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Market Wire - Professional Services: Non Profits (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Safe Communities Canada announced today that Mark Whelpton of Grande Prairie Alberta, was named as the 2008 recipient of its National Ambassador for Safety Volunteer Award. The Ambassador for Safety Volunteer Award recognizes an individual citizen within the network of Canadian designated safe communities that has made a significant contribution to promoting a culture...
Emerson Drive, the group from Grande Prairie, Alta., who have been trying to make it in Nashville since 2003, now have proof that they have the ears of American country fans. On Wednesday, they... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Alberta health officials confirmed Saturday Canada's 10th fatality related to the national listeriosis outbreak. The outbreak was connected to a Maple Leaf Foods Toronto plant meat recall over the past week. Reports identified Kristen Woboditsch, 36, who died in a Grande Prairie hospital Aug. 14 after being infected by the Listeria monocytogenes bacterium in her blood and brain.
Two young brothers have died after being sucked beneath a load of grain and smothered on a farm in northwestern Alberta.The incident happened about 160 kilometres northeast of Grande Prairie, Alta., RCMP said yesterday.
Two young brothers have died after being sucked beneath a load of grain and smothered on a farm in northwestern Alberta.The incident happened about 160 kilometres northeast of Grande Prairie, RCMP said yesterday.
For Mary Hicks, waiting to learn whether her daughter's death is linked to the listeria outbreak has been agonizing.Early this month, Kirsten, 36, had visited the hospital in Grande Prairie, Alta., for an unrelated problem that resulted in a weakened immune system. Two weeks later, on Aug. 14, she died.
A veteran chuckwagon driver and 14 of his horses were killed in a head-on collision in northern Alberta en route to a chuckwagon-tour stop in British Columbia.RCMP say the crash happened about 2:30 p.m. yesterday near Rycroft, 70 kilometres north of Grande Prairie.
Our client, a multi-national oil field services and technical consulting company is seeking Management Accountants for their Northern Alberta offices based in Red Deer and Grande Prairie. Reporting directly to the Controller in their respective regions, the Management Accountant will be a key member of the regional team. Key responsibilities of these roles include day to day management of accounting...
A northern Alberta doctor is facing sex charges in connection with alleged attacks on patients - three women and one man - between 2001 and 2007, RCMP said yesterday.After a lengthy investigation at two clinics in Grande Prairie involving alleged victims who were either youths or in their 30s, police said they laid charges including five counts of sexual assault, two counts of assault, and sexual interference...
Market Wire - Computers and Software (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
CALGARY, ALBERTA (MARKET WIRE) Zoom Communications ("Zoom") and the World Professional Chuckwagon Association ("WPCA") launched the new website, www.halfmileofhell.com, on May 26 in time to cover the Grande Prairie Stompede. In the first two weeks of operation, www.halfmileofhell.com has seen over 210,000 page views, 100,000 video views and just over 30,000 unique visitors and the numbers keep going...
City of Grande Prairie Alderman and blogger Bill Given is joining municipal leaders from across Canada (including Don Iveson) at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference in Quebec City this week. Luckily for us, Bill is blogging his FCM adventures. He's already written three posts on the conference, but be sure to check out his updates.
No, it’s not ready for download, but here’s a sneak peek at the future of gaming on Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone and iPod touch, via HermitWorks Entertainment, a casual game developer based in Grande Prairie, Alberta. It’s a port of Quake III Arena, modified for the new platform. Note the use of the accelerometers to control movement [...]
Press release: The Great Orbax (IAM) and Sweet Pepper Klopek’s (IAM) traveling show ‘Monsters of Schlock‘ is being banned by the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission. We arrived at Better than Fred’s in Grande Prairie AB looking forward to a great show booked several months in advance to a sold out venue. The liquor commissioner calls the [...]
CHICAGO & GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wynnchurch Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm with offices in Montreal and Detroit, announced it has acquired a majority interest in
I've posted on the Pine Beetle before - the following news release from Grande Prairie Regional College shows that this continues to be an ongoing battle:Gaining an understanding of mountain pine beetle infestation is important to foresters from Mexico to Saskatchewan - and the Alberta Mountain Pine Beetle Training Centre at Grande Prairie Regional College is providing that opportunity. The MPB Training...
