Alberta Day
Free entry, BBQ & activities at the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum
The Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum is hosting a free community celebration on Tuesday, Sept. 1, in honour of Alberta Day.Residents can attend the museum and enjoy free admission, crafts, face painting, outdoor mini golf, and a complimentary barbecue from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.County Reeve Amanda McDonald says this is...
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Wildfire prevention
Ongoing Firesmart work in Mission Heights & Grande Banks
FireSmart™ vegetation management work is back underway in the Bear Creek Corridor.The City says it's continuing its efforts to "reduce wildfire risk and strengthen community safety" by focusing on higher-risk areas, reducing flammable vegetation, and improving defensible space.Work is currently underway...
Aug 28, 2026
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Peace Region
Alberta Day
Free entry, BBQ & activities at the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum
The Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum is hosting a free community celebration on Tuesday, Sept. 1, in honour of Alberta Day.Residents can attend the museum and enjoy free admission, crafts, face painting, outdoor mini golf, and a complimentary barbecue from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.County Reeve Amanda McDonald says this is...
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North of sexsmith
Peace region under air quality warning
A yellow air quality warning is in effect for the Peace region, spanning from the NW.T. border all the way to Grande Prairie.Environment Canada says smoke is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility, but i can vary from hour to hour. At this time, they suggest limiting time outdoors and considering rescheduling ...
Aug 28, 2026
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Wildfire prevention
Ongoing Firesmart work in Mission Heights & Grande Banks
FireSmart™ vegetation management work is back underway in the Bear Creek Corridor.The City says it's continuing its efforts to "reduce wildfire risk and strengthen community safety" by focusing on higher-risk areas, reducing flammable vegetation, and improving defensible space.Work is currently underway...
Aug 28, 2026
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Community Event
Experience GP taking over Bonnetts Energy Centre on Friday
A number of local artists and a Canadian rock legend act are set to take the stage today (Friday, August 28) at Bonnetts Energy Centre to celebrate the end of summer. Experience GP, the City's signature summer celebration, will give residents and visitors a free evening of live music, local flavour and community connec...
Aug 28, 2026
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Wildfires
GPFA Wildfire danger level remains high
Only two active wildfires are burning in the province, but the Grande Prairie Forest Area fire danger level remains high.One of the two blazes is located in the GPFA, south of Township Road 700, near the B.C. border, while the other is north of High Level.The blaze further north is listed as under control, while the on...
Aug 28, 2026
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August 29
City of GP offering free recreation activities for Alberta Day
The City of Grande Prairie has several free experiences planned for Saturday, Aug. 29, to celebrate Alberta Day."Alberta Day is a chance to celebrate what makes this province such a special place to call home, including the strong communities that have grown here," said City of Grande Prairie Mayor Jackie Cla...
Aug 28, 2026
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Local Sports
GP Reds
15U AA Reds best in the west with WCBA championship win
The 15U AA Grande Prairie Reds have captured the Western Canada Baseball Association championship this past weekend in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.The Reds dominated the WBCA, going undefeated and claiming the title with a 10-7 victory over a local squad, the Sask Sun Devils.The Reds have now ended their magical season...
Aug 18, 2026
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Chuckwagons
WPCA season closes in spectacular fashion at Rocky Mountain House
The curtain has officially closed on the 2026 professional chuckwagon racing season following Sunday (August 16) afternoon's final heat.This years Kirk's Trail Tire Series Champion is Jason Glass, who also broke the track record down in Rocky Mountain House with a time of 1:11.20. Glass' winning time was 1.05 seconds f...
Aug 17, 2026
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Local Sports
Cowboys, Centaurs playoffs and horse racing this weekend
FootballThe Peace Country Cowboys will visit the Calgary Gators for an Alberta Football League semi-final game on Saturday.Kick-off will be at 5 p.m.These same two teams met in the final last year.RugbyThe Centaurs' men's rugby team visits the Nor'westers for a playoff game Saturday in Edmonton.The game will start at 2...
Aug 14, 2026
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Agriculture
Crop Report
Major crop yields to be 9 per cent above 5-year average in Peace
Persistent rains across the province have hampered crop development to many regions, but done the opposite in the south by bringing some relief to heat stressed fields. In the latest Alberta Crop Report by AFSC, they say 12 per cent of provincial major crops (canola and peas) are flowering and 88 per cent are podding. ...
Aug 19, 2026
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Agriculture
Local Food Week August 10 to 16
This is Alberta Local Food Week. The province calls this a chance to "meet local farmers and entrepreneurs who work to put nutritious food on our plates, and to show support for all things grown, made and harvested in Alberta." The government says people can mark the occasion in several ways. These include vi...
Aug 12, 2026
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Farm Safety
BeGrainSafe Week on this week
August 10 to 16 is BeGrainSafe Week. The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association says the week was started in 2017 after an increase in deaths from being trapped in grain. The association says in a news release that from 2011 to 2020, 27 people died on Canadian farms from asphyxiation by grain or soil. The association...
Aug 10, 2026
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Alberta
Changes coming to Alberta's Water Act
Province to restore private property rights by removing 'unnecessary' barriers for producers
The Alberta government says it's restoring private property rights by removing Water Act approval requirements.Right now, producers say they're facing unnecessary barriers when it comes to how they manage water on their own cropland.That can include everything from pooling water to having a seasonal wetland on their pr...
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Meetings planned in Tennessee
Alberta premier to meet with U.S. officials next week amid trade war
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to meet with U.S. officials next week, after recently saying she wants to see Canada double down on diplomacy and avoid any further escalations of their trade war.Smith's press secretary, Sam Blackett, said the premier had a previously planned personal trip to the United States but...
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Charges pending
Nearly 100 dogs rescued from home in Fort McMurray
Bylaw officers have seized 97 dogs from a home in northern Alberta.The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo says bylaw officers executed a search warrant at the home in Fort McMurray on Tuesday.It says in a statement that the small-breed dogs were found to be living inside and all were rescued.Charges are pending agai...
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WATERWAY DEFENCE
Alberta launches Canada's first watercraft dip tank in Dunmore to fight invasive aquatic species
Alberta is introducing Canada's first watercraft dip tank at its Dunmore inspection station as the province works to keep invasive aquatic species out of its waterways.The tank uses hot water to treat trailered boats, killing mussels, larvae and other invasive species on hulls, intakes, engines and ballast tanks.The sy...
Aug 27, 2026
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Canada
B.C. premier calls byelection in riding where Conservative leader set to run
B.C. Premier David Eby has called a byelection for next month in the riding of Abbotsford-Mission, where embattled Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay is set to run. Eby's New Democrats said Saturday that former agriculture minister Pam Alexis, who...
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Quebec election Day 3 brings promises on immigration, transit, taxes and home care
MONTREAL - Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon's plan to more than halve temporary immigration in Quebec drew criticism from his rivals Saturday, who accused him of making immigrants bear the blame for problems in public schools and of risk...
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Family of Canadians missing in Nepal floods on edge as they wait for information
The brother of a Canadian man among those missing after flash floods swept through an area along the Nepal-Tibet border says their family is on edge waiting for information. Dhaval Shah and his wife Megha Shah, from Port Moody, B.C., were on a spiritua...
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Separatists hold independence rally in lead-up to Alberta's birthday bash
EDMONTON - Alberta separatists converged outside the legislature in Edmonton on Saturday afternoon ahead of the province's birthday, with many praying, listening to sermons and saying Alberta would be better off without Canada after having joined Confe...
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Weekend and vacation work needed at Federal Court due to high caseload: chief justice
OTTAWA - A massive increase in immigration cases in the last six years has created unmanageable workloads at the Federal Court, says Chief Justice Alan Diner. The Federal Court has jurisdiction over a number of immigration matters, such as visa applica...
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Fire wrecks B.C.'s historic Little Red House, beloved by painters and photographers
A historic home popularly known as the Little Red House has been destroyed by fire after standing in the Township of Langley for almost 140 years. The township's archives say the home properly known as Mclver House burned down early on Thursday. It say...
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World
Trump administration deports relative of Afghans who helped US military to Central African Republic
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The United States on Saturday deported dozens of people to the Central African Republic, including an Afghan whose brothers collaborated with the U.S. military, his lawyer and an advocacy group said. The Afghan man, ...
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An officer is dead and a second was injured in a shooting at South Carolina park, police chief says
A South Carolina police officer died and a second was injured in a "gunfight" Saturday in a park, following a call about a domestic dispute, Columbia police Chief W.H. "Skip" Holbrook said. The suspect, a 33-year-old man with a lengthy cr...
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Natasha Cloud dismisses Enes Kanter Freedom as Sky ban him from home games
NEW YORK (AP) - Natasha Cloud didn't want to waste time and energy talking about Enes Kanter Freedom on Saturday as she prepared for the Chicago Sky's game against the New York Liberty. To Cloud, he is unimportant. "I won't ...
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