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East Coast style pizza comes to Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune | June 6, 2018
A new Grande Prairie restaurant has rapidly become popular, thanks to one item that isn’t even on its menu.
Business was slow for the first four days after Lil Ava’s Pizza opened on May 26 on 100 Street, south of the Northgate Safeway. Then co-owner Rob Mackay decided to follow a suggestion to serve East Coast-style pizza, which uses donair meat and donair sauce instead of tomato sauce.
“We went from hundreds a day to thousands a day in sales in 24 hours,” Mackay said. “Dude, it killed me for two days just trying to keep up.”
'Harry looked very handsome': Grande Prairie woman travels to UK for royal wedding
Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune | May 27, 2018
As Prince Harry and his bride tied the knot at Windsor Castle on May 19, Grande Prairie’s Bernadette Christie was waiting nearby to catch a glimpse of their carriage procession.
Christie was among the estimated 100,000 people who made a pilgrimage to Windsor to see Harry marry Meghan Markle. She wouldn’t have missed it for anything.
Four decades since Snowbird pilot killed in Grande Prairie when jet broke apart
Calgary Herald | May 4, 2018
It’s been four decades since a deadly tragedy unfolded in the skies above Grande Prairie.
On May 3, 1978, Capt. Gordon de Jong, 32, was flying as “opposing solo” in the Snowbirds aerobatic team in the Grande Prairie Air Show. In the midst of the performance, the tail fell off de Jong’s plane, sending him to his death as the jet spiralled out of control.
Grande Prairie photographer’s video of lynx love battle goes viral
Edmonton Journal | March 27, 2018
A Grande Prairie photographer has captured footage worthy of the Discovery Channel in what he calls “one of the most epic experiences of my life.”
On Wednesday evening, Amos Wiebe was driving on a logging road near Grande Prairie, looking for owls to photograph. In the fading daylight, he noticed a commotion about 100 feet up in the trees. It was two lynx, apparently having a fight.
Seven reasons why Thrive Life is getting people excited about cooking again
Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune | April 13, 2018
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Preparing dinner every night is a hassle, and getting takeout is expensive and less than healthy.
Luckily, Thrive Life has arrived in Grande Prairie. They deliver fresh food that’s healthy and hassle-free right to your door. Here are seven reasons why you should make it part of your cooking routine.
Lightning strikes hotel construction site, starts fire
Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune | August 6, 2016
The Grande Prairie Fire Department responded in full force Friday night after a lightning strike set fire to a hotel under construction in the city’s west end.
Leigh Ward, a security guard, was near the end of his shift just before 11 p.m. inside the Podollan hotel construction project on 99th Avenue, just west of the CIBC bank, when he heard a loud bang.
Mayerthorpe residents react to Moncton massacre
Edmonton Sun | June 5, 2014
News of Moncton police searching for a heavily armed cop-killer hit the town of Mayerthorpe, Alta., hard Thursday, just days before the community’s annual marathon in remembrance of its own tragedy on March 3, 2005.
Albert Schalm was Mayerthorpe’s mayor when James Roszko shot and killed four RCMP officers on his property near the town, before turning his gun on himself.