The County of Grande Prairie is reopening the County Sportsplex Pond to the public as of Thursday two months after an illegal disposal of industrial oil waste product closed the attraction.
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Category Archives: Grande Prairie (Alberta)
Highway 43X bypass set to open in August
Drivers could be using the Highway 43X bypass by the end of August. Despite some delays, Alberta Transportation Regional Director Ryan Konowalyk says the project is well on its way to being done.
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Housing starts on the rise in Grande Prairie
It’s a bit of a mixed bag when it comes to housing starts in Grande Prairie so far in 2019.
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Some Wembley residents speaking out about proposed bylaw change
Some Wembley residents are raising their concerns about a possible bylaw change that would affect rail transloading facilities, like the one in the works by Source Energy Services. The change would move facilities like that from a discretionary use, which requires public consultation before changes are made, to permitted use, meaning the public would not need to be informed of future changes.
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Grande Prairie shoppers spent upwards of $4.7 B in 2018
Shoppers in Grande Prairie spent more than $4.7 billion dollars in the area last year. That’s according to numbers collected as part of the 2019 Retail Market Analysis.
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City report asserts residential property taxes dropped overall
The City of Grande Prairie is sticking to its guns that residential property taxes decreased for the average Grande Prairie ratepayer in 2019.
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City unveils Long Term Economic Development Strategic Plan
The City of Grande Prairie has released a 20-year economic road map with improvements it believes need to be made to help the local economy blossom.
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Long-awaited Grande Prairie hospital more than half complete, says minister
The beleaguered Grande Prairie Regional Hospital is more than 60 per cent complete, says Alberta’s minister of infrastructure.
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City council aiming to limit 2020 tax increase
Grande Prairie city councillors don’t want to see property taxes go up by more than one per cent next year. They have directed administration to prepare the 2020 budget with a property tax increase no higher than that, plus or minus estimated inflation.
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Wembley to hold hearing on land use, crude-by-rail facilities
People in Wembley will again get to share their thoughts on the Source transloading facility. A public hearing is being held as part of the process to change a land use bylaw to allow truck and rail transloading terminals to fall under permitted use.
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