Lottery
Slave Lake resident wins $1 million
A Slave Lake resident has won $1 million.Surjit Minhas says she had to scan their $100 Luxe Multiplier Scratch & Win ticket multiple times just to count the zeroes she were seeing pass by."I think finally on the third scan I counted the zeroes backwards and knew how much it was," Minhas told Lotto Spot. &...
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Holy Family Catholic Regional Division
Contract for new St. Thomas More School awarded to architecture firm
An Edmonton-based architecture firm has been given the task of designing a new St. Thomas More School.During their meeting on Oct. 21, the Holy Family Catholic Regional Division Board of Trustees received an update on plans to create a new permanent structure.The design phase has been accelerated with the Government of...
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Peace Region
City Hall
Highlights from Grande Prairie City Council's Monday meeting
Grande Prairie City Council met on Monday (Nov. 2).Council defeated a motion that would have seen administration work with Enforcement Services on an e-scooter engagement plan. This would be on bringing a shared e-scooter service to Grande Prairie. Mayor Jackie Clayton told council that while this would be a valuable s...
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Lottery
Slave Lake resident wins $1 million
A Slave Lake resident has won $1 million.Surjit Minhas says she had to scan their $100 Luxe Multiplier Scratch & Win ticket multiple times just to count the zeroes she were seeing pass by."I think finally on the third scan I counted the zeroes backwards and knew how much it was," Minhas told Lotto Spot. &...
3h ago
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Holy Family Catholic Regional Division
Contract for new St. Thomas More School awarded to architecture firm
An Edmonton-based architecture firm has been given the task of designing a new St. Thomas More School.During their meeting on Oct. 21, the Holy Family Catholic Regional Division Board of Trustees received an update on plans to create a new permanent structure.The design phase has been accelerated with the Government of...
20h ago
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Entertainment
Great Canadian Road Trip visits Grande Prairie Nov. 3
The Great Canadian Road Trip comes to Grande Prairie tomorrow.Four popular Canadian musicians will be in the Swan City Tuesday for an evening of songs and stories.The lineup consists of 14 Canadian Country Music Awards winning duo Doc Walker, Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame member and reigning CCMA male vocalist of...
22h ago
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Crop Report
Final crop report has Peace Region at 89 per cent harvest completion
Harvest is virtually complete around Alberta for the 2026 season. Provincial harvest progress bumped up four per cent compared to the week prior and now sits at 97 per cent complete.The final Alberta Crop Report by AFSC says that, with harvest being extended longer than normal, there's not enough comparable data from f...
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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...
Nov 1, 2026
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Local Sports
High School Football
Celtics, Titans to meet in Peace Bowl
A championship high school football game will be played at the Community Knowledge Campus field Friday evening. The St. Joe's Celtics will play the Peace Wapiti Academy Titans in the Peace Bowl. The Titans advanced with a 30-0 win over the Grande Prairie Phoenix last Friday. The newest rankings from Football Alberta ha...
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Week 9
Football Alberta Weekly Top-10 Rankings
Here are the Weekly Top-10 Rankings for all five levels of high school football in Alberta for the 2026 season.These rankings will be released every Sunday (except for the Labour Day kickoff) through November 9.At that time, those will be the last rankings, and teams will take this rank into provincials.The 12-a-side t...
Nov 2, 2026
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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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Agriculture
Crop Report
Final crop report has Peace Region at 89 per cent harvest completion
Harvest is virtually complete around Alberta for the 2026 season. Provincial harvest progress bumped up four per cent compared to the week prior and now sits at 97 per cent complete.The final Alberta Crop Report by AFSC says that, with harvest being extended longer than normal, there's not enough comparable data from f...
23h ago
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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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Alberta
Provincial Politics
Alberta Premier Smith defends proposed riding redraw that Opposition calls cheating
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending a proposal to redraw provincial boundaries in a way the Opposition NDP says is cheating. The legislature is soon expected to debate a report that pitches diluting urban ridings in the city of Lethbridge by merging them with surrounding rural ones. Smith says so-called hybrid ...
1h ago
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Remberance Day
Alberta Legislature Service of Remembrance set for Wednesday
The Alberta Legislature will host a Remembrance Day Ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 4.Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Rick McIver, will host the ceremony and says, "remembrance gives us an opportunity to pause and reflect on the sacrifices made by generations of Canadians who served our country in times of war, c...
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Preparation for 2027 begins
Province reports crews and rain contribute to successful wildfire season
The Government of Alberta reports that the work done by its wildfire preparedness program and firefighting crews led to a successful wildfire season.In addition, significant rainfall across the province also contributed to a less active season.However, even though it's the end of the season, that does not mean wildfire...
Nov 2, 2026
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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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Canada
Ostrich farm sues for loss of dietary pill business, says projected revenue was $200M
VERNON - The owners of a British Columbia farm where hundreds of ostriches were killed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency last year is suing the government and police, claiming the loss of a business with revenue it projected at $200 million. The l...
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B.C. hockey team says it didn't know executive was being investigated for sex crimes
NANAIMO - A junior hockey team in British Columbia says it was not aware of sexual exploitation allegations against an executive when he was hired. In an online statement, the Nanaimo Clippers said that when the organization found out about the RCMP in...
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Fiscal and monetary policy are not at odds, Bank of Canada's Macklem tells MPs
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem told members of Parliament on Tuesday he doesn't think the federal government's fiscal policy is at odds with the central bank's efforts to control inflation. Macklem was speaking at the House of Commons fi...
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B.C. tribunal rules X can't be fined for not deleting intimate image
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia tribunal has ruled it cannot penalize social media platform X for not deleting an intimate image of a person shared online against her will, and that blocking the image in Canada instead reasonably addresses its unlawful ...
2h ago
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Immigration levels update to be included in Nov. 5 budget
OTTAWA - The annual immigration levels update will be included in the federal budget being released Thursday, a government source with knowledge of the plan has confirmed. This will be the second year the annual update is included in the budget documen...
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More Canadians report skipping meals because they can't afford groceries: survey
Results from an annual national poverty survey paint a worsening picture of food affordability in Canada, especially for young people, as tariffs imposed by the United States continue to shake up the Canadian economy. The Salvation Army's 2026 Poverty ...
6h ago
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World
Escaped Tennessee inmate convicted of co-worker's murder is recaptured, officials say
A man convicted of murder who escaped from a Tennessee prison was recaptured on Tuesday after more than a week on the run, authorities said. Jacob Morley, who was serving a life sentence for killing a co-worker four years ago, was apprehe...
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Man charged with mailing hundreds of letters containing powder to officials ahead of the election
Federal authorities charged an Oklahoma man with sending hundreds of letters containing nonhazardous white powder to public officials ahead of the 2024 and 2026 elections. The powders turned out to be yeast or flour, though not all letter...
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Seattle Mariners hire Chicago Cubs farm director Jason Kanzler as manager
SEATTLE (AP) - The Seattle Mariners have hired Chicago Cubs farm director Jason Kanzler as manager, the team said Tuesday. The 36-year-old Kanzler replaces Dan Wilson, who was fired after a disappointing 76-86 season that began with World...
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