City of GP
Application window open for neighbourhood rinks program
The City of Grande Prairie is accepting applications for its neighbourhood rinks program.Residents interested in building and maintaining a rink in a local park are asked to find a group of at least five volunteers before applying; successful applicants will then receive supplies and support from the City, free of char...
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City of Grande Prairie
City offering free sand for winter traction
Grande Prairie residents are invited to make use of the free community sandbox this winter.Located at the City Service Centre, it will provide sand to improve traction and support winter safety.People can fill up to two five-gallon containers per visit.Residents wanting to make use of the sand box will need to bring th...
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Peace Region
City of GP
Application window open for neighbourhood rinks program
The City of Grande Prairie is accepting applications for its neighbourhood rinks program.Residents interested in building and maintaining a rink in a local park are asked to find a group of at least five volunteers before applying; successful applicants will then receive supplies and support from the City, free of char...
19h ago
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City of Grande Prairie
City offering free sand for winter traction
Grande Prairie residents are invited to make use of the free community sandbox this winter.Located at the City Service Centre, it will provide sand to improve traction and support winter safety.People can fill up to two five-gallon containers per visit.Residents wanting to make use of the sand box will need to bring th...
22h ago
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City of GP
Keyera Place closed for boulder wall preparations
Keyera Place will be closed next week.The city says that starting on Monday, Nov. 2, all public use, including bookings and scheduled programming, will be unavailable as preparations are made for the installation of a new climbing wall.The facility is expected to fully reopen on Saturday, Nov. 7.
Oct 31, 2026
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Community
Night Light Walk collects over $14,000, donations being taken through Saturday, Oct. 31
The Night Light Walk held October 22 in Grande Prairie raised over $14,200. That works out to 71 per cent of the goal of $20,000. Donations are still being taken online through today (Saturday, October 31). The money will be donated to Serenity Place, the second-stage shelter at Odyssey House. The walk started at the A...
Oct 31, 2026
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Invest Grande Prairie
Invest Grande Prairie seeking local business owners input with online survey
The City of Grande Prairie is inviting local business owners to share their thoughts on challenges they've experienced.Invest Grande Prairie has launched an online survey as part of small business week to give business owners the chance to help the city better understand how they can support continued growth.Invest Gra...
Oct 30, 2026
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Nov. 1, 2026
No physician coverage at Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital ED for 12 Hours
The Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital emergency department will be without an on-site physician for 12 hours Sunday, Nov. 1.Due to a clinical personnel shortage and an inability to secure temporary coverage, there will be no on-site physician from 8:00 a.m. Sunday until 8:00 p.m.Nursing staff will remain on-site to provid...
Oct 30, 2026
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Local Sports
Local Sports
Football, hockey, Wolves this weekend
FootballThe Peace Bowl semi-final will be played Friday night at the Community Knowledge Campus field.The Peace Wapiti Academy Titans will play the Grande Prairie Phoenix Friday.Kick-off time will be 6 p.m.The winner will take on St. Joe's in the Peace Bowl November 6.NWJHLThere is one game in the Northwest Junior Hoc...
Oct 30, 2026
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Classroom Champions
19-year-old Team Canada luge slider inspires local youth
Students at Grande Prairie's Alexander Forbes School were the lucky recipients of a visit from a Team Canada athlete mentor on Thursday (Oct. 29). Classroom Champions and Whitecap Resources were able to bring 19-year-old Maya Yuen of Calgary to the school for the day to speak on her journey to becoming a part of the na...
Oct 30, 2026
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local sports
Local hockey for Thursday, October 29
There is one game in the North Peace Hockey League tonight (Thursday, October 29). Grande Prairie is in Dawson Creek. Face-off time will be 8:30 Alberta time. There is one game in the Northwest Junior Hockey League tonight (Thursday, October 29). The County Kings in Fairview will start at 8. Wednesday night, Fort St. ...
Oct 29, 2026
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Agriculture
Agriculture
Alberta's agriculture minister praises farmers' hard, work, perseverance in statement on harvest
A written statement from Alberta's Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation says that "despite weather challenges, crop yields are estimated to be above average."Tara Sawyer says this is especially true for the southern and central areas of the province, adding that she applauds "the perseverance, patience...
Oct 30, 2026
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Agriculture
Province sets aside $60M for projects that would save water, restore land and grow more
The province says it has set aside $60 million for an Emissions Reduction Alberta project to tackle what it calls Alberta's "biggest economic and environmental challenges: restoring land, growing more and saving water." The Agriculture, Water and Land Challenge is asking for proposals for new technologies. Th...
Oct 28, 2026
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County of Grande Prairie
Nominations open for 2027 County of Grande Prairie farm family award
County of Grande Prairie residents are invited to nominate a farming family that has made significant agricultural contributions.The 2027 Farm Family of the Year Award will recognize a family that uses sustainable farming practices, finds innovative ways to meet challenges, and makes lasting contributions to their rura...
Oct 27, 2026
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Alberta
RCMP investigating
Driver from Crowsnest Pass dies Friday in two-vehicle crash near Lundbreck
A 64-year-old man from the Crowsnest Pass has died following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 3, just west of Cowley.RCMP confirm the driver of a pick-up truck, a resident of Coleman, died on scene Friday morning during a collision with an SUV on the highway at Township Road 74, near Lundbreck.The driver of the SUV w...
Oct 31, 2026
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Cameron Davies
Alberta Republican Party leader resigns
The same day one separatist leader was given the boot from the United Conservative Party, another faction of Alberta's separatist movement has taken a hit.Cameron Davies has announced he is resigning as leader of the Republican Party of Alberta.And as noted, it was earlier Friday when Premier Danielle Smith shared that...
Oct 30, 2026
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Provincial Politics
Alberta government reducing education property taxes in 2027 after previous hikes
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is reducing education property taxes starting next year after it brought in successive hikes for ratepayers. It means home and farmland owners will pay almost seven per cent less than this year while non-residential property owners will pay almost five per cent less. S...
Oct 30, 2026
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Provincial Politics
Alberta's Smith says separatist leader's UCP membership revoked
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says a high-profile separatist leader has been kicked out of her United Conservative Party. Smith told reporters in Calgary that the party's executive director made the decision to revoke Jeff Rath's membership over code of conduct issues, and it's a decision she supports. Rath has been a...
Oct 30, 2026
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Canada
In the news today: clocks stay put, trade deal nears, Michigan race to watch
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Parents cheer, businesses brace as Western Canada ditches the time change Canadians woke up on Sunday to a brand new time zone map. British Columbia, Alberta, Mani...
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Parents cheer, businesses brace as Western Canada ditches the time change
Jenn Irwin-Greer never looked forward to the routine gong show at her Edmonton dayhome business that came with the twice-annual time change as children struggled to adjust to a new pattern. "(Children) show up a little bit irritable, as we all do when ...
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Political betrayal, Canada trade war: Why Michigan is a Senate race to watch
DETROIT - Michelle Taylor gasped and shook her head in disbelief. Outside a church where she was waiting to hear Democrat Abdul El-Sayed speak on Sunday, the longtime Detroit resident watched an unimaginable party fracture in a race that could ultimat...
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Commonwealth meeting offers Carney a chance to boost diplomatic ties, experts say
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Antigua and Barbuda on Monday, where he will have a chance to engage with heads of government from other Commonwealth countries - and with King Charles. Much of the meetings taking place this week will ...
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Veteran who lost daughter in military training exercise named Silver Cross Mother
A veteran whose daughter died during a military training exercise in 2002 has been named the 2026 National Silver Cross Mother. The Royal Canadian Legion says Virginia Hicks will place a wreath at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Nov. 11, an annu...
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Liberals out-fundraise Conservatives by almost $1M in third quarter of 2026
OTTAWA - The Liberal Party surpassed the Conservatives in fundraising by almost $1 million in the third quarter of 2026, says Elections Canada. Records published by Elections Canada show the Conservatives raised $3.9 million, while the Liberals raised...
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World
Trump signals he'll give closing election pitch at the Reflecting Pool, a revamp plagued by problems
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump signaled Sunday that he'll make his closing pitch of the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, pushing his slow, expensive and problem-plagued efforts to repair it back into the spotlight as...
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All 9 people aboard a jet that crashed in Florida have died, transportation secretary says
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A business jet carrying nine people nose-dived into a South Florida neighborhood Sunday and erupted into a giant fireball that appeared to just miss homes before crashing near a busy roadway. All passengers on board were ki...
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Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska Senate race if GOP incumbent loses
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A federal judge on Sunday dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska's U.S. Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses, the latest development in a ballot controversy that has roile...
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