A by-election has been called to fill a vacancy in Holy Family Catholic Regional Division's Board of Trustees.At their Wednesday meeting, the board unanimously called for the by-election to fill the spot left by Ward 2 Trustee Tom Henihan who resigned in March.Anyone interested in running can submit their completed nom...

The City of Grande Prairie has expanded their gravel road bans to 24 hours a day.As of Friday, April 19, all gravel roads will be at 75 per cent axle weight 24/7 as part of a practice to keep the roads in good shape during the spring melt.The list of affected City roads is as follows:RR 71 - 0.5 miles south of Highway ...

The Municipal District of Smoky River is holding a series of open houses next month to discuss the Northern Lights Fiber Optic project.The open houses will allow residents to meet with project representatives, ask questions and even sign up to gain access to high speed internet.The Open Houses are happening:May 6 - Don...

Nine year sentence after guilty plea to manslaughter Alberta Justice says a man charged after the 2013 death of a woman in Clairmont has been given a nine year sentence after pleading guilty to a charge of manslaughter.Paul Tamasi was given the sentence April 15 in Grande Prairie court. He was arrested in March of 2021...

The Government of Alberta is taking a step that it hopes will help to keep young workers safe.The province is providing a grant of $175,000 to CAREERS: The Next Generation's SafeGen program.SafeGen is a free program that allows high school students to gain foundational knowledge on health and safety in the workplace th...

The Alberta government says they intend to strengthen the province's affordable housing system through Budget 2024 by providing record funding to all 48 housing providers to operate community housing. Community Housing is defined as a mix of single-family homes, apartments and townhomes, where the rent is based on 30 p...

Albert's Minister of Municipal Affairs says he hopes municipalities in the Peace would be "cheering us on" when it comes to the government's Provincial Priorities Act.The government's website says this legislation would require entities in Alberta to obtain approval from the provincial government before makin...

The provincial government is introducing new regulations to make electricity more affordable.Under the new regulations set to be introduced this spring, default electricity rates will be stabilized by being set for each provider every two years.The province says this will significantly reduce spikes in prices for Alber...

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) of Alberta has implemented two sets of process changes that they claim will improve timelines and support the office's work under its three legislative mandates.The Government of Alberta said this week that the changes were made at the start of April. One se...

Nominations are open for the 2024 Stars of Alberta Volunteer Awards to recognize volunteers who make a lasting impact in their communities. The Government of Alberta made the announcement during National Volunteer Week, which takes place from April 14-20. The Stars of Alberta Awards highlight and recognize volunteers w...

OTTAWA - One of Canada's leading disability scholars is quitting a federal advisory board, saying the government failed to properly fund the disability benefit. Michael Prince, a professor of social policy at the University of Victoria, says he's deeply disappointed with the Canada Disability Benefit. He's resigning f...

VANCOUVER - Poland's president says members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including Canada, must raise defence spending to three per cent of GDP to deter Russia's war in Ukraine from spreading. Andrzej Duda made the comments at a speech in Vancouver on Friday, a day ahead of his meeting with Prime Ministe...

OTTAWA - Liberal and NDP MPs are lamenting the loss of the longtime Conservative chair of the parliamentary committee on the status of women. Government members say they were disappointed to learn this week that Karen Vecchio would no longer be at the helm, after having first served as chair in 2017. The House of Com...

QUEBEC - The Quebec Liberal Party says its leadership race will begin next January and the winner will be chosen in June 2025. Former leader Dominique Anglade stepped down weeks after the 2022 provincial election, during which the party maintained official Opposition status but lost 10 seats. Marc Tanguay has served as...

OTTAWA - Federal officials in charge of the National Microbiology Lab are defending security protocols at the Winnipeg institution against accusations of incompetence from opposition MPs. The head of the Public Health Agency of Canada appeared before a parliamentary committee on relations between Canada and China, wher...

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal has announced a new vision for an old racetrack that the mayor says will be home to as many as 40,000 people. The federal and provincial governments, as well as the city will each pitch in $2 million for technical studies on the 95 hectares of land, part of which used to host the Hippodr...

NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers in former President Donald Trump 's hush money case shifted their attention Friday to picking alternates as jury selection resumed for a fourth day. The proceedings began again with the questionnaire phase of jury selection and 22 possible jurors were brought in. A second alternate was picked ju...

WASHINGTON (AP) - With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend. Friday's vote produced a seldom-seen outcome in t...

NEW YORK (AP) - A third panel of potential jurors will be questioned Friday in Donald Trump's hush money case, drawing jury selection a step closer to completion in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. After a jury of 12 New Yorkers was seated Thursday, lawyers are now expected to turn their attention t...

CAPRI, Italy (AP) - The United States told the Group of Seven foreign ministers on Friday that it received "last minute" information from Israel about a drone action in Iran, Italy's foreign minister said. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who chaired the meeting of ministers of industrialized countrie...

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - Two people have been detained in Poland on suspicion of attacking Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov, an ally of the late activist Alexei Navalny, the Lithuanian president announced on Friday. Volkov was attacked in March outside his home in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, where he liv...

Iran fired air defense batteries Friday and some flights were diverted or grounded after reports of explosions near a major airbase and nuclear site where drones were spotted. It was unclear if the country was under attack, but tensions are high after Iran's unprecedented missile-and-drone attack on Israel. The Israeli...