GP Storm
Storm Assistant Captain committs to ACHA program for 2026-27
Grande Prairie Storm fans will have to say goodbye to beloved forward and assistant captain Zachary Wilson at the end of the season, as he is committed to joining Niagara University next year.Storm GM Mike Bomersback said he will be missed by all in Grande Prairie, and "seeing him develop as a player and grow as a...
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Snow clearing
Snow clearing operations continue in City & County of Grande Prairie
Residential snow clearing continues in the City and County of Grande Prairie Wednesday, Feb. 25.City crews are working to wrap up their work in Week A neighbourhoods by clearing Avondale, College Park and Swanavon today.The county is set to work in Wedgewood, Taylor Estates, and Maple Ridge on both Wednesday and Thursd...
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Peace Region
GP Storm
Storm Assistant Captain committs to ACHA program for 2026-27
Grande Prairie Storm fans will have to say goodbye to beloved forward and assistant captain Zachary Wilson at the end of the season, as he is committed to joining Niagara University next year.Storm GM Mike Bomersback said he will be missed by all in Grande Prairie, and "seeing him develop as a player and grow as a...
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Community
EmployAbilites Grande Prairie opens new office space
A non-profit employment services organization has opened their new office in Grande Prairie.The Grande Prairie Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for EmployAbilities Grande Prairie's new space Tuesday, which they will share with the new Future Works program. Cake served for EmployAbilities Grande Prairi...
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AJHL
Storm defencemen selected as Rookie of the Week
Grande Prairie Storm defenceman Reily Pickford was awarded Rookie of the Week honours after a four-point outing against Devon last weekend.It was a career high for Pickford, who potted his fifth goal of the season and pushed his point total to 21, second most on the Storm's back-end.Currently, the Storm are riding a 16...
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Snow clearing
Snow clearing operations continue in City & County of Grande Prairie
Residential snow clearing continues in the City and County of Grande Prairie Wednesday, Feb. 25.City crews are working to wrap up their work in Week A neighbourhoods by clearing Avondale, College Park and Swanavon today.The county is set to work in Wedgewood, Taylor Estates, and Maple Ridge on both Wednesday and Thursd...
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Agriculture
County of Grande Prairie to launch video series on local agriculture
The County of Grande Prairie will be saluting the agriculture industry in a new video series.The series is called Rooted in the County. The first video in the 17-part series will be released on Friday (Feb. 27) on the County's YouTube channel.New ones will be revealed on the following Fridays.A release from the county ...
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Feb. 2 incident
Peace Regional RCMP investigating suspect in unauthorized credit card use
Peace Regional RCMP are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect reported using stolen cards to make purchases.The female suspect was reported to Mounties Feb. 2 after they were seen using a stolen debit or credit card to purchase goods.The suspect is described asMedium complexionShoulder length hairThin b...
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Local Sports
GP Storm
Storm Assistant Captain committs to ACHA program for 2026-27
Grande Prairie Storm fans will have to say goodbye to beloved forward and assistant captain Zachary Wilson at the end of the season, as he is committed to joining Niagara University next year.Storm GM Mike Bomersback said he will be missed by all in Grande Prairie, and "seeing him develop as a player and grow as a...
40m ago
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AJHL
Storm defencemen selected as Rookie of the Week
Grande Prairie Storm defenceman Reily Pickford was awarded Rookie of the Week honours after a four-point outing against Devon last weekend.It was a career high for Pickford, who potted his fifth goal of the season and pushed his point total to 21, second most on the Storm's back-end.Currently, the Storm are riding a 16...
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Local Hockey
Round 2 of the NPHL playoffs starts Tuesday night
Round 2 of the North Peace Hockey League playoffs starts Tuesday night (Feb. 2).Grande Prairie will be in Manning and Spirit River in Dawson Creek as both semi-final series get underway.Both games will start at 8:30 p.m.Grande Prairie and Spirit River both host Game 2 Thursday night.
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Agriculture
Agriculture
County of Grande Prairie to launch video series on local agriculture
The County of Grande Prairie will be saluting the agriculture industry in a new video series.The series is called Rooted in the County. The first video in the 17-part series will be released on Friday (Feb. 27) on the County's YouTube channel.New ones will be revealed on the following Fridays.A release from the county ...
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Agriculture
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food releases statement on Canada's Agriculture Day 2026
February 10, 2026, marks Canada's 10th annual Agriculture Day. Federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Health MacDonald has released a statement in recognition of the day and what it means to Canadians. Minister MacDonald says the government sees the hard work producers put in and the essential role they play in ...
Feb 10, 2026
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Agriculture
Canada's Agriculture Day coming up on February 10
Tuesday, February 10, will mark Canada's Agriculture Day.This will also be the 10th anniversary of the day the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity says is a time for "honouring the hardworking individuals who bring food to our tables and the incredible contributions of agriculture to our nation's prosperity, health...
Feb 08, 2026
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Alberta
Classes cancelled at Alberta high school after junior hockey players killed in crash
HINTON - Classes were cancelled for a high school in northern Alberta on Wednesday after the deaths of two junior hockey players. Ryan Maguhn, principal of Harry Collinge High School, says the players studied at the school in Hinton, west of Edmonton. ...
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Provincial Politics
Province focusing on economic strength and protecting Albertans as 2026 spring sitting begins
Alberta's government says it will introduce 18 bills during the spring sitting, which got underway Tuesday. Government house leader Joseph Schow, who is also the immigration minister, says one bill will regulate international recruiters and increase oversight of those hiring foreign workers. Another bill is to prohibit...
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Law Enforcement
Alberta government proposes new legislation to pave the way for Alberta Sheriffs Police Service
Alberta's government is preparing to move all its sheriffs to its newly-created provincial police service.The changes were proposed in a bill introduced in the house on the first day of the spring sitting. If passed, it would transfer 12-hundred Alberta Sheriffs employees, including administrative staff and officers, t...
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Second Appeal
Alberta challenge to federal project review law being heard in court, again
Alberta is taking another run at having a court strike down federal project review legislation. The Alberta Court of Appeal is hearing the province's second challenge to Ottawa's Impact Assessment Act in Calgary this week. The act sets out a process to review the environmental, economic, health and social effects of pr...
Feb 24, 2026
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Canada
Sikh Canadians say state violence a continued threat ahead of Carney going to India
OTTAWA - Some Canadian Sikhs are calling on the government to take a firmer stand on India as Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to travel there this week on his mission to expand Canada's non-U.S. trade. B.C. Sikh activist Moninder Singh, who receive...
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Canada and South Korea set to sign a defence agreement today
OTTAWA - Canada and South Korea are set to sign a defence agreement today, roughly a month after Prime Minister Mark Carney urged middle powers to band together in the face of "great power" economic coercion. Following negotiations that concluded in Oc...
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Vancouver council motion to oppose ICE at World Cup is ruled out of order
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver council motion to oppose deployment of American Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the city for the World Cup did not go to a vote after it was ruled out of order. The motion had said allowing allegedly undertrained f...
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B.C. judge dismisses convicted killer's bid to have case thrown out over delay
NEW WESTMINSTER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has dismissed an application by a man convicted of first-degree murder to have the case thrown out over his claim that trial delays violated his Charter rights. The BC Prosecution Service confirm...
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Métis leaders unveil 1920s model dog sled repatriated from Vatican
OTTAWA - Métis leaders on Wednesday unveiled a model dog sled repatriated to their communities after more than a century in the Vatican collection. The sled, made in the 1920s of leather, wood and glass beads, was one of 62 items repatriated to Indigen...
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Ministers raise prospect of new AI safety regulations as shooting questions mount
OTTAWA - Two federal ministers signalled today that Ottawa could act to improve online safety related to artificial intelligence as questions mount about OpenAI's decision not to warn police about Tumbler Ridge shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar. The company...
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World
FBI searches Los Angeles school district headquarters and the superintendent's home
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The FBI served search warrants Wednesday at the Los Angeles Unified School District's headquarters and the home of its superintendent, a nationally recognized school administrator. The nature of the federal investigati...
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Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard during review of Epstein ties, university says
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard University as the campus reviews his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the university announced Wednesday. Summers, who has been on l...
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Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard during review of Epstein ties, university says
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard University amid a campus review of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the university announced Wednesday. Summers, who has been on leave since November and whose ...
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