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Have you ever been out for a walk in the river valley and wished you had packed a snack?

April Ellingham peered out the kitchen window of her home in Grande Prairie, Alta., this week, surprised to see two huge, furry ears.

At first she thought it was a rabbit, until she got a closer look.

A feral domestic rabbit population is quietly growing in a north Edmonton neighbourhood, and residents say they’ve been left to manage the problem on their own.

Graham Pearson, a mantle geochemist with the University of Alberta in Edmonton, has had a new mineral – Grahampearsonite -- approved by the International Mineralogical Association.

Ian MacIsaac has been homeless two times in Edmonton — once during the pandemic and the second time just last year.

MacIsaac survived in part because he had a support system that helped him get back on his feet and find housing.

The Grande Prairie, Alta., RCMP Detachment has been renamed Clairmont RCMP Detachment.

The change is effective immediately.

The Grande Prairie Public School Division says that a new Kindergarten to Grade 8 school in the Kensington area is the Number 1 priority in its new capital plan.

A gravel shortage has prompted the city to call off any plans to fill potholes or let residents re-gravel their driveways until the next calendar year.

Wapiti Community Support Association is asking the City of Grande Prairie for help following the loss of $1.4 million in provincial funding.

There were 28 reported vehicle thefts in the city between Jan. 1 and Feb. 9 of this year, according to the RCMP and Grande Prairie Police Service. That marks a 47 per cent increase compared to the same period last year.

"Most of those were cars that were left unlocked or with keys that were left in the ignition," said Cpl. Matthew Howell, spokesperson for Alberta RCMP.

With a critical deadline within reach, a social media post criticizing both the structure and competency of the Grande Prairie Police Service (GPPS) sent a definitive shockwave through the city.

When you call a certain long-standing shop in Grande Prairie, Alta., the owner will answer on a rotary phone while sitting in a storefront filled with custom-built, decades-old shelves stuffed with magazines and an assortment of goods ranging from corncob pipes to candy and nuts.

Al’s News has been a staple of downtown Grande Prairie — located about 450 kilometres northwest of Edmonton — for more than six decades. Its deep roots and high standing in the community recently earned the shop an award from the city’s downtown association.

A 50-year-old Grande Prairie man is accused of trying to kidnap a 10-year-old girl.

The girl was walking down a road shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday when she noticed the man following her and ran inside her friend’s house, according to police.

Anyone who was on a trip with Cold Shot Bus Company from Calgary to north of Edmonton on March 10 and 11 is being warned of a potential measles exposure.

An initial exposure was identified at the Calgary Airport at baggage claim carousel #4 at 4:45 p.m. It then extended to the Calgary Bus Terminal beginning at 6 p.m., according to a news release from the Alberta government.

From there, exposures line up with stops along the trip at the Red Deer Bus Terminal and Edmonton Bus Terminal.

A second trip from the Edmonton terminal to a Grande Prairie terminal, which traveled overnight into March 11, was also listed as an exposure risk.