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Three Grande Prairie residents are celebrating lottery wins after a spate of wins were claimed from November.

Grande Prairie Regional College is working to create more opportunities for agriculture students and those already in the industry.

Being a big brother has been super rewarding! Please check out their facebook page to learn more about how you can change lives today!! -Kyle

A hotel in Peace River is one of 16 facilities across the province that are being utilized for expanded temporary COVID-19 self-isolation housing.

The North American wood products company is set to acquire the OSB producer in a $4 billion all-stock deal.

"I'm very grateful to serve my community in the way that I have and very grateful to the community members who have invited me into their celebrations and have been willing to share their knowledge and wisdom with me over the years," he says.

When Alberta was in Phase 1 of its pandemic response, our local businesses showed astounding ingenuity and creativity in finding ways to still be accessible to our community. As more restrictions on restaurants, retail stores, and other businesses come into effect this week, let's remember that they likely already have processes in place to make sure you can patronize them. Order takeout or delivery, dine-in with your family, tip, use curbside pickup, take advantage of delivery services, buy gift cards, make an appointment. Leave a review, share social media posts, make a recommendation. Let's continue to support small and local businesses as much as we can! - Erica

Data provided by Alberta Health Services now shows the municipality with 115 active cases of the virus as of December 14th.

Sunrise House got a helping hand from the art community this weekend. Local artist Grant Berg and Yellowknife artist Robbie Craig teamed up to help raise funds and awareness for the youth emergency shelter.

A first for the establishment, Diamonds Gentleman’s Club has been crowned the Best Bar in Grande Prairie.

In the largest single donation made to Grande Prairie Regional College in the school’s history, a new research wing is being established at the new Grande Prairie Regional Hospital.

Can you help? Several families in Grande Prairie are in need of a helping hand when it comes to groceries this week - Erica

A new short soundscape documentary filmed in the Peace Country has been published by the National Film Board. Titled RoundUP and directed by Nettie Wild, the intent of the film is to attract an audience with strong visuals and sounds of cattle.

A vehicle caught fire in a Sexsmith garage in the early hours of Friday morning. The Sexsmith Fire Department, alongside County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service Dunes and Clairmont Stations, responded to a 9-1-1 call for help shortly before 5 a.m.

Grande Prairie Regional College is looking to better align its educational programs with modern industry needs. To accomplish this, the college is launching a Workforce Advisory Council.

We've talked a lot about how things are being adapted for kids this Halloween, but what about the adults?! Do you have any plans? Are you dressing up/doing anything or is this year a wash? - Erica

RCMP are cracking down on repeat offenders, particularly those who have multiple outstanding warrants for their arrests.

Six recoveries from COVID-19 have been recorded in the City of Grande Prairie, according to Alberta Health. Officials also report two new active cases in the city. The new totals are 78 active cases, 362 recoveries and four fatalities.

"The facility is intended to be a multi-purpose facility that could fulfill a number of different needs in the community," says Mayor Bill Given.

The ski hill had originally planned to open its slopes to the public on November 21st, but a couple more days of snowmaking are needed.

Alberta Health Services confirmed six new active cases of COVID-19 in the City of Grande Prairie on October 15th, as well as one recovery.

A glance at the new enhanced measures. Grande Prairie and the County are both under enhanced status - Erica

Municipalities in the Peace Country will have some breathing room for a time over the ongoing discussions regarding potential changes to the Municipal Oil and Gas Tax Assessment Review.

68th Ave seeing some bad delay right now due to construction! Best to avoid the area in case. Photo credit, Lacey Raine

Grande Prairie & District Catholic Schools has focused the $1.955 million of federal education funding it received into three key operational areas, benefiting both students and aiding in COVID-19 safety efforts.

-What creepy thing has your kid said or done? -County of Grande Prairie under watch status

Bama Furniture has the two words you love to hear: Ready to go and in stock! Not only do they have have furniture that's Canadian made, they have appliances! Check out their chest freezers ready to go today! -Kyle

Mounties say an investigation lead them to seize several firearms, as well as ammunition, and a bag of assorted identification documents, some of which were determined to have been stolen.

Have you ever found something you thought you'd you lost? I thought this earring was long gone, but I came across it in my drawers this morning! - Erica

Show me your pet Halloween costumes!! I'm still waiting on the wings that'll help turn Kiro into Toothless, but in the meantime, I'd love to see what you've gotten your animals into!! ~Rachel~

Residents can look forward to announcements of what’s to come in Santa’s stead at Prairie Mall closer to the holiday season.

A new gas processing plant is set for construction west of Grande Prairie, five months ahead of schedule.

Where should I go for lunch tomorrow?! In support of #GPloveslocal I want to switch things up, so let me know what your favorite local lunch spot is and I'll order the most popular choice! (P.S. if you support your favourite local businesses tomorrow too, make sure to share a photo with the hashtag #GPloveslocal and you'll be entered to win the ULTIMATE prize pack from our awesome local sponsors!) ... ~Rachel~

"When we report for duty, we go through a medical screening process where we record our temperature, and we get asked the standard questions, like do you have symptoms or have travelled," says Grande Prairie Fire Chief Preben Bossen.

The head of the Downtown Association says local businesses were prepared for the mandatory mask use bylaw to take effect long before the trigger was pulled.

Meet the new Outlander PHEV at Frontier Mitsubishi! 3.2 combined litres per 100,000 kilometres. This AWD plug-in EV/gas hybrid can sometimes go three months without gas when city driving! Prices start under $40,000 and if you're trying to save money, nothing compares. PLUS get a $2,500 federal government EV rebate! 10-10-10 warranty, which means that in addition to the 10-year/160,000 km powertrain warranty, you will enjoy 10-year/160,000 comprehensive coverage and 10-year/160,000 km road-side assistance. Take it for a test drive today/tomorrow and get extra entries into the $10,000 giveaway- Erica

The RCMP continues to investigate the disappearance of Conrad Jason Ducharme, who was last seen in July 2016

There are just two days left to get into the draw for $10,000 from Frontier Mitsubishi! 10 ways - 10 days - $10K! Enter in store and get more details at 10ways.ca

Tell me about a time when things DIDN'T go as planned! The last 2 weeks before this week I didn't plan on being off-air but the first week I got sick and was taking precautions and then the second week... well sometimes life just has other plans! ~Rachel~

A proposed bylaw amendment would lift the cap on cannabis retailers in Grande Prairie owning more than one store in the municipality

"I think the numbers speak for themselves, and we've been hearing warnings from the Chief Medical Officer of Health and I think now it's proven true, and what she has been predicting is happening," says Director of Community Services Dan Lemieux.

What item do you not cheap out on, regardless of price? I'll be hanging at Bama Furniture today! A local buisness that's been in Grande Prairie since 1992 and since Steven and I are in the market for new couches, I feel like furniture is something you shouldn't cheap out on! -Kyle

The City of Grande Prairie is now under a COVID-19 watch after a jump in cases over the long weekend. An outbreak status has been declared at the Walmart Supercentre in Grande Prairie. Alberta Health says there have been 10 cases confirmed at that location, of which nine are considered active and one recovered.

An on-demand pilot project will be part of a trio of options put forth by Grande Prairie Transit officials as they try to find efficiencies in the service.

Snowfall warning. Walmart GP update. What non-usual pets do you want?

Captain Peter Kim says the food bank will have enough to get through the Christmas season, but suddenly a drive that once provided for a good chunk of the year, has fallen noticeably short.

**Congratulations Britney Ball!** *Answer to be entered to win a gift card to check out Hours of Maddness at Maddhatters dine.drink.dance AND get an entry into our #GPLovesLocal prize pack!* What local business or organisation are you crazy about? I'm shamelessly crazy about Grande Prairie Pride Society! - Erica

The province has moved the County of Grande Prairie to a COVID-19 watch. With four new active cases confirmed in the County on Monday, the municipality had 19 active cases as of October 26th.

I thought that people would be feeling a little more defeated because remember, COVID-19 came upon us after three or four rough economic years in this provinceand it leads me to believe pretty strongly we are going to come out of this, and rebound strongly, he says.

How are you supporting local today? I grabbed a quick and delicious lunch from Sheshu's Sizzling Tandoor Inc,! Share how you support local today and tomorrow on our social media or using the hashtag #GPLovesLocal and get entered to win an ultimate local prize pack! - Erica

Alberta Health Services advised the Peace Wapiti Public School Division Monday a case of COVID-19 has been detected at Whispering Ridge Community School.

What's something you were scared of the first time? I'm currently sitting with a half frozen face after getting my first EVER cavity filling tonight and I'm not going to lie, I was definitely FREAKING OUT before my appointment... but it actually went really well!! ~Rachel~

At 2day FM, we encourage you to support local every day, but over the next two days we're sweetening the pot! Show us how you support local by sharing on our social media or using the hashtag #GPLovesLocal and you'll be entered to win an ultimate local prize pack with prizes from: Sportswear Plus/Alberta Trophy Grande Prairie Storm Once Upon A Child Grande Prairie Cree8iv Ink Body Studio Ltd. Beach Bumz Sun Tanning Studio Dirty Little Barkers Grooming BoWLiNg StOnEs 10-PiN EnTeRtAiNmEnT CeNtRe Cousins Coffee Ltd. Grande Prairie Regional Tourism Association Echo AVU Joey's Fish Shack Grande Prairie Bark Park Sheshu's Sizzling Tandoor Inc, Sticky's Candy Grande Prairie Pierre & Co. Event Planning & Design & Petals & Posies Flower Co.!

Officials with Family & Community Support Services in the County of Grande Prairie and partnering municipalities have partnered up in an effort to get a clear picture of housing instability and service needs across rural communities in the area.

AHS is investigating a reported confirmed case of COVID-19 at École St. Gerard School in Grande Prairie.