George Kell SIGNED 3X5 INDEX CARD AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH Detroit Ti

Lakeland high school student takes advantage of online learning to advance hockey career

Lakeland athlete Emmett Croteau received a four-year scholarship at a post-secondary school in New York.

Lakeland athlete satisfied with Olympic performance

Growing up in the Lakeland, athlete Alison Jackson never would’ve guessed she would make her Olympic dreams come true from the seat of a bicycle.

Gallery: Area 63 Motorsports hosts Dirt Bash Double

Former Fort McMurray Giants player signs with Los Angeles Dodgers

Former Fort McMurray Giants player Max Hewitt has signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Fort McMurray Marathon running in-person and online races in September

The Fort McMurray Marathon is set to return in September, after the event was cancelled in 2020 because of COVID-19 restrictions. This year’s event will have an in-person race on Sept. 26. A virtual run will be held between Sept. 11 and 24.

Dino News and Views: Dinosaur Airlift

After a 2-year hiatus, paleontology fieldwork in the Grande Prairie area was able to go ahead again this year. Paleontologists from the University of Alberta led by professor and curator Dr. Corwin Sullivan, along with Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum staff and local paleontologist Dr. Matthew Vavrek, checked out prominent fossil localities in the area. This included several spots along the Wapiti River as well as microfossil sites at the Kleskun Hill badlands.

Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival returning to Fort McMurray

The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival returns to Fort McMurray next week after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Wood Buffalo Regional Library (WBRL) to cancel the festival in January.

GPLT opens season with Nana's Naughty Knickers, following a year of pandemic cancellations

With Nana’s Naughty Knickers, opening Sept. 9 at the KMSC Law theatre, located in the St. Jean-Paul II Catholic School in Grande Prairie, the comedic take on relationships, romance, aging and life’s expectations—aims to shake up your night. Nana’s Naughty Knickers is brought to the community by the Grande Prairie Live Theatre (GPLT).

Pastor opens instrument lending library for all levels of musicians

Josh Friend has loved music all his life and wants to help people find instruments in Fort McMurray.

Alberta Culture Days shines a spotlight on local arts, music and heritage

After the pandemic nearly bankrupted the Oilsands Rotary Music Festival, organizer Norma Jean Atkinson is grateful that Alberta Culture Days is returning to in-person, live events this year.

Six O'Clock Solution: Perfect fish stew recipe for amateur home cooks

This simple recipe is ideal for anyone who feels like a fish out of water trying to cook fish.

Cook this: Warm kale and chicken salad with toasted hazelnuts and croutons from Let's Do Dinner

'It's the one dish that I probably make a version of more than any other in the book,' says Antoni Porowski

The Ottawa Hospital joins partnership to boost Canada's vaccine capacity

The new partnership unveiled Monday is designed to improve collaboration between two of the country’s leading biomanufacturing centres.

Daily horoscope for Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Avoid shopping or making important decisions from 6:30 AM to 8 AM EDT today (3:30 AM to 5 AM PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn

Karen Barnaby: Zucchini the friendly, forgiving veg that plays well with others

Recipes: A vegetable I take for granted until I realize that from summer to late fall it’s always in my fridge

This Alberta couple wants a bigger house — but will they have to sacrifice their retirement to get it?

Couple would have to draw on savings for the move up, but their retirement would be amply supported by pensions

Who's David Cheriton?: Meet the Canadian billionaire who made an early bet on Google and calls himself 'cheap'

Cheriton says he worries wealthy people are being demonized when we should be thanking them for creating jobs

ATML: Starting something new, never to late

Dear Money Lady, I have been thinking about starting my own business. I am still working fulltime and in my 60’s. Do you think that is a good idea or is it too late in life? Thanks, Jamie.

FP Explains: The Smith Manoeuvre strategy and how to use it — the right way — to your advantage

It’s a notoriously complicated investment strategy that uses debt to finance investments. Here’s what to know

Weekly Ponderings: People brought character and culture to Peace River - part 55

As usual we will take a look at some of the information to which we were privy in the last Ponderings in order to catch up with the Smiths and the Lubicon Lake Mission School, or more accurately – Northland Indian Mission School, before moving on.

Tany Yao: End of an era for integrated EMS and fire

The current controversy over Emergency Medical Services (EMS) dispatch is really about the revelation by municipalities that they have lost an effective system of emergency management. Efficiencies that were prevalent in communities like Fort McMurray, Red Deer and Lethbridge with the integrated model of EMS and Fire are now only being fully realized with the loss of local EMS dispatch .

GPPL: Library Card Signup Month!

September is Library Card Sign up Month! Sure, you know that Grande Prairie Public Library has books. Everybody knows that. You might even know that we’ve got movies (including some of the latest releases on DVD and Blu-Ray). You might be thinking, with all of the content available through the internet and different streaming services, why should a library card take up space in my wallet? Well, if great books and movies – many of which you can’t find on streaming services – aren’t enough, I’m not sure what else we can do to convince you to sign up for a card…

Dino News and Views: Dinosaur Airlift

After a 2-year hiatus, paleontology fieldwork in the Grande Prairie area was able to go ahead again this year. Paleontologists from the University of Alberta led by professor and curator Dr. Corwin Sullivan, along with Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum staff and local paleontologist Dr. Matthew Vavrek, checked out prominent fossil localities in the area. This included several spots along the Wapiti River as well as microfossil sites at the Kleskun Hill badlands.

Faith Column: Living in a Doll’s House

Alison my artistic daughter makes a doll’s house out of glued-together cheap romance novels. She thus makes a point about what she feels women her age are expected to do with their lives (and a tribute to the famous play by Henrik Ibsen). I ask myself, have I made a house of paper furnished with my own false expectations of Christian life? Is it any wonder that I am not happy in it when Jesus is spiritually pulling me to leave it and travel on with only Him as my shelter?

Mazda's CX-5 gets style updates, standard AWD for 2022 open in new tab

Will aesthetic enhancements strengthen Canada's romance with the Mazda CX-5?

Spied! 2023 GMC Canyon may see even more hardcore AT4 trim open in new tab

The off-road-spec version of the new truck was caught during high-altitude testing

Tesla nabs patent to use laser beams as windshield wipers open in new tab

Because rubber-on-glass is just so 2008, right?

Tesla, Toyota spar with Ford, UAW over new U.S. EV incentive program open in new tab

"Not obvious how this serves American taxpayers" Elon Musk tweets of tax rebates for select electric cars

Watch: U.K. police crush custom-made BMW M3 wagon built with stolen parts open in new tab

“This BMW was turning heads at a car show. We’ve now crushed it...”

High dose chemo offers hope in treating AML open in new tab

Study shows promising results in the treatment of resistant or relapsed acute myeloid leukemia.

Opinion: It's time for income security for persons with disabilities open in new tab

Without a basic level of income, how can anyone with a disability pursue the relationships, opportunities and purpose we all crave?

Frog foam studied for use in slow drug delivery to help heal human skin open in new tab

A antibacterial substance created by mating amphibians to protect fertilized eggs may help dispense medicine over time

Does fall have a feeling? open in new tab

Anxiety around autumn is a thing, and the only way through is by taking care of yourself.