City Hall
Light agenda for first Grande Prairie City Council meeting of 2025
City council held its first meeting of 2025 on Monday.Since nearly all of the committee meetings were cancelled last week, the agenda was very light.- Council approved a $10,000 sponsorship for the 7 Over 70 Celebration, organized by the Northwestern Alberta Foundation. The June event will see awards given out in seven...
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Odyssey House
Odyssey House appoints new executive director
Odyssey House women's shelter has announced a change in leadership.Lisa Watson has stepped down as executive director after five years on the job.Mikaela Peters will be taking over from Watson.Odysseey House says Peters has a background in leadership, psychology, and human resources, and is currently working towards a ...
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Peace Region
City Hall
Light agenda for first Grande Prairie City Council meeting of 2025
City council held its first meeting of 2025 on Monday.Since nearly all of the committee meetings were cancelled last week, the agenda was very light.- Council approved a $10,000 sponsorship for the 7 Over 70 Celebration, organized by the Northwestern Alberta Foundation. The June event will see awards given out in seven...
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Black History Month
Grande Prairie Intercultural Association announces Black History Month 2025 festivities
The Grande Prairie Intercultural Association, Grande Prairie Public Library and community partners have announced several events for Black History Month this February.Things kick off with an opening ceremony February 1, featuring a proclamation by Mayor Jackie Clayton and County of Grande Prairie Reeve Bob Marshall, fo...
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Odyssey House
Odyssey House appoints new executive director
Odyssey House women's shelter has announced a change in leadership.Lisa Watson has stepped down as executive director after five years on the job.Mikaela Peters will be taking over from Watson.Odysseey House says Peters has a background in leadership, psychology, and human resources, and is currently working towards a ...
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ED closure
Valleyview Health Centre without on-site physician for 18 hours
Alberta Health Services says the Valleyview Health Centre Emergency Department will be without an on-site physician for 18 hours starting today (Monday, January 13).Due to an inability to secure physician coverage, there will be no on-site physician from 4:30 p.m.Monday to 7:00 a.m.Tuesday, January 14.Nursing staff wil...
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Community
GPRH employee wins over $645K in provincial healthcare staff lottery
A Grande Prairie Regional Hospital employee has started off the new year with an impressive windfall through a provincial staff lottery. Louella Yaremchuk won $654,873.75 through the WinWin Staff Lottery December Quarterly Cash Draw. This lottery directly supports health foundations/trusts across Alberta with healthcar...
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Boys Choir
Grande Prairie Boys Choir Songwriters Competition finale Jan. 18
The Grande Prairie Boys Choir is holding the finale of their songwriter's competition this week.Presented by Overhead Door, the event will feature the top 9 finalists as they perform at the Worship Center before a panel of judges.The winning songwriter will receive a $1,500 prize and will get to have their song arrange...
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Local Sports
Local Sports
Leadership change for Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection
The Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection has seen a change in leadership.Marketing and communications coordinator Heather Llewellyn is taking over as acting executive director from former executive director Karna Germscheid, who is taking a job with KidSport Northern Alberta.Germscheid has been with the organizatio...
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Curling
Curling from the weekend
The Evan Van Amsterdam rink has won curling's Crestwood Platinum Anniversary Showdown in Edmonton.The team, which includes Jason Ginter from Dawson Creek and Sterling Middleton from Fort St. John, beat Andrew Dunbar 8-6 in Monday afternoon's final. Both teams are based in EdmontonOn the women's side, Selena Sturmay of ...
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Hockey
Local hockey weekend recap: Jan 9-12
Three local leagues hit the ice this past weekend in the Peace Country.Strike Group NWJHL The North West Junior Hockey League saw seven games over the weekend. On Friday,The Sexsmith Vipers beat the Fairview Flyers on the road 5-2.The Fort St. John Huskies won 6-1 at home over the Dawson Creek Kodiaks.On Saturday:The L...
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Agriculture
Agriculture
Applications for Youth Employment and Skills Program funding open January 27.
The federal government says applications will open for its Youth Employment and Skills Program on January 27.This is set up to help young people get jobs in agriculture.A release from the government says there is $13.5 million set aside for this program and that it will support about 1,200 jobs.Producers, agri-business...
Jan 11, 2025
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Agriculture
Peace Country Beef Congress on this weekend
People from the Peace Country beef business are gathering at Evergreen Park this weekend.The 25th Peace Country Beef Congress will run Friday and Saturday. The first edition was also held at Evergreen Park in 1998. There will be several cattle shows plus a trade show. Friday's events will run all afternoon with Saturda...
Jan 10, 2025
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Agriculture
Walter Paszkowski Farm Leadership Award applications open until January 10
Alberta Canola says applications are open for its Walter Paszkowski Farm Leadership Award. One canola farmer in Alberta will be given $5000 bursary to participate in the National Farm Leadership Program for 2025.It is meant to develop leaders and is meant to fit into what a release from Alberta Canola calls a "hec...
Dec 20, 2024
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Alberta
Former Alberta premier Rachel Notley joins labour-focused law firm
Former Alberta premier Rachel Notley is returning to her legal roots, joining western Canadian law firm Southern Butler Price.Notley, who was the NDP premier from 2015 to 2019, resigned her seat at the end of 2024 after close to 17 years in the legislature.She was a labour lawyer before entering politics.Notley says sh...
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43% of Albertans $200 away from being unable to pay bills & debt
Albertans are growing more worried about the state of their personal finances and where they see things going in the future.That is according to a new report from MNP. Their latest Consumer Debt Index has found that 43 per cent of Albertans (down one point over the last quarter) are $200 or less away from insolvency. T...
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No indication Trump will back down on tariffs, but retaliating not the answer: Smith
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she received no indication from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over the weekend that he plans to back down on implementing hefty tariffs on Canadian products. But Smith says cutting off oil and gas exports to the south in retaliation, which is something the federal gove...
Jan 13, 2025
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Minister says dozens of firefighters from Alberta and B.C. to deploy in California
OTTAWA - Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says dozens of firefighters from Alberta and British Columbia will help fight wildfires in California, and the federal government is co-ordinating efforts with the provinces to deploy resources. Sajjan says in a social media post that 60 firefighters from the two p...
Jan 12, 2025
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Canada
One in 10 Canadians live in places susceptible to green transition disruption: report
One in 10 Canadians live in communities susceptible to workforce disruption from the transition to a greener economy, a new report suggests while underlining solutions that could help those regions adapt. The Institute for Research on Public Policy says governments in Canada have work to do to support the 68 communitie...
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In the news today: Champagne to announce leadership intentions today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Champagne to announce leadership intentions today Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne plans to reveal his intentions for the Liberal leadership race today. So far, Ontario MP Chandra Arya and former Montreal MP Fr...
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Ecotour grizzlies less likely to encounter conflict with humans, B.C. study suggests
Grizzly bears that visited ecotourism areas along a river on the province's central coast were less likely than others to encounter conflict with people in communities downstream, a new study by British Columbia-based researchers has found. Jason Moody with the Nuxalk Nation's fisheries and wildlife program said the re...
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CBC needed with Elon Musk 'meddling' in Canadian politics: heritage minister
OTTAWA - Elon Musk's increasing "meddling" in politics and recent changes at Meta to eliminate fact-checking make Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's promise to defund the CBC even more consequential, said Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge. She said the issue isn't about left or right-wing politics, or &qu...
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Industry minister Champagne to announce Liberal leadership intentions today
OTTAWA - Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne plans to reveal his intentions for the Liberal leadership race today. So far, Ontario MP Chandra Arya and former Montreal MP Frank Baylis are the only two to officially join the contest. However, The Canadian Press confirmed that former finance minister Chry...
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Carney talks tariffs, Trudeau, Liberal leadership in Daily Show interview
OTTAWA - Mark Carney went on late night television in the U.S. Monday night to talk Trump, tariffs and carbon tax, but played coy on any plans to seek the Liberal leadership. The former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor appeared on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart for a 20 minute sit-down interview...
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World
Pete Hegseth calls himself 'change agent' as Senate hearing opens for Trump's defense secretary pick
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators opened a potentially explosive confirmation hearing Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, who calls himself a "change agent" as senators determine whether the former combat veteran and TV news show host is fit to lead the U.S. militar...
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NATO announces a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region
HELSINKI (AP) - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced Tuesday that the alliance is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region. Rutte said at a meeting in Helsinki with the leaders of NATO countries located on the Baltic Sea that the effort would be dubbed Baltic Sentry. "It w...
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NATO announces a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region
HELSINKI (AP) - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced Tuesday that the alliance is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region. Rutte said at a meeting in Helsinki with the leaders of NATO countries located on the Baltic Sea that the effort would be dubbed Baltic Sentry "It wi...
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