Grande Prairie News

One of the only well preserved dinosaur skin samples ever found is being tested at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron to determine skin colour and to explain why the fossilized specimen remained intact after 70-million years.

Marshall Topilko, 72, started working at Diamond International Trucks as a mechanic's helper when he was 22 years old.

Residential construction continues at a brisk pace in Red Deer, with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

A controversial pastor who wrote that gays and lesbians will suffer in a "lake of fire" is among a trio of candidates who failed to erase their 2012 campaign deficits in the time prescribed by Alberta's election finance laws, according to a report from the chief electoral officer.

Frank Bruseker, president of Alberta Teachers Union Local 38, says Education Minister Jeff Johnson has the authority to fire any school board that refuses to sign the teacher agreement hammered out in March, and replace trustees with an appointed board.

The Government of Alberta is moving forward with construction of 24 new schools and several modernization projects across the province.

"The last few days have been fairly warm and dry and the winds picked up, and that has created really good conditions for wildfires to start," said Whitney Exton, a wildfire information officer with Alberta Sustainable Resource Development.

According to a new listing posted today at Ticketmaster.ca , the veteran multi-Grammy winning rocker and guitarist/producer hubby have added a new date on July 19 in Winnipeg, MB at McPhillips Street Station.

With record temperatures in the forecast and tinder-dry brush and grass in many areas, Alberta's wildfire crews are on high alert.

Grande Prairie RCMP focused on a residence east of the city Tuesday as police continue to search for a man described as "armed and dangerous." The man is wanted in a string of armed robberies between Beaver Lodge and Grande Prairie on Monday night and Tuesday morning, police say.

Students at all public and Catholic schools in Grande Prairie, Alta., are being kept inside their classrooms Tuesday while police hunt for an armed and dangerous man.

U.S. retailer Target opens it's Red Deer location at the Bower Place Shopping Centre today.

Answer: This 47-year-old cat-loving native of Savannah, Ga., is the new director of the Fort McMurray Public Library and holds a record in professional weightlifting, as well as being an opera singer and a one-time Jeopardy champion.

Work is under way renovating a commercial space at Clearview Market Square that will house the Browns Social House Restaurant.

Tenille shared the Play It Forward message with the students of Westview Community School and interacted with the students after her performance on Tuesday.

The construction of the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum in the County of Grande Prairie is moving forward with the help of the local council, after the project's tendering process was delayed due to a budget shortfall.

The schools will provide space for as many as 3,100 students from kindergarten through Grade 9, with some new schools and others replacing aging facilities.

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Bee lab technician Patricia Wolf Veiga at the first diagnostic lab designed and outfitted exclusively for honeybee research.

Flood and high streamflow advisories are being issued for several northern Alberta regions as snowmelt is expected to cause significant run-off. The Alberta Emergency Alert system issued a flood watch for the Little Paddle River, the Paddle River and their tributaries.