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News Headlines from Grande Prairie, AB

• Belt Drive Betty to hit the road on cross-country tour

  As a champion of Peace Country motorcycle tourism, Renee Charbonneau has been everywhere in the region on her bike.

• Church bells will soon chime

  Mary, Catherine, Theresa and Patrick will once again hang outside after about three years.

• GP still a boom town for crime, say RCMP

  Grande Prairie is still a boomtown, says Insp. Peter Puszka of the Grande Prairie RCMP, and it is policed as such.

• Bamford sets CCMA pace with six nominations

  Canadian country music singer Gord Bamford performs at the Boston Pizza Restaurant at Mayfield Common in Edmonton on July 28, 2010, where the Canadian Country Music Association announced the nominees for the 2010 CCMA Awards.

• Camrose nets big provincial win in eco action challenge

  A committed group of environmentally conscious Camrose citizens has garnered the city a first place win in last month's province wide Community Eco Action Challenge.

• Camp sites filling up quickly for busiest weekend of the summer

  If you're planning on visiting a park for the long weekend, you probably should have at least made a phone call by now a ' prime spots are fading fast.

• EDITORIAL: Legacy of Brian Nash in GP cannot be denied

  In any community, there are people who seek to make the place in which they live a better one.

• Summer program offers kids a little extra help

  Occupational therapist Amanda Penney watches as Carter Facette, 8, glues his pig ears for the piggy bank he is making during a Student Health Initiative Program summer class.

• Stephanie Keough, left, and Brenda Magnusson call themselves "the Liquid Chicks."

  It's always 4:20 somewhere, and two Grande Prairie women figure the best way to celebrate is with a nice, cold shot of hemp-infused vodka.

• Council rethinking move to support uniona TMs Alberta Hospital campaign

  Some members of city council are questioning their support of a union campaign to renovate Alberta Hospital in Edmonton after a health care CEO told them Monday they didn't have all the information.