Drop & Swap
Grande Prairie Drop & Swap donation period closes Oct. 18, swap to take place Oct. 19
The City of Grande Prairie and Aquatera's clothing swap officially takes place Saturday, October 19.Friday, October 18 is the last day for visitors to drop off clean, previously owned clothing at Muskoseepi Park to be up for grabs Saturday.Any items remaining after the swap will be collected by Goodwill Industries of A...
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Bursary Launch
Northwestern Polytechnic launches Empowering Women Bursary at Grande Prairie event
Northwestern Polytechnic has launched a new bursary program aimed at supporting women in pursuing post-secondary education.The Empowering Women, Transforming Futures Fund provides financial assistance to women facing socio-economic challenges and offers access to education.Grande Prairie Mayor Jackie Clayton says pover...
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Peace Region
Drop & Swap
Grande Prairie Drop & Swap donation period closes Oct. 18, swap to take place Oct. 19
The City of Grande Prairie and Aquatera's clothing swap officially takes place Saturday, October 19.Friday, October 18 is the last day for visitors to drop off clean, previously owned clothing at Muskoseepi Park to be up for grabs Saturday.Any items remaining after the swap will be collected by Goodwill Industries of A...
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Community engagment
City of Grande Prairie hosts transit open house
The City of Grande Prairie will host an open house regarding transit operations next week. On Monday, October 21, residents are invited to share their input on routes, schedules, services, amenities, features, reliability, timeliness, safety, fare options, frequency of service and the positive things transit is current...
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Bursary Launch
Northwestern Polytechnic launches Empowering Women Bursary at Grande Prairie event
Northwestern Polytechnic has launched a new bursary program aimed at supporting women in pursuing post-secondary education.The Empowering Women, Transforming Futures Fund provides financial assistance to women facing socio-economic challenges and offers access to education.Grande Prairie Mayor Jackie Clayton says pover...
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Saddle Hills County
By-election to be held for Ward 5 in Saddle Hills County
Saddle Hills County Council has announced a by-election to fill the vacant Ward 5 Council position.The seat was recently vacated following the resignation of Councillor Willis Fitzsimmons.To be eligible for nomination, candidates must have resided in Ward 5 for at least six months prior to nomination day, be 18-years-o...
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RCMP
Fatal motor vehicle collision in Fairview
Mounties with the Fairview RCMP detachment say a person passed away following a motor vehicle collision on Highway 732, north of town on Wednesday.The collision happened at approximately 12:40 p.m. on October 16, 2024, at the intersection of Highway 732 and Township Road 830. RCMP officers along with a K Division recon...
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County of Grande Prairie
County of Grande Prairie conducting culvert and ditch work on RR 81 and 102 St.
A pair of road projects are taking place in the County of Grande Prairie area Thursday, October 17.Culvert replacement work will be taking place on Range Road 81, while culvert upgrades and ditch repair work will go along 102 Street between 84 and 88 Avenue.While the projects are ongoing, speed will be reduced in both ...
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Local Sports
Swimming
Two more Piranhas swimmers commit to American universities
Local Grande Prairie Piranhas Swim Team member Oliver Dawson has made his verbal commitment to continue his swimming career outside of Canada. Dawson made a statement on Instagram saying he will attend the University of Indiana for academic studies along with wearing cream and crimson in the pool for the Hoosiers. The ...
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Sports
Local runners dominate at Grizzly Ultra Marathon in Canmore
A number of local runners have made their mark on the podium this past Thanksgiving weekend in southern Alberta.The Grizzly Ultra Marathon ran over Saturday and Sunday, with racers running a challenging 50 kilometres.On Saturday, two Grande Prairie women place first and second in the Solo Age 30-39 Female category:1st ...
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Grande Prairie Storm
Members of the Storm collect AJHL weekly honours
Two Grande Prairie Storm players were highlighted in the latest batch of AJHL weekly awards. Storm forward Tomas Markinkovic was selected as the AJHL Player of the Week, after putting up a natural hat trick against the Devon Xtreme, and added to that already impressive performance with a goal and two assists during the...
Oct 15, 2024
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Agriculture
OCT. 28 TO NOV. 15
Alberta Grains annual meetings offer information and input opportunities
Alberta Grains invites barley and wheat farmers to its annual regional meetings taking place across Alberta, giving them a detailed look at the commission's research, advocacy, and extension efforts funded by their checkoff dollars. The meetings will be held from Oct. 28 to Nov. 15 across six regions in Alberta. "...
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Agriculture
Beef groups disappointed after rally for supply management bill
Beef cattle groups from eight provinces say they are "surprised and disappointed" after a rally by federal politicians in support of Bill C-282.Members of Parliament from several parties held a rally in support of the legislation meant to protect supply management during trade negotiations last Thursday in Ot...
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Agriculture
Peace harvest now over 84 per cent complete says provincial report
The October 8 crop report from Alberta Agriculture says 84.3 per cent of the crop in the Peace had been harvested as of that date.The five year average for the same date is 78.6 per cent. The 10-year average is 73.3 per cent.All the dry peas, more than 92 per cent of the spring wheat, over 88 per cent of the barley, 83...
Oct 16, 2024
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Alberta
APPLY BY APR. 30 FOR 2025 COVERAGE
Upcoming changes to AgriStability program meant to save farmers time and money
Changes are coming to the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation's (AFSC) AgriStability program to address challenges like burdensome paperwork and high accounting fees that can hinder farmer productivity. According to AFSC, a new option to align AgriStability reporting with tax filing for 2025 is expected to resul...
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"A BILL-SPLITTING BOOM"
Albertans resorting to bill-splitting to make ends meet, MNP survey reports
According to the latest MNP Consumer Debt Index, 37 per cent of Albertans report that they've turned to bill-splitting strategies in an effort to make ends meet and save money. About one in ten, or 13 per cent, indicated they are saving by cohabiting with friends, partners, family members, or by seeking out roommates o...
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OCT. 28 TO NOV. 15
Alberta Grains annual meetings offer information and input opportunities
Alberta Grains invites barley and wheat farmers to its annual regional meetings taking place across Alberta, giving them a detailed look at the commission's research, advocacy, and extension efforts funded by their checkoff dollars. The meetings will be held from Oct. 28 to Nov. 15 across six regions in Alberta. "...
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Newcomer progress
Third annual Premier's Summit on Fairness for Newcomers continues progress
The third annual Premier's Summit on Fairness for Newcomers took place in Calgary on Wednesday with this year's theme in mind of "celebrating trades and professions in Alberta." The provincial government says they're committed to ensuring that every newcomer can thrive in Alberta. Because of their important r...
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Canada
Amber Alert issued for five-day-old baby in Saskatchewan
RCMP in Saskatchewan have issued an Amber Alert after a newborn baby was allegedly abducted from a health centre in the community of Montreal Lake. Police say they were told this afternoon that five-day-old Koda Moccasin had been taken from the community, roughly 100 kilometres north of Prince Albert. The baby boy was ...
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Here are the key numbers in the deal proposed by three tobacco giants
Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay billions of dollars to provincial and territorial governments as well as smokers across Canada as part of a corporate restructuring process set off by a legal battle over the health effects of smoking. Here are the key numbers of the proposal, based on a court filing as well as...
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Tobacco giants would pay out $32.5 billion to provinces, smokers in proposed deal
Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion to some 100,000 Quebec smokers and their loved ones as part of a corporate restructuring process triggered by a long-running legal battle. The companies - JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedg...
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RCMP say girl's death in Alberta lake could be criminal
WABAMUN, Alta. - Mounties say they're treating the death of a five-year-old girl pulled from an Alberta lake as a criminal matter. RCMP said Sunday that two people had been found after a canoe overturned on Wabamun Lake west of Edmonton. They said bystanders recovered the girl from the lake and, despite life-saving eff...
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India again rejects Canada's claims it works with gangs targeting Sikh separatists
OTTAWA - India's foreign ministry says Ottawa is trying to smear New Delhi, as the country doubles down on rejecting claims it is behind widespread crimes in Canada. The federal government ordered India's top envoy to leave the country on Monday after the RCMP said it had credible evidence that Indian agents played a r...
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Saskatchewan Party's Moe pledges change room ban in schools; Beck calls it desperate
REGINA - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is promising a directive banning "biological boys" from using school changing rooms with "biological girls" if re-elected, a move the NDP's Carla Beck says weaponizes vulnerable kids. Moe made the pledge Thursday at a campaign stop in Regina. He said it w...
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World
Republicans say they're appealing a Georgia judge's ruling that invalidates seven election rules
ATLANTA (AP) - National and state Republicans on Thursday appealed a judge's ruling that said seven election rules recently passed by Georgia's State Election Board are "illegal, unconstitutional and void." The Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party are appealing a ruling from Fulton C...
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Republicans say they're appealing a Georgia judge's ruling that invalidates seven election rules
ATLANTA (AP) - National and state Republicans on Thursday appealed a judge's ruling that said seven election rules recently passed by Georgia's State Election Board are "illegal, unconstitutional and void." The Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party are appealing a ruling from Fulton C...
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Alabama executes man who killed 5 and asked to be put to death
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama executed a man Thursday who admitted to killing five people with an ax and gun during a drug-fueled rampage in 2016 and dropped his appeals to allow his lethal injection to go forward. Derrick Dearman, 36, was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. Thursday at Holman prison in southern Alabama. He ple...
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