP are looking for three suspects who robbed a west-end nightclub and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash early yesterday morning. Police are investigating the robbery which occurred shortly after 3 a.[...]
Alberta's oil and gas drilling activity is expected to see a 5% drop in 2010, compared to British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, according to a forecast released yesterday.[...]
Anne Marie Kiyawasew went from a being homeless person living a high-risk lifestyle to a mentor and role model at the city's Community Village.[...]
I love fishing. While I miss the open waters of my youth, the tell-tale tug of a smallmouth bass, rightfully angered by my metallic intrusion where a crayfish dinner seemingly beckoned, I now live my angling life somewhat vicariously through my craft.[...]
A vision of steel and glass and some very old bricks is set to rise and restore the former home of the Prairie Art Gallery, still in ruins from its collapse in March 2007. New drawings and plans for the restoration were unveiled recently showing a dramatic change for the gallery.[...]
For the second year running, the smallest school board in northern Alberta cleaned up at the annual Minister's Education Leadership Recognition Awards (MELRA) yesterday at the Holiday Inn and Suites. Based in St.[...]
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — When Miles Mortensen returned to Dawson Creek after seven years of running his own restoration business in Alberta, he was shocked by the condition of his mother's house.[...]
A fire that destroyed a Wembley-area home last weekend has been deemed accidental by fire investigators. At about 10 a.m.[...]
Four more Albertans have died from H1N1, health officials confirmed yesterday while stressing the deaths were not unexpected. The news came as vaccination clinics reopened across the province after closing last Saturday because of dwindling supplies.[...]
I am very disappointed in our government and health-care system. Why is it that criminals, the homeless, pro hockey teams get their flu shot prior to those in high-risk situations? We again must sit and wait.[...]
As I listen to the news and hear how other provinces, cities, and towns are making an effort to have the high-risk groups vaccinated, I wonder why we in Grande Prairie cannot do the same. A friend, eight months pregnant, went to the mall Oct.[...]
Lets go back a few years, remember Y2K? Now that you're past that, don't you wish there was maybe some things that you said or did back then that you could somehow forget, or change!? I understand all the hype about H1N1, it's big news, but let's all calm down a bit and remember it will be over [...]
I've been delighted in the past couple of months to hear that both the Town of Peace River and the City of Grande Prairie have joined with the City of Lethbridge and County of Leduc in writing letters to the province, asking for the appointment of a task force or expert panel to seriously assess [...]
It started as a game between the North Peace Hockey League's two top teams from a year ago. It ended as a blowout. The Fort St. John Flyers scored three first-period goals and outshot the Grande Prairie Athletics 54-20 on the way to a 7-2 victory last night at the Coca-Cola Centre.[...]
Grande Prairie Storm forward Dennis Rix has been turning heads all season by scoring at over a two-point-per-game pace. The scouts at Michigan Tech certainly took notice. They offered the 20-year-old forward a full scholarship to play for the NCAA Division I Michigan Tech Huskies.[...]