Grande Prairie

• RCMP charge educational assistant with sexual interference, child luring

  Maddison Peterson, 21, is facing several charges in relation to a child sexual interference investigation led by Beaverlodge RCMP.

  Crime

  Jan 17
  
• Verdict coming soon in child sex assault trial for former top doctor at Interior Health

  The charges against Dr. Albert de Villiers, 54, are for incidents alleged to have occurred between June 15, 2018, and July 31, 2020, near Grande Prairie, Alta.

  Crime

  Jan 13
  
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• Former top doctor for Interior Health testifies in child sex assault trial

  Due to the age of the people involved in the trial, there’s a publication ban covering their identities and anything that may offer insight into them.

  Crime

  Jan 11
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• Child sex assault trial for Interior Health’s former top doctor gets underway in Alberta

  Previously he worked out of Grande Prairie as the lead medical health officer with Alberta’s north zone. He originally came to Canada from South Africa.

  Crime

  Jan 10
• Pride mural defaced, flags stolen and burnt in downtown Grande Prairie

  Grande Prairie RCMP is investigating after reports of “hateful and intolerant” behaviour towards the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

  Crime

  Nov 16, 2022
• Grande Prairie RCMP officer charged after hitting man with car: ASIRT

  Const. Damien Lessard-Jomphe has been charged with “dangerous operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm” after hitting a 28-year-old man with an RCMP vehicle.

  Crime

  Oct 20, 2022
• Northbound travel re-opens after collision north of Grande Prairie, Alta.

  RCMP say northbound traffic has been reduced to a single lane near Clairmont, Alta., just north of Grande Prairie, after a truck and a semi-truck collided Monday. 

  Traffic

  Oct 3, 2022
• ‘I don’t want to endanger the public’: Calgary mayor fears harassment in wake of Freeland incident

  Mayor Jyoti Gondek said she had to sit with her thoughts for days after she saw the video because the incident brought up too much pain and fear.

  Politics

  Aug 30, 2022
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• ‘It’s always there’: Female politicians in Alberta respond to verbal assault on Freeland

  More Albertan politicians are speaking out about the baneful behaviour on display late last week in Grande Prairie’s city hall toward Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2022
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• Interior Health’s former top doctor charged with new child sex crimes

  Dr. Albert Stefanus de Villiers was charged with invitation to sexual touching, voyeurism and making sexually explicit material available to a child.

  Crime

  Aug 25, 2022