City
Municipal census begins
The City of Grande Prairie has started the municipal census today (Wednesday, May 1) to make sure the population count is accurate.The count is being done on the basis of calculations per capita for provincial and federal grants.Mayor Jackie Clayton encourages everyone to take part in the census. "Participation in...
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PWPSD
PWPSD announce first recipients of Teacher Bursary program
Peace Wapiti Public School Division has announced the first recipients of its new Teacher Bursary.The program was created to assist individuals within the division to attain Bachelor of Education degrees.The program provides $3,000 per year to 8 recipients to cover the costs directly associated with the Teacher Educati...
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Peace Region
Flags at Half-Mast
County of Grande Prairie Council honours former Councillor Ross Sutherland
County of Grande Prairie facility flags are being flown at half mast, to honour former county Councillor Ross Sutherland, who recently passed away. Sutherland served on county council for eleven years, from 2010 to 2021, including a seven-year stint as Deputy Reeve from 2012 to 2019.In a post on social media, the Count...
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City
Municipal census begins
The City of Grande Prairie has started the municipal census today (Wednesday, May 1) to make sure the population count is accurate.The count is being done on the basis of calculations per capita for provincial and federal grants.Mayor Jackie Clayton encourages everyone to take part in the census. "Participation in...
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Wildfire Danger
Wildfire hazard high in GPFA, moderate in PRFA
GPFASome cool, wet weather means the wildfire hazard is down to moderate in the Grande Prairie Forest Area.A fire restriction remains in place. No new fire permits are being issued and existing ones are cancelled, restricted, or suspended. Safe wood campfires are still allowed.There have been 24 fires since January 1 t...
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PWPSD
PWPSD announce first recipients of Teacher Bursary program
Peace Wapiti Public School Division has announced the first recipients of its new Teacher Bursary.The program was created to assist individuals within the division to attain Bachelor of Education degrees.The program provides $3,000 per year to 8 recipients to cover the costs directly associated with the Teacher Educati...
8h ago
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Emergency Department
Grimshaw & District Community Health Centre ED closing overnight
The hours of service for the Grimshaw and District Community Health Centre emergency department have been changed by AHS, due to a lack of registered nursing staff. Now, the ED will remain open for registration between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. before closing overnight, so the remaining staff have enough time to tend to all pa...
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RCMP
UPDATE: Missing Cadotte Lake youth found safe
UPDATE: Peace Regional RCMP say that Chanelle Nezcroche has been located safe. RCMP would like to thank the public for their assistance.Peace Regional RCMP is asking for the public's assistance in locating 16-year-old Chanelle Marie Nezcroche, a resident of Cadotte Lake.Chanelle left a residence in Cadotte Lake sometim...
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Local Sports
Swimming
Piranhas hosting swim meet this weekend
The Grande Prairie Piranhas host the Northern Lights Invitational swim meet Friday through Sunday at the Eastlink Centre. City Hall says in a release that 400 athletes and fans are expected. This means that on Friday, the diving boards are not available all day and the 50-metre pool and Flow Rider are unavailable betwe...
Apr 30, 2024
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Curling
B.C. men's curling champions breaking up after one season together
The defending B.C. Men's curling champions have announced the team is breaking up after one season together.Team Catlin Schneider had included Jason Ginter of Dawson Creek (second from left) and Sterling Middleton from Fort St. John (second from right).They won the B.C. men's title in Esquimalt and carried the province...
Apr 23, 2024
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Rodeo
Two rodeos this weekend
The Dawson Creek Spring Break-Up Rodeo is set for Friday and Saturday at the Ovintiv Events Centre. Start time is 7:00 PM B.C. time both days. There was also a junior rodeo held earlier on Friday. The slack goes at noon on Saturday. Tickets at www.lakeviewtix.caHigh school rodeo at Evergreen ParkThe Alberta High School...
Apr 19, 2024
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Agriculture
Wildfire Danger
Wildfire hazard high in GPFA, moderate in PRFA
GPFASome cool, wet weather means the wildfire hazard is down to moderate in the Grande Prairie Forest Area.A fire restriction remains in place. No new fire permits are being issued and existing ones are cancelled, restricted, or suspended. Safe wood campfires are still allowed.There have been 24 fires since January 1 t...
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Agriculture
April 30 last day for potential hosts to sign up for Alberta Open Farm Days
Today (Tuesday, April 30) is the deadline for potential host farms to register for this year's edition of Alberta Open Farm Days.CEO Tim Carson says more than farms can take part."There's many ways that organizations can get involved like an agricultural society.""We've had ag. societies do farmer's mark...
Apr 30, 2024
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GP Grows
Annual GP Grows: Dig It set to take place in May
The city's annual GP Grows: Dig It event is set to return to the Grande Prairie Activity & Reception Centre on May 11. Thanks to positive community feedback from the prior events, residents are once again invited to pick up free potato and onion seeds, along with some triple mix soil. Taking place from noon to 4 p....
Apr 30, 2024
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Alberta
Alberta
Provincial government says funding for sexual assault centres increased in new budget
The provincial government says an additional $3 million is included in the new budget for Alberta's sexual assault centres. The government says in a release that this means the 15 centres in Alberta will get a total of almost $17 million in the 2024-25 budget year. The province says there is another $3 million to be ad...
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Trans Mountain pipeline expansion gets green light to open for May 1
CALGARY - The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is complete and the Canada Energy Regulator has given the go-ahead for the project to open. The regulator says it has approved the last remaining "leave to open" applications submitted by Trans Mountain Corp. Approval of these applications was required before th...
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CyberSecurity
Retailer London Drugs closes stores in Western Canada due to 'operational issue'
Retail and pharmacy chain London Drugs says in a post on social media that it has closed all of its stores in Western Canada temporarily due to what it called an "operational issue."Various news outlets reported the company shared by email that it was a cybersecurity incident and that the store closures were ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Multimillion-dollar cold storage facility coming to Coaldale
A significant investment is being made in Coaldale.The Government of Alberta has announced that a $222-million cold storage facility is being built in the town by NewCold, with construction to begin "almost immediately".The facility will offer capacity for Alberta food processors to boost production. Official...
Apr 29, 2024
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Canada
CP NewsAlert: B.C. woman arrested over speech that praised Hamas attack
VANCOUVER - Police say a 44-year-old woman has been arrested in a hate-crime investigation over a speech in Vancouver that praised the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel. A statement from the Vancouver Police Department says the woman "referred to a number of terrorist organizations as heroes." More coming. Th...
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Human-rights advocates pan budget plan to detain immigrants in federal prisons
OTTAWA - Human-rights groups are urging Ottawa to reverse course on plans to allow immigrant detention in federal prisons, saying vulnerable people could be exposed to unreasonably harsh conditions. Ottawa can detain foreigners without charge when they can't be identified or when it is suspected they won't show up to h...
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Oil begins moving on Canada's $34B Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Smith calls it 'monumental'
Canada's energy sector as well as the country's main oil-producing province celebrated Wednesday as the long-awaited $34-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion officially came online.Crown corporation Trans Mountain Corp. issued a statement Wednesday confirming that oil is now moving on the expanded pipeline, which ...
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Head of Halifax port says cargo scanners wont solve issue of exported stolen vehicles
OTTAWA - The head of the Halifax Port Authority says scanning more shipping containers for stolen cars may do little to curb auto theft. President and CEO Allan Gray made the comments to MPs at the national security committee, which is currently studying an explosion of car theft in Canada. Politicians including Ontari...
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LNG company's plan for floating work camp is rejected by Squamish, B.C.
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Plans to use a renovated cruise ship to house more than 600 workers as they build a liquefied natural gas facility near Squamish, B.C., have been voted down by the local council. The ship arrived in B.C. waters in January after a 40-day journey from Estonia, where it had sheltered Ukrainian refugees, b...
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh confirms his party will support the Liberals' federal budget
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will support the federal budget, ending any speculation that the party could pull out of its deal with the minority Liberal government. Singh says his party wanted time to digest the budget, but is ultimately voting in favour of it because of shared initiatives that it p...
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World
Arizona's Democratic leaders make final push to repeal 19th century abortion ban
PHOENIX (AP) - Democrats in the Arizona Legislature are expected to make a final push Wednesday to repeal the state's long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions, which a court said can be enforced. Voting wasn't complete but the Senate had the 16 votes it needed to advance the bill. Fourteen Democrats in the Senate were ...
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Wisconsin school district says active shooter 'neutralized' outside middle school
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin school district said an active shooter was "neutralized" outside a middle school in Mount Horeb on Wednesday, and no one inside the building was injured. Authorities said without giving details that the "alleged assailant" was harmed, and a witness said she had h...
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Tennis legend Boris Becker discharged from bankruptcy court in England
LONDON (AP) - German tennis legend Boris Becker was discharged from bankruptcy court in London after a judge found Wednesday he had done "all that he reasonably could do" to repay creditors tens of millions of pounds. Becker fell far short of repaying his creditors in full, but Chief Insolvency and Companies ...
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