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GRANDE PRAIRIE
ALBERTA, CANADA
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This website NOW features over 80 areas in Northwestern Alberta and Northeastern British Columbia known as the Peace Country or Peace Region. All of the Peace Country is now on ONE website with over 4,000 pictures on this site. Now featuring over 80 local videos.
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Entire Menus of Grande Prairie Restaurants:
Golden Star, Crown & Anchor, BJs Q Club, MR. MIKES, Ramona Pizza, Joey's Only, Ric's Grill, Pita Pit, Tony Roma's, Papa Murphy's, Catmint Teahouse, Lions Den Pub.
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Featuring Grande Prairie Hotels: Grande Prairie Hotels
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$449,000 - Beaverlodge, AB
MLS # L069343 NEWER HOME ON 14.73 ACRES. This large bungalow located ....... MORE LISTINGS |
Feature Page on Grande Prairie Home Improvements - Renovations
 The 2011-2012 NPHL (Senior Hockey Team) consists of EAST DIVISION: Falher Pirates, Grimshaw Huskies, High Prairie Regals, Fairview Kings, Valleyview Jets, Lakeland Eagles (from McLennan). WEST DIVISION: Hythe Mustangs, Dawson Creek Canucks, Spirit River Rangers, Grande Prairie Athletics, Horse Lake Chiefs, Fort St John Flyers. |
NEW FEATURE
Daily Herald Tribune History
1980's -2000's
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GRANDE PRAIRIE RADIO STATIONS
Special spotlight on all five Grande Prairie Radio Stations. The information shows which station has the most news, most music, advertising etc. (listen to audio clips) Grande Prairie Radio Stations. |
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All information on DiscoverThePeaceCountry.com written by Ken Connors including all the Video and Photography
Discover The Peace Country
Welcome to the "Peace Country" known for its Prairie, the Boreal Forest, the Rocky Mountains and the Peace River, one of the longest river systems in Canada.
Sunset at Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta. Photo taken on the south shore .
The Peace Country includes many Hamlets, Towns, Cities, Rural Farms and Ranches in north western Alberta and also north eastern British Columbia. As well you can experience numerous parks and lakes where one can get closer to nature.
| Grande Prairie NEWS 2012 -by Ken Connors |
May, 2012: Rock City in Grande Prairie changes its name again. The new name of Spurs Cookhouse and DanceHall will return it to its country routes. At one time they were known as the Corral.
| CASH & CAMPING LOTTERY May, 2012: The Swan City Rotary Club is hosting the Cash & Camping Lottery again this year with more than 600 prizes. Main prize is a 2012 Ford F-350 4x4 XLT. Final draw July 6, 2012. website. -Kelseys Restaurant, west on 100 Avenue (near Staples) has been closed for a number of years but finally renovations have begun. It will open later this year as a Swiss Chalet. |
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May, 2012: The Grande Prairie Dream Home is tentatively to open May 11, 2012. Click here for more. -A new FIrehall on the west side of Grande Prairie (near Future Shop) will have its Grand Opening May 25, 2012. -New name for the Prairie Art Gallery, renamed Art Gallery of Grande Prairie.
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WINAGAMI LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK This Peace Country lake is located about 30 minutes north-west of High Prairie, Alberta. Lots of good camping and boating can be found here and a short new video featuring this lake has been added to DiscoverThePeaceCountry.com. View VIDEO> (1:30min) |
April 2012: The Progressive Conservatives win the Alberta Provincial Election held April 23, 2012. In the Peace Country the Conservatives are elected , GP Smoky: Everett McDonald. GP Wapiti: Wayne Drysdale, Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley: Hector Goudreau , and Peace River: Frank Oberle. With the County of Grande Prairie Reeve Evertett McDonald elected PC, the County elected Leanne Beaupre as the new Reeve.
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SNOW STORM HITS THE PEACE COUNTRY April 14, 2012: Many had put away their snow shovels and started booking their tee times at the local golf courses, but Mother Nature gave us another taste of winter. Highway conditions were slipperly through-out the Province and a number of vehicles ended up in the ditch. Highway 43 from Whitecourt to Grande Prairie is featured in this video. View VIDEO> (4:48min) |
April 2012: Wiebo Ludwig, known for his confrontations with the oil campanies, died at his home at Trickle Creek near Hythe, at the age of 70. He had become known world-wide for his opinions on sour gas wells. - The Salvation Army Thrift Store in Grande Prairie will be closing May 19th because of financial difficulties. They have already stopped taking all dropped off donated items. -An All-Candiates Provincial Election Forum for the GP-Smoky and GP-Wapiti will be held at the Grande Prairie College, April 18th, starting at 6:30pm -Another RV dealer has come to Grande Prairie. Western RV Country is now open near McGoverns RV along 100 Street north Grande Prairie.
| 3 NEW VIDEOs - NPHL Final Game Falher won the 7th game final in Grande Prairie on March 25, 2012 . Entire 3rd PERIOD action View VIDEO> (27:14min) 5 MORE NEW VIDEOS -Featuring the Goals (also in slow motion) Disallowed Goal by Grande Prairie in the 2nd period |
March 2012: -Hollywood Video will be opening soon in the former Rogers VIdeo lacation on 100 Street Grande Prairie. It will have around 8,000 videos for rent. -Frontier Bus Lines will be discontinuing its schedule between Grande Prairie, Valleyview, Fox Creek, Whitecourt, Mayerthorpe and Edmonton effective March 31, 2012. -The Grande Prairie Multiplex will now be called the Eastlink Centre after Eastlink has agreed to a 10-year commitment worth $3million in sponsorship to the facility. -Valhala Pure Outfitters store, downtown Grande Prairie is closing their store. The Franchise has 16 locations in Alberta and BC.
March 2012: After so little snow and warm temperatures, mother nature gave the Peace Country a dump of snow just days before the official first day of spring. Compare last years snow and the Spring of 2011. View VIDEO of Spring 2011. (1:15 min)
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KISKATINAW RIVER BRIDGE - New VIdeo Posted Located just north of Dawson Creek, the Kiskatinaw River Bridge is one of the Landmarks you will want to see this summer as you DiscoverThePeaceCountry. It is the 1st wooden curved bridge built in Canada during the 2nd World War, and is still operational today. View VIDEO> (1:05min) |
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| March 2012: The Grande Prairie Dream Home is under construction. 10632-158 Ave, north Grande Prairie. You can Win a Dream Home by purchasing a ticket. Photos, prize list: Click here for more. | March 2012: Wild Bills is closing after 33 years. Bill Lilge says, his son Michael, who owns Fourward, will be moving from downtown Grande Prairie to take this spot later this summer. |
| CONTINUED: To review other years, visit the following archived pages on this website: GRANDE PRAIRIE NEWS: 2012.. 2011.. 2010.. 2009 .. 2008.. 2007 ..2006 ...2005 ... 2004 .. 2003 ... 2002... 2001.. |
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Featured on DiscoverThePeaceCountry.com is the CITY OF GRANDE PRAIRIE, that includes pages on Grande Prairie: Attractions, Camping & Fishing, Hunting, Golf, History, Hotels, Hotlinks, Grande Prairie Real Estate, Restaurants, Seniors, Service Clubs, Skiing, Schools, Statistics, Autos for Sale and Grande Prairie News of 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 2012, also Grande Prairie VIDEOS. Grande Prairie Events. Home Rennovations. Featured communities in the COUNTY OF GRANDE PRAIRIE: Beaverlodge, Bezanson, Clairmont, Elmworth, Hythe, LaGlace, Sexsmith, Teepee Creek, Valhalla Centre, Wembley. ALBERTA TOWNS: Berwyn, Brownvale, Debolt, Dixonville, Donnelly, Eaglesham, Fairview, Falher, Fort Vermilion, Girouxville, Grimshaw, Grouard, Grovedale, Guy, High Level, High Prairie, Hines Creek, Keg River, LaCrete, Manning, McLennan, Nampa, Peace River, Rainbow Lake, RIdgevalley, Rycroft, Spirit River, St. Isidore, Tangent, Valleyview, Wanham, Woking, Worsley. BC TOWNS: Charlie Lake, Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Hudson’s Hope, Pouce Coupe, Rolla, Taylor, Tomslake, Tumbler Ridge. ALBERTA PARKS AND LAKES: Dunvegan, Figure 8 Lake, George Lake, Kakut Lake, Kleskun Hills, Lesser Slave Lake, Many Islands, Moonshine Lake, Musreau Lake, Notikewin Park, Pipestone Park, Queen Elizabeth Park, Saskatoon Lake, Simonette River, Snipe Lake, Spring Lake, Sturgeon Lake, Swan Lake AB, Twin Lakes, Two Lakes, Winagami Lake. BC PARKS AND LAKES: Charlie Lake, Gwillim Lake, Kinuseo Falls, Kiskatinaw Park, Moberly Lake, One Island Lake, Swan Lake BC. Includes Provincial Parks. Cities in the Peace Country or Peace Region Include Fort St John BC, Dawson Creek BC, in Northern BC as well as Grande Prairie in Northern Alberta.
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