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Crash near Grande Prairie Airport intersection turns fatal

Erica Fisher
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A 63 year old woman has passed away after an accident near the Grande Prairie Airport Sunday night.

The collision occurred around 9 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 43 and 124th Street between a small car and pick-up truck.

It appears the car was trying to turn left onto the highway from 124th Street when it collided with the westbound pickup.

The woman was the driver of the car and had to be extricated from her vehicle by the fire department and was trapped for some time.

She later passed away in hospital.

A female passenger of the pickup was also injured, but is expected to recover.

The driver of the pickup was also taken to hospital as a precaution.

The cause of the crash is under investigation, but drugs and alcohol are not considered a factor.

Fatal accident at Suncor Energy oilsands site

Erica Fisher
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A man has passed away after an incident at a Suncor Energy facility in northern Alberta.

Emergency crews were called to the oilsands site around 11:30 p.m. Sunday night.

The man was severely injured and rushed to a health centre in Fort McMurray, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Details of what happened and the victim’s identity has not been released.

An investigation into the fatal incident will be conducted.

Late Entry French Immersion option open to public school students

Jeff Henson
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Grande Prairie Public School District will begin offering a Late Entry French Immersion program for students as of this fall.

Students that missed out on the original French Immersion entry point at Kindergarten will have the chance to enter it at Grade 5.

Superintendent Carol Anne McDonald says a series of four meetings held recently to explore interest in the Late Entry option showed positive results.

“Each of the meetings we’ve had many people interested in the program, so we now have 14 confirmed students. Our board had said initially if we got 12 to 15 confirmed, we would go with the program.”

All core subjects will be taught in French, with subjects like music and Phys. Ed taught in English.

It works out to a 75-25 split between French and English subjects.

The Late Entry program will be run out of École Montrose.

Families can sign up their children for the program through either the school or the public school board office.

McDonald says they will begin the process soon of hiring a teacher for the Late Entry program.

She says they want to make sure that they have a qualified teacher with lots of experience, adding they want the right fit in front of the students.

 

GP100 Soap Box Derby set for Grande Prairie's centennial

Erica Fisher
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It’s a reminder of when life was a little simpler.

The Grande Prairie Rotary After Five club is celebrating the City’s centennial with a traditional soap box derby.

Member Lionel Frey explains youth aged 9 to 14 can sign up as drivers, but the race can really involve the whole family.

“Not only the race day itself, but even leading up to building and designing the cart, whole families can get involved in that. So, it’s a family activity from design stage right to race day.”

The race will take place on 95th Street, west of Hillside School, on May 31st.

Frey says the slope is gradual, and should make for some exciting races.

The go-carts are available for sponsorship, and will sport a variety of fun looks.

“We’ve got one that’s designed as Fred Flintstone’s car; another that’s designed as kind of more of a racey style car,” says Frey, “so we’ll see all sorts of designs put forth by sponsors – business sponsors in the community – and they can design them any way they like.”

Anyone interested in signing up can visit www.GP100.ca.

2014 Rotary Dream Home tickets sold out

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For the second year in a row, tickets for the Dream Home Lottery have sold out.

This year’s sellout came almost a full month before 2013’s.

Raffle Manager Kevin Hilgers says the Rotary Club of Grande Prairie will be applying to have the draw date earlier, pointing to Mother’s Day as a good idea.

He also says they’ll be looking at printing more tickets in 2015.

The home in Carriage Lane Estates will still be open Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. until the draw.

Canadian Jr. National Racquetball Tournament kicks off at Eastlink Centre

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The best young, up and coming racquetball players in the country are in Grande Prairie this week, as the Eastlink Centre plays host to the Jr. Nationals.

Around 70 players between the ages of 8 and 18 are competing.

Action begins today at the four racquetball courts at the Eastlink centre, with the finals set for Saturday.

For anyone wanting to check out the action, bleachers have been set up at all the courts.

A note for regular users of the Eastlink Centre: all classes normally held at the field house this week have been cancelled in order to host this tournament.

Train trestle fire in Muskoseepi Park

Erica Fisher
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The Grande Prairie Fire Department was busy Sunday evening battling a fire on a train trestle in Muskoseepi Park.

By the time fire crews arrived, the flames were spreading quickly across the railway ties.

Sixteen firefighters fought the fire from three different sides.

Officials from CN Rail are now on the scene and are investigating the cause of the fire.

House fire in Crystal Ridge

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A home on 98 Street in Crystal Ridge has sustained significant damage from a fire early this afternoon.

Firefighters were able to knock the fire down quickly, but remained on scene for several hours to make sure there weren’t any hot spots.

Luckily, the resident at home at the time detected smoke as was able to get out safely, and no other injuries were sustained in the fire.

Their quick response is credited with stopping the fire from spreading to the entire home, but it did cause damage spreading to the attic.

An estimate of the damage is not yet available, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

Hometown boy ready for bout at MMA Meltdown this weekend

Jeff Henson
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This weekend’s MMA Meltdown event at Evergreen Park will feature three local fighters, including Spencer Jebb. The Grande Prairie native puts his 6-3 record on the line against Stephen Clement in a welterweight battle.

“I watched a little bit of tape on him and he likes to do some boxing which is fine.  He is a southpaw which means his dominant hand is his left hand, so it is going to take a bit of an adjustment to get used to the footwork and which way to circle.”

Jebb adds he is looking forward to fighting in front of family and friends in his hometown Saturday night. MMA Meltdown, put on by Xcessive Force Fighting Championship, goes Saturday night at 7 at the Entrec Centre.

Fort McMurray Oil Barons fire head coach

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Fort McMurray Oil Barons have fired coach and general manager Gord Thibodeau.

He had been with the club for 12 years, leading them to one AJHL title in 2006, and five other appearances in the final.

This year, the Oil Barons had the second best record in the league, and led Spruce Grove 3 games to 1 in the North final, only to lose in seven games.

 

Original GPRC faculty member among first ACAC hall of fame members

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Another person with ties to Grande Prairie Regional College will be among the first 50 people inducted into the ACAC Hall of Fame next month.

Bob Waldenberger launched the Phys Ed department at the college back in the 1960s and is a former president of the ACAC.

He will join former volleyball player Jason Haldane, and former Peace River native and Augustana hockey player Ken Lovsin as inaugural inductees into the hall on May 10th.

CFL players inspire local students

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Members of the Peace Wapiti Titans have gotten a little inspiration ahead of next season from a couple of pro athletes.

J.R. LaRose of the B.C. Lions and Jed Roberts, formerly of the Edmonton Eskimos, paid a visit to the high school this afternoon share their stories with the football and basketball players.

LaRose says he tours schools as he feels his story of overcoming adversity is relatable.

“I think every kid is going to faced with adversity at some point throughout their life. I think for us, throughout our stories, we’ve faced it and we’ve overcome it. So we just want to instill hope in kids that they can overcome anything no matter how big it seems through hard work and dedication and fighting through it.

LaRose grew up without a father and with a mother who was an addict.

He told the youth that if they surround themselves with positive people and learn from their mistakes, their dreams are within reach.

Their visit to Peace Wapiti Academy was the last of eight in the Peace Region throughout the week, as the first of two First Nations, Métis, and Inuit school tours scheduled for Peace Wapiti Public School Division this year.

Roberts, who is Métis, hopes he and LaRose, whose mother is Cree, have shown the students their dreams can come true if they work hard and persevere.

“There are some kids at the schools we went to that are foster kids that might not feel that sense of belonging and feeling like a sense of sort of being up against something. We’re just trying to remind them that it doesn’t really matter; as long as you stay focused like J.R. says, you can do pretty much anything you put your mind to.”

The second FNMI school tour is set for May with former NHL players.

One city golf course nearing its opening date

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Bear Creek Golf Course appears to be very close to opening for the season. General manager and superintendent Ranson Lasell says the course weathered very well over the course of the winter.

“We are not too far away right now.  I am hoping that if we get a little bit of co-operation with the weather over the next two or three days that we can have nine holes open in two or three days.”

Lasell adds they could have the full 18 open in about a week, again if the weather co-operates.

 

Suspect arrested in armed robbery spree

Jeff Henson
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Police believe a man arrested yesterday after an armed robbery in the west end may be the one responsible for multiple robberies in Grande Prairie since mid March. At around 9:45, a man entered the store, produced a knife, and asked for cash before taking off on foot. Another business later told police that a suspicious person had called for a cab from their premises. RCMP tracked down the drop off point of the cab, and arrested a man without incident. A 29 year old Grande Prairie man is awaiting a bail hearing, where he is expected to be formally charged with 15 counts of armed robbery, 14 counts of wearing a disguise, and 2 counts of breaching release conditions.

Major grant for GPRC's National Bee Diagnostic Centre

Erica Fisher
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Grande Prairie Regional College has received a $150,000 grant to purchase research supplies for its National Bee Diagnostic Centre.

The funding will go towards two pieces of specialized equipment that will be used to localize and evaluate the viability of honeybee pathogens.

Dr. Carlos Castillo with the Technology Access Centre argues the equipment will open the door to more partnerships with industry and other scientists.

The grant came from the federal ministry of science and technology.

Grovedale Fire Department making good use of new command unit

Erica Fisher
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It will go a long way during those cold northern Alberta nights.

The Grovedale Fire Department is now using its new command unit, which is equipped with everything from a full power generator to a coffee machine to assist the firefighters in disaster situations.

Manager of Protective Services for the M-D of Greenview Jeff Francis explains it’s like a home away from home during rescue calls.

“It’s basically to support those volunteer fire fighters, especially in the winter system, and the whole area. It’s such a vast area and if there’s a big incident going on, to have an incident command post out in the middle of nowhere, this would support those kinds of incidents very well.”

Greenview Council purchased the vehicle for $398,000, and is considered a good investment as it will serve a vast area in many different situations.

It is the first of its kind in North America.

 

Dawson Creek elementary school damaged by fire

Erica Fisher
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The Dawson Creek Fire Department is investigating the cause of a fire at Tremblay School just before lunch Wednesday.

It was quickly contained to the recycling room, but large fans were needed to get rid of some of the smoke.

Despite efforts, that wing of the school sustained extensive smoke damage.

Deputy Fire Chief Bob Fulton credits a well-practiced fire drill for getting staff and students out of the building quickly with no injuries.

New Grande Prairie public school gets a name

Erica Fisher
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The new kindergarten to grade 8 school for the Grande Prairie Public School board has a name: Riverstone Public School.

The 900-student school will be built in the Riverstone neighbourhood in the city’s southeast, and is currently being tendered.

The choice of name was put out to the public earlier this year, with 230 out of 390 votes, or 70 per cent, going towards the winning name.

Other possible names included Ralph Klein Public School, George Repka Public School, and Peter Lougheed Public School.

Funding for the new school was announced last December and expected to be completed by September 2016, along with the new Isabel Campbell Public School.

City looking for submissions for photo contest

Jeff Henson
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The city has launched a photo and video contest, looking for shots that best capture what life in Grande Prairie is like. Communications and Research co-ordinator Chelsea Lewis explains what they are looking for in submissions.

“We are looking for three different categories.  So live here, work here, and play here.  Really what we are trying to do is capture some of the great things about Grande Prairie in those three categories.”

You have until June 1st to submit entries, which will then be judged by the public through an online survey and in person at Municipal Government day on June 11th. Entries can be emailed to [email protected], or dropped off at City Hall.

MMA action set for Entrec Centre this weekend

Jeff Henson
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MMA action returns to Grande Prairie this weekend as Xcessive Force Fighting Championship holds an event this Saturday at the Entrec Centre. “Meltdown” features a number of local fighters including Spencer Jebb and William Carriere, and three title bouts, something that promoter Darren Cliffe says has never happened before in Grande Prairie.

“We have had roughly 8 different shows in Grande Prairie.  For Xcessive Force, this is our fourth one, and year you will not want to miss this oen because these title fights are going to be crazy good.”

Tickets are available at Maddhatters, Tommy Gunn’s, and online at www.evergreenpark.ca.

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