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This website NOW features over 70 areas in Northwestern Alberta and Northeastern British Columbia known as the Peace Country. All of the Peace Country is now on ONE website with over 2,200 pictures on this site. Each area can be accessed from the 4 pull down menus at the top of each page or by accessing the Map of the Peace Country or Map of County. These road maps are clickable...click on any area of the map and information and pictures comes up.
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Featuring Entire Menus of Grande Prairie Restaurants:
Golden Star, Crown & Anchor, BJs Q Club, MR. MIKES and now Pizza-N-Wings and Ramona Pizza. Grande Prairie Restaurants |
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Featuring many Grande Prairie Hotels :
Canadian Motor Inn, Stonebridge Hotel, Motel 6, Stanford Inn, Super 8, Best Western, Ramada Inn, Holiday Inn, Pomeroy Inn, Sandman Hotel, Holiday Inn Express, Grande Prairie Inn, Service Plus Inns, and The Lodge Motor Inn. Grande Prairie Hotels |
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Priced at $343,000. 1694 sq ft full developed 4 level split, 4 bedrooms 3 bathrooms, 3 living rooms,. .........
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The Grande Prairie Business Directory features a variety of businesses with links to their websites.
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The Hotlinks Page now features links to 150 different communities in Alberta.
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Enjoy great hockey action at the Canada Games Arena, home of The Grande Prairie Storm, AJHL Hockey Team.
Storm Hockey Schedule |
 Home of the Grande Prairie Athletics (Senior Hockey Team) NPHL, that challenges other teams in the Peace Country.The NPHL consists of the Grande Prairie Athletics, Hythe Mustangs, High Prairie Regals, Fairview Kings, Lakeland Eagles (from McLennan) Falher Pirates, Peace River Stampeders, Fort St John Flyers and Valleyview Jets. Back in the 2010-2011 league are the Spirit River Rangers, Horse Lake Thunder, and Dawson Creek Canucks. NPHL Hockey Schedule |
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Events of Grande Prairie, Events of the County of Grande Prairie, Events of Peace River, Events of Fairview, Events of Fort St John and more.
2010 EVENTS OF THE PEACE COUNTRY
FORUMS
DiscoverThePeaceCountry.com has now added FORUMS to all the AB and BC Parks and Lakes pages featured. You can read about or post your camping/ fishing experiences on any Parks you visit.
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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, the most music, most advertising etc. Grande Prairie Radio Stations. |
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.
Canola fields in full bloom. Photo taken south of Grande Prairie, Alberta.
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 2010 -by Ken Connors |
HOME SALES IN JUNE DECLINE
July 2010 - Information released by the Grande Prairie and Area Association of Realtors indicate that home sales declined in June as compared to last year by 33%. There were 12% more listings on the market in June and even with the more supply of homes, the over-all price was up by 4% over June of 2009. The average price of a home in Grande Prairie is now $270,000.
| 2010 STREET PERFORMERS FESTIVAL July 2010- The three day Grande Prairie Street Performers Festival drew one of its biggest crowds to date. This years Festival was its 10th annual. You can view a 3:00min Video of the some of the performances from the final day of the event. PLAY VIDEO> (3:30min) |
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July 2010- Long time resident Brian Nash has passed away at the age of 62. He was co-owner of Q-99 Radio in Grande Prairie, as well the owner of Marlin Travel and Nash Tours.
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PREMIER VISITS THE PEACE COUNTRY Premier of Alberta, Ed Stelmach brings good news. A new Grande Prairie Hospital will be built starting in 2011 and to be completed by 2014. Not so good news for the Wembley River of Death and Discovery Dinosaur Museum. No announcement of funding for that project as of yet. View a short VIDEO of Ed Stelmach speaking to s small crowd in Wembley on July 20, 2011. PLAY VIDEO> (3:40min) |
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FISHING IN THE PEACE COUNTRY Ken Connors of DiscoverThePeaceCountry.com takes you on a fishing trip to Snipe Lake, Alberta. (northeast of Valleyview). This video gives you some close ups of the Northern Pike that inhabit this lake. With the dry summer, the water levels of many of the lakes are quite a bit lower than usual making launching a boat a bit tricky. PLAY VIDEO> (4:15min) Check out the "Creature So BIg" (Jaws) Video PLAY VIDEO> 1:40min |
July 2010 -Mayor Dwight Logan announced he will run for mayor in the October 18th election. It is now officially a 3-way race with Gladys Blackmore and Bill Given also running for mayor. -Winners of the Cash and Camping Lottery were announced. Joseph Blanch of Grande Prairie winner of the Ford 350/5th Wheel/Trip/$10,000.00 cash. Donna Matier (Grande Prairie) won the GMC Terrain/Northwood Freelance. Don Johnson (Grovedale) won the Jayco Octane/Brute Force 4x4 ATV. Rick Campbell (Grande Prairie) won the Keystone Sprinter. Jim Wark (Chetwynd) won the Suntracker Party Barge. Ken Campbell (Grande Prairie) won the Jayco Jayfeather. (complete list of winners)
- One of Grande Prairie's longtime residents, Tom Shields passed away. He was 69 years old and over the years was involved in real estate, politics and the Rotary.
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June 2010- Grant and Shari Inman of Hythe are the winners of the 2010 Grande Prairie Dream Home. The draw was made June 29th. (last year the couple won the grand prize in the Cars for Christmas Lottery) -The old Wapiti Dorm has been demolished. It was built in 1950 and has now been replaced with the new Rotary House, located south of City Hall. -The Bear Creek pool will close for good after this summer ends. The pool was built in the 1960's and will be replaced with a water and spray park. - Ric's Grill Steak Seafood & Chop House is now open in the old East Side Marios location on west side of Grande Prairie. -Gladys Blackmore, City of Grande Prairie Alderman, has announced that she intends to run for Mayor in the next election. -Twinning of Highway 43 from Edmonton to Grande Prairie is complete except for 36.5 km through the Sturgeon Lake First Nation Reserve, west of Valleyview. Work will begin on this last part later this summer. -The Farmer's Market has made a major change to its look, located downtown Grande Prairie. It has been transformed into a large barn. -Alderman Bill Given announced he will be run for Mayor in the October election. Given, a three-term Alderman is the first to officially declare his intentions.
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STOMPEDE PARADE May 25, 2010- The Grande Prairie Stompede Parade took place in Downtown Grande Prairie to help kick of the 33rd Stompede. One of the highlights was the Cattle Drive. You can watch the entire parade in a 4:20min VIDEO, a presentation of DiscoverThePeaceCountry.com. PLAY VIDEO > |
May 2010- GRANDE PRAIRIE DREAM HOME. You can now take a SNEAK PEEK at the inside of the 2010 Grande Prairie Dream Home. VIEW PHOTOS> The Dream Home is located near the entrance of Taylor Estates (southeast of Grande Prairie east on 68 Avenue, not far from last years Dream Home). Final Draw is June 29, 2010. - The 84th Avenue Co-op Gas Bar at Patterson Village Shopping Centre closed after 25 years. The building was demolished.
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GRANDE PRAIRIE REAL ESTATE May 2010- The Grande Prairie Real Estate Market is much stronger in 2010 than 2009. It looks good for the rest of the year too. You can watch an interview with Jamie Menzies, President of the Grande Prairie and Area Association of Realtors with more information. Play VIDEO> 2:10min. |
May 2010 -Clairmont will be getting a Sportsplex with completion expected in 2010. It will have 2 ice rinks and an indoor soccer pitch. - After 35 years, Davco Solutions in the County Industrial Park has closed. It has put 24 employees out of work. Taco Time has moved into the Little Caesars location along the Highway Bypass, 11801- 100 Street.
April 2010- The Swan Festival is a sure sign of spring, as many gather at Saskatoon Island Provincial Park to see and learn more about the Trumpeter Swan. Play VIDEO --1:30 min
| To review other years, visit the following archived pages on this website: GRANDE PRAIRIE NEWS: 2010... 2009 .. 2008... 2007 ...2006 ...2005 ... 2004 ... 2003 ... 2002... 2001.. |
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NUCLEAR POWER
IN THE PEACE COUNTRY
JUNE 2010- "Get yourself educated before you jump to quick conclusions..."
MAY 2010- "The risk is simply too high"...
FEB 2010- "Nuclear energy is the cleanest..."
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A RADIO SCRAPBOOK that centres on the Radio History of the Peace Country and includes other radio stations Ken Connors worked for. (1971-1981) CFGP, (SUN-FM Rock 97.7 FM) CKNL Fort St John, 1140 CKXL Calgary, CJOC Radio Lethbridge, 1090 CHEC Lethbridge, CJME Regina, 630 CHED Edmonton.
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