Local Government
County of Grande Prairie launches Phase 1 of Land Use Bylaw Update
The County of Grande Prairie is beginning Phase 1 of its Land Use Bylaw Update.The first phase focuses on administrative and procedural items in the bylaw to ensure timelines a line with provincial requirements.The proposed amendments include updating bylaw maps to have a physical set that reflects all the rezoning, sp...
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Healthcare
Applications for Northern Alberta Medical Program being evaluated
The process for picking the first students for the Northern Alberta Medical Program is underway.This is new training for 30 physicians that will start in Grande Prairie in September of 2025. Grande Prairie family doctor Richard Martin is the regional academic lead for the program.He says applications are now being revi...
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Peace Region
Healthcare
Four-day service disruption starts Thursday at Fairview Health Complex emergency department
Alberta Health Services says a lengthy service disruption will start Thursday, November 7 in the emergency department at the Fairview Health Complex.There will be no on site physician from 7:00 a.m. Thursday until 7:00 a.m. Monday, November 11. Two more disruptions are planned for next week. One will last from 7:00 a.m...
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Local Government
County of Grande Prairie launches Phase 1 of Land Use Bylaw Update
The County of Grande Prairie is beginning Phase 1 of its Land Use Bylaw Update.The first phase focuses on administrative and procedural items in the bylaw to ensure timelines a line with provincial requirements.The proposed amendments include updating bylaw maps to have a physical set that reflects all the rezoning, sp...
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Healthcare
Applications for Northern Alberta Medical Program being evaluated
The process for picking the first students for the Northern Alberta Medical Program is underway.This is new training for 30 physicians that will start in Grande Prairie in September of 2025. Grande Prairie family doctor Richard Martin is the regional academic lead for the program.He says applications are now being revi...
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Construction
City of Grande Prairie begins 2024 traffic signal maintenance
The City of Grande Prairie has begun it's 2024 Traffic Signal Maintenance program.City crews will be inspecting and upgrading traffic signal infrastructure at some intersections. The city says this is to better ensure the safety and reliability of traffic signals across the city.The scheduled intersections include 92 A...
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County Regional Fire Service
County Regional Fire Service responding to Huallen structure fire
County Regional Fire Service crews are responding to a structure fire in the Huallen area.Crews from the Clairmont, Dunes and Hythe Stations, as well as Beaverlodge and Wemble,y are on the scene.Smoke is visible from Highway 43. There is no immediate danger to the public.People are being asked to avoid the area to allo...
Nov 05, 2024
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County of Grande Prairie
County of Grande Prairie conducting further water shutoffs as part of ongoing Hythe valve project
The County of Grande Prairie will be conducting a temporary water outage in Hythe on Wednesday, November 6. As part of an ongoing valve replacement project in the area north and south along 107 Street and 100 Avenue, county crews will shut off the water service for approximately eight hours. The shut off is expected to...
Nov 05, 2024
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Local Sports
Local Sports
Two Storm players win AJHL player of the week awards
Grande Prairie Storm forward Will Harris is the Alberta Junior Hockey league's Player of the Week.Harris recorded four points in a pair of Storm wins in Olds over the weekend.Storm goalie Keagin Kellin is the AJHL Defensive Player of the Week after being in goal for those two wins. He has been in the Storm net for thre...
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Local Sports
Mixed curling update, hockey, bantam football and Wolves scores from the weekend
Mixed Curling Alberta is now 1-1 at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. Kurt Balderston's team lost 8-3 in six ends to Quebec Monday afternoon. Quebec stole three in the sixth end to seal the victory. Alberta opened with a 7-3 win over Prince Edward Island on Sunday. The Balderston foursome plays Nunavut at 8 a.m....
Nov 05, 2024
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Local Sports
Stanley Cup champs ink Grande Prairie product
The Stanley Cup champions have signed a Grande Prairie product.The Florida Panthers say they have an agreement with forward Gracyn Sawchyn on a three-year, entry-level contract.Sawchyn was picked in the second round, 63rd overall, by the Panthers in the 2023 NHL Draft."Gracyn is a talented skater with strong stick...
Nov 04, 2024
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Agriculture
Agriculture
50th anniversary edition of Farmfair International starts Wednesday
An event that traditionally draws a lot of exhibitors and spectators from the Peace starts in Edmonton on Wednesday.Farmfair International will run through Saturday.The show is marking its 50th anniversary this year, a milestone that will be celebrated with cake and live music each day. There will be various livestock ...
Nov 05, 2024
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Agriculture
County of Grande Prairie updating Livestock Emergency Response Plan
The County of Grande Prairie is updating it's Livestock Emergency Response Plan.Starting this week, the county will be reaching out to residents to update their registration information to ensure the county knows the types, numbers, and locations of livestock across the county.The plan was developed to meet the needs o...
Nov 05, 2024
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Agriculture
Three Peace Region groups benefitting from FCC AgriSpirit Fund grants
Farm Credit Canada is dispersing $1.5-million to 82 community groups throughout the country to support rural capital projects. The money is coming out of the FCC AgriSpirit Fund, which has supported nearly 1,700 projects over the past two decades, totalling over $22.5-million worth of investments made.This year, three ...
Nov 04, 2024
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Alberta
DANIELLE SMITH AND DEVIN DREESHEN
Premier and minister of transportation comment on B.C. port work stoppage
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors Devin Dreeshen have issued a joint statement regarding the West Coast ports work stoppage.The BC Maritime Employers Association locked out employees on Nov. 4, in response to strike activity by the International Longshore and Warehouse...
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NOVEMBER 7
Alberta Legislature hosts service of remembrance
A public service of remembrance will take place on Nov. 7 at 11 a.m. at the Alberta Legislature Building rotunda, hosted by the Honourable Nathan Cooper, speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. "The service of remembrance honours those lost in conflicts, those who returned home and those in active duty. I ...
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Provincial Politics
Premier Smith travelling to United Arab Emirates to promote Alberta energy and sustainability
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is travelling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today to discuss potential investment and economic development opportunities for Alberta. While there, Smith will also attend the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC), a global energy event, where she is expec...
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FINANCIAL STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT
Province proposes new mortgage finance options, EV tax, and more
The Government of Alberta has proposed the Financial Statutes Amendment Act, which it says would provide alternative financing options for mortgages, make amendments to the Child and Family Benefit, standardize indexing across the government, and more.It would also introduce a new annual adjustment system to enable mor...
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Canada
B.C. court allows police to apply to dispose of evidence at serial killer's property
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court says it has jurisdiction to order the disposal of thousands of pieces of evidence seized from Robert Pickton's pig farm decades ago, whether it was used in his murder trial or not. The court says in a ruling issued online today that the RCMP can apply to dispose of some 15,000 pieces ...
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A look at potential fresh faces around Premier David Eby's next B.C. cabinet table
British Columbia Premier David Eby's new cabinet will be sworn in on Nov. 18, and it will have to feature a significant number of new ministers after last month's election saw several incumbents defeated while others didn't run. Eby will also have to figure out how the cabinet will represent rural regions, given that t...
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Canadian Press NewsAlert: Ottawa orders TikTok's Canadian arm to be dissolved
OTTAWA - The government says it's ordering the dissolution of TikTok Technology Canada, the Canadian arm of the app's owner ByteDance, after a national security review. It says the move will not block Canadians' access to the TikTok app. More coming. The Canadian Press
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Ontario man with indeterminate prison sentence dies at 47 of 'natural causes' in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Correctional Service of Canada says Angel Jones, who was serving an indeterminate sentence in a British Columbia prison for biting a woman's nose off, has died of natural causes at the age of 47. Jones was declared a dangerous offender by an Ontario court in 2007 and jailed indefinitely for the c...
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'Should never have ended like that': Inuk man killed by police in Quebec's Far North
MONTREAL - A remote northern Quebec community is demanding justice after a man was shot and killed and his twin brother seriously injured by police responding to a drunk driving call. Joshua Papigatuk was killed and his twin, Garnet, is recovering in a Montreal hospital following an altercation with the Nunavik Police ...
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No talks scheduled in standoff between employers, union in B.C. port lockout
VANCOUVER - British Columbia port employers say they may be "required to reassess" their position on a current offer to more than 700 unionized workers as a lockout shuts down most shipping on the West Coast. The BC Maritime Employers Association says there has been no engagement with International Longshore ...
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World
Republican Jen Kiggans keeps House seat in Virginia while 7th District race remains a close contest
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Incumbent U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans won her bid for reelection Wednesday in Virginia's 2nd District race, defeating her Democratic challenger in a victory for Republicans aiming to keep the congressional seat in their battle to control the House. Democrats had backed candidate Missy Cotter Smasal in ho...
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Democrat Elissa Slotkin wins Michigan's open Senate seat, defeating the GOP's Mike Rogers
DETROIT (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin has won Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, giving Democrats a bittersweet victory in a swing state that also backed Republican President-elect Donald Trump in his successful bid to return to the White House. Slotkin, a third-term representative, defeated former Republic...
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Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win
WASHINGTON (AP) - Special counsel Jack Smith is evaluating how to wind down the two federal cases against Donald Trump before he takes office in light of longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. Smith charged Trump last y...
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