City Hall
Mayor says bylaw change meant to keep pet owners responsible
Grande Prairie's mayor says adding a section to the Noise, Nuisance and Disturbances Bylaw, banning the release of pets onto public property, is to make sure responsible pet owners are exactly that. Jackie Clayton says this covers several things. "From the releasing of goldfish, to the releasing of reptiles, to t...
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City of Grande Prairie
Applications open for City's 2027 Community Group Funding
Applications are now open for the City of Grande Prairie's next Community Group Funding Cycle until June 29.The program is a city funding stream for programs and services run by community groups that benefit the community and residents.The funding is split up into four options: small grants up to $10,000, medium grants...
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Peace Region
City Hall
Mayor says bylaw change meant to keep pet owners responsible
Grande Prairie's mayor says adding a section to the Noise, Nuisance and Disturbances Bylaw, banning the release of pets onto public property, is to make sure responsible pet owners are exactly that. Jackie Clayton says this covers several things. "From the releasing of goldfish, to the releasing of reptiles, to t...
4h ago
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City of Grande Prairie
Applications open for City's 2027 Community Group Funding
Applications are now open for the City of Grande Prairie's next Community Group Funding Cycle until June 29.The program is a city funding stream for programs and services run by community groups that benefit the community and residents.The funding is split up into four options: small grants up to $10,000, medium grants...
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GP Holiday Inn
Meet & Greet with NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi
Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi will be in Grande Prairie tonight (Tuesday, June 2) answering questions from residents.People are encouraged to attend the Holiday Inn conference centre, starting at 7 p.m., and hear why the NDP believe they are the ones "to end the healthcare crisis, create a stable place to inves...
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Federal Politics
MP Chris Warkentin responds to Statistics Canada announcing Canada recession
Grande Prairie's Member of Parliament is responding to reports Canada has entered a recession.Chris Warkentin is sharing his reaction to Statistics Canada's announcement and says Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to reverse the damage done by 11 years of bad policies.Warkentin says Canada needs a real plan to unleash it...
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Healthcare
Beaverlodge Regional Hospital Emergency Department to be without a doctor twice this week
Alberta Health Services says the Emergency Department at the Beaverlodge Regional Hospital will be without an on-site physician twice this week.There won't be a doctor there from 8 p.m tonight (Tuesday, June 2) until 8 a.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, June 3).The second disruption is planned to run from 8 a.m. on Thursday, Ju...
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Seniors' Week
City wins Provincial Age-Friendly Recognition Award
The City of Grande Prairie was recognized for its Aging Well Together Initiative yesterday (Monday, June 1) by the province.The City received the Age-Friendly Recognition Award from local MLAs Nolan Dyck and Ron Wiebe during an event to kick off Seniors' Week celebrations at the Bowes.This award highlighted the City's ...
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Local Sports
Football
Kettyle makes Elks, Ljuden released
Grovedale's Carter Kettyle has earned a roster spot with the Edmonton Elks. He is one of four Canadian receivers on the Elks roster. Kettyle played high school football with St. Joe's and is one of two former Celtics picked by the Elks in this year's CFL draft. The other one, offensive lineman Matthew Ljuden, was rele...
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all-star game
AJHL announces new initiatives ahead of 2026/27 season
The Alberta Junior Hockey League held its AGM and Board of Governors meetings in recent days. Following the gatherings, several new initiatives were announced for the 2026/27 season.Regular season formatPer the league: The AJHL will maintain its structure of two divisions for the 2026-27 season - the Bunge AJHL North D...
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Local Sports
Free lawn bowling, coaching presentation in Tuesday sports
Lawn BowlingCity Hall will host drop-in lawn bowling Tuesday at Muskoseepi Park as part of Seniors Week. It will go from 1-3 p.m. Registration is not required.People are advised to dress for the weather.For more information, email programming@cityofgp.comPresentation with Renee SonnenbergThe Grande Prairie Regional Spo...
Jun 02, 2026
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Agriculture
Seeding
Almost half the crop seeded in Saddle Hills County
The ag. fieldman for Saddle Hills County estimates seeding is 40-50 per cent complete in the area. Kathrin Langlois says the weather has cooperated as Saddle Hills County has not had as much rain as other areas.Langlois says the breakdown by crop is 55-60 per cent for cereals, 70 per cent for pulse crops, and about 20 ...
May 22, 2026
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Agriculture
New Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation named during Alberta cabinet shuffle
Alberta has a new Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation. Tara Sawyer was named to the post as part of a provincial cabinet shuffle. Previous minister RJ Sigurdson has moved to the Affordability and Utilities portfolio. Sawyer is a farmer from the Acme area. She has previously served as the board chair for the Grain ...
May 21, 2026
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Agriculture
Alberta Wildfire reminding producers to be fire safe
As agricultural spring work takes place across the province, the risk of farm wildfires poses a risk due to dry conditions in fields. While it is often wet and cooler in the seeding months, dry vegetation and crop residue is highly flammable. Alberta Wildfire is wanting to remind farmers to take extra precautions to pr...
May 19, 2026
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Alberta
Provincial Politics
Alberta to roll out new ID cards in July, replacing provincial paper health cards
Alberta's government says it will begin rolling out three-in-one identification cards, ultimately replacing the province's long-reviled paper health cards.Starting July 2, new driver's licences and ID cards will include resident's health numbers and citizenship markers, a move the government says will streamline access...
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10 projects
Government of Alberta invests nearly $5 million in environmental conservation
The Government of Alberta is investing nearly $5 million to support conservation in Alberta.Through the Private Land Conservation Program, $2.8 million in grant funding has been awarded to five projects that will conserve over 8,500 acres across Alberta.More specifically, $156,790 will be presented to the Crooked Creek...
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Conservative MP says First Nations votes will be critical in Alberta referendum
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Billy Morin says he will spend the summer talking to Indigenous leaders about encouraging people to vote in the Alberta referendum. Albertans are set to vote in October on whether they want to stay in Canada or prefer to hold a...
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Faster answers
Province invests to improve death investigations for Alberta families
The Government of Alberta announced they're investing in infrastructure and technology to bolster death investigations and provide answers for families faster.As a result, the province will invest $125 million over four years for a new facility for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) in Edmonton. They'll al...
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Canada
Activists call on feds to put pressure on Israel over treatment of Gaza aid flotilla
OTTAWA - Canadian activists detained by Israel last month while taking part in an aid flotilla trying to reach Gaza say Canada isn't doing enough to call out treatment by Israeli officials that Ottawa has called appalling. Prime Minister Mark Carney an...
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Conservative MP says First Nations votes will be critical in Alberta referendum
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Billy Morin says he will spend the summer talking to Indigenous leaders about encouraging people to vote in the Alberta referendum. Albertans are set to vote in October on whether they want to stay in Canada or prefer to hold a...
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Quebec's first tornado of 2026 touches down in Saguenay region, researchers say
MONTREAL - Researchers say Quebec's first recorded tornado of 2026 touched down in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region on May 25. The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University says the tornado damaged a roof, snapped a tree and toppled a recreationa...
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Slashing development fees is not a cure-all for housing affordability: CMHC
OTTAWA - Slashing municipal development charges would not be enough on its own to make homes affordable again across Canada, says a new analysis from the federal housing agency. Development charges are fees cities impose on developers that are mainly u...
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Groups call on Ottawa to reverse course on environmental policy
OTTAWA - Some of Canada's largest environmental groups were on Parliament Hill Wednesday, urging the Liberal government to reverse course on what they're calling "rollbacks" of environmental policy. Representatives of 14 groups held a news conference t...
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Ottawa tells CRTC to change course on increasing streamers' financial contributions
OTTAWA - Ottawa is directing the CRTC to back down on its recent decision to triple streamers' financial contributions to Canadian content, and will instead provide $600 million to the sector, Culture Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday. The decision c...
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World
Tropical Storm Amanda is the first of the Pacific hurricane season, meteorologists say
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Amanda formed Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean, marking the first tropical cyclone of the season, the National Hurricane Center said. Amanda was located about 1,475 miles (2,375 kilometers) west-southwest of the ...
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FBI fatally shoots a man holding hostages in a California office building, police say
A man who was holding hostages inside a California office building for more than 15 hours was shot and killed by the FBI early Wednesday, police said. The hostages were found unharmed inside the downtown Bakersfield building that houses ...
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UK Royal Navy says 3 members died in a helicopter crash during a training exercise
LONDON (AP) - Britain's Royal Navy said Wednesday that three of its members died in a helicopter crash earlier in southwest England during a training exercise. The helicopter went down in the county of Devon in England at 4 a.m. ...
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