Health
Maskwa medical Centre board answers public questions
The Maskwa Medical Centre's Board of Directors wants to clear up some misconceptions about the project.The board has released a statement addressing common questions and stressing that the centre is not a private facility and will not change patient user fees.The Board goes on to say they are not requesting loans or ca...
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HFCRD
St. Andrew's School teacher nominated for Excellence in Catholic Education Award
Holy Family Catholic Regional Division has announced its nominee for the 2025-2026 Excellence in Catholic Education Award.Presented annually by the Council of Catholic School Superintendents of Alberta, the awards honour teachers who inspire students, nurture faith, and demonstrate a commitment to Catholic education.Je...
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Peace Region
Health
Maskwa medical Centre board answers public questions
The Maskwa Medical Centre's Board of Directors wants to clear up some misconceptions about the project.The board has released a statement addressing common questions and stressing that the centre is not a private facility and will not change patient user fees.The Board goes on to say they are not requesting loans or ca...
32m ago
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HFCRD
St. Andrew's School teacher nominated for Excellence in Catholic Education Award
Holy Family Catholic Regional Division has announced its nominee for the 2025-2026 Excellence in Catholic Education Award.Presented annually by the Council of Catholic School Superintendents of Alberta, the awards honour teachers who inspire students, nurture faith, and demonstrate a commitment to Catholic education.Je...
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RCMP
"Sawed-off shotgun, knuckle dusters" & other items seized on Hwy. 43
An Alberta RCMP Traffic unit arrested a Spirit River resident during active patrols in the MD of Greenview on Monday, Apr. 6.Mounties observed a damaged vehicle parked in a roadside pullout along Highway 43, near Fox Creek, with the driver appearing to be slumped over the wheel.While conducting a wellness check, office...
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Community Involvement
Public member positions open for Grande Prairie Police Commission
Those interested in making sure Grande Prairie is a thriving, safe, and vibrant community for the foreseeable future are being invited to apply to be on the City of Grande Prairie's Police Commission. The City is looking for public members to be recruited to be appointed for two or three-year terms, with possibility to...
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RCMP
High Prairie RCMP investigating two shootings from the same day
High Prairie RCMP responded to two shootings last Tuesday, (Mar. 31) that they believe to be unrelated. The first took place at 3:54 p.m. near the High Prairie Courthouse and resulted in a victim sustaining serious non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a hospital by EMS. Mounties say that at this time, n...
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RCMP
RCMP investigate Hwy. 43 fatal pedestrian collision
A fatal motor collision this morning (Tuesday, Apr. 7), east of the Highway 43-Highway 2 interchange, has Clairmont RCMP looking for the driver of a semi.Mounties say they received reports of a man sitting on Highway 43 around 3:15 a.m., just west of Range Road 55. By the time Officers arrived, the man had been struck ...
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Local Sports
Local Hockey
La Crete Lumber Barons win Junior B Hockey Provincials
The North West Junior Hockey League now has bragging rights of having the best Junior B hockey team in Alberta this season. The La Crete Lumber Barons are headed back home with new hardware after competing in the Alberta Junior B Hockey Provincials in Lloydminster held from April 1-5.The Lumber Barons went undefeated i...
Apr 06, 2026
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Local Sports
Storm, ski hills this weekend
StormThe Storm will be in Whitecourt Friday to start their AJHL North Division final series.The Wolverines will also host Game 2 Saturday.Games 3 and 4 will be played in Grande Prairie April 7 and 8.All games will start at 7:00 p.m.The Storm advanced with an opening round sweep of Lloydminster.Whitecourt beat Fort McMu...
Apr 02, 2026
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Chuckwagons
WPCA wagons to race at Teepee Creek again in 2026
The Teepee Creek Stampede Association says the World Professional Chuckwagon Association will be back for the 2026 edition of 4 Days in the Wild.The WPCA wagons that were not part of the Calgary Stampede last year raced at Teepee Creek.The WPCA schedule says they will be in Teepee Creek from Jul. 10-12 this year, which...
Apr 01, 2026
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Agriculture
Modernize and build facilities
Province allocates $9 million to local seed co-operatives
The provincial government announced they're investing $9 million over the next three years for capital projects at local seed co-operatives to help address aging infrastructure. If passed, the funds would come from the 2026 budget and be allocated to the Co-operative Seed Processors program to help co-operative and mun...
Apr 02, 2026
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Agriculture
Farmland values jump nearly nine per cent in northern Alberta in 2025 says FCC
Farm Credit Canada says Canadian farmland continued its steady climb in value in 2025. According to the latest FCC Farmland Values Report, the prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba were the driving forces behind the 9.3 per cent increase. The Maritimes also continued in growth, while Quebec and Ontar...
Mar 24, 2026
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County of Grande Prairie
Farm Family of the Year calls the recognition an honour and humbling
A Goodfare family says being the County of Grande Prairie's Farm Family of the Year is "quite an honour."The Kitt family runs The Homestead and First Nature Farms.Jerry Kitt says he was attracted to farming as he wanted to be close to nature. He adds nature also played a role in his decision to go into organi...
Mar 20, 2026
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Alberta
Provincial Politics
Court hearing on possible injunction to stop Alberta separation movement begins
An Alberta First Nation is in court looking to get a petition urging the province to quit Canada put on ice. The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is in Edmonton asking a Court of King's Bench judge to suspend the petition campaign on the grounds that First Nations' consent is required. It's alleging a failure by Alberta, the ...
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Open Until April 20, 2026
Transport Canada launches survey on headlight glare
Transport Canada is asking Canadians to weigh in on headlights.The agency has launched an online survey to collect feedback from drivers and pedestrians about their experiences with headlight glare.The survey will remain open until April 20.The agency says feedback will remain anonymous, and the data will be used for r...
Apr 07, 2026
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hidden inside briefcases
70 bricks of suspect cocaine seized at Coutts border crossing
The Canada Border Services Agency shared Thursday that it recently seized 86.9 kg of suspected cocaine at the Coutts border crossing.CBSA officers were examining a commercial truck on Feb. 15; it had been declared that the truck was carrying produce bound for Calgary.During the search, officers found 70 bricks of suspe...
Apr 02, 2026
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others can purchase one
April 7 next date for COVID-19 vaccine eligibility, for those at higher risk
The Government of Alberta is reminding Albertans of upcoming eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations.Starting April 7, eligible Albertans can receive an additional immunization at no cost at participating pharmacies or Primary Care Alberta public health clinics.According to the province, eligibility criteria is in line w...
Apr 02, 2026
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Canada
Photo gallery: A decade of death - B.C. counts drug emergency's cost
Next week marks the 10th anniversary of the declaration of a public health emergency in response to British Columbia's drug overdose crisis, which has since claimed more than 18,000 lives. Grieving friends and families, former policy makers, medical wo...
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B.C. woman detained by ICE for three weeks in Texas calls experience 'traumatizing'
KINGSVILLE, TEXAS, UNITED STATES - The Canadian woman who spent three weeks detained by immigration officers in the United States along with her seven-year-old daughter says it was "the most stressful, traumatizing ordeal" she has ever been through. Ta...
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Ontario MP Marilyn Gladu says she's joining Carney's Liberal government
OTTAWA - Ontario MP Marilyn Gladu has left the Conservative caucus to join Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals, pushing them closer to a majority government. In a statement posted on social media Wednesday morning, Gladu said she has heard clearly f...
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Carney, European leaders welcome reported Iran-U.S. ceasefire in joint statement
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and nine European leaders issued a joint statement on Wednesday, welcoming the reported two-week ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran. The deal was announced Tuesday evening after President Donald T...
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Poilievre's communications director Katy Merrifield resigns
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's communications director Katy Merrifield is resigning. Merrifield announced her departure in an email sent to the Conservative caucus Tuesday, adding her last day working in the Opposition Leader's Office ...
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In the news today: Iran ceasefire, Terrebonne byelection, Decade of B.C. drug crisis
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... US, Israel and Iran agree to a 2-week ceasefire as Trump pulls back on his threats Iran, the United States and Israel reached a two-week ceasefire in the war that...
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World
California Supreme Court orders sheriff to pause investigation and preserve seized ballots
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a county sheriff who seized more than half a million 2025 election ballots to pause his probe into election fraud allegations while the judges review the legal challenge agains...
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Long Island architect Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to murdering 7 women and admits he killed another
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - A Long Island architect who led a secret life as a serial killer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings. ...
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Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells AP he was 'blindsided' by his ouster
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman told The Associated Press on Wednesday in his first interview since the ouster that he was "blindsided" by the move but has no hard feelings and is unlikely to sue. ...
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