Community
Career session for Metis youth set for Monday at Evergreen Park
A session organizers say is a way for Metis youth to "design their path forward" will be held Monday in Grande Prairie.The Get Ahead of Your Future sessions will go from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Evergreen Park.This is for Metis young people aged 15 to 19.The event's website says those taking part will go through ...
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RCMP
Clairmont RCMP offering rail-safety tips for off-highway vehicle users
Clairmont RCMP are reminding the public to use caution when operating off-highway vehicles near railway tracks.As warmer temperatures and melting snow create muddy terrain, Mounties say the risk of vehicles becoming stuck increases, creating potential safety risks if they are stuck on or near a railway track.Mounties i...
Mar 20, 2026
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Peace Region
Community
Career session for Metis youth set for Monday at Evergreen Park
A session organizers say is a way for Metis youth to "design their path forward" will be held Monday in Grande Prairie.The Get Ahead of Your Future sessions will go from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Evergreen Park.This is for Metis young people aged 15 to 19.The event's website says those taking part will go through ...
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Northwestern Polytechnic
NWP unveils new anatomy lab at Grande Prairie campus
Northwestern Polytechnic has unveiled its new state-of-the-art anatomy lab. Students, medical professionals, and local dignitaries attended a presentation on Friday to learn about the new space where medical students will be able to study the human anatomy up close. (Image Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel Leigh) N...
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Grande Prairie road bans
City & County gravel road bans in effect next week
The City and County of Grande Prairie will be implementing gravel road bans starting on Monday, Mar. 23. Officials say once they're in effect, all gravel roads are restricted to 75 per cent axle weight between 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. They add that says these bans are put in effect during the spring thaw, as gravel roads are...
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RCMP
Clairmont RCMP offering rail-safety tips for off-highway vehicle users
Clairmont RCMP are reminding the public to use caution when operating off-highway vehicles near railway tracks.As warmer temperatures and melting snow create muddy terrain, Mounties say the risk of vehicles becoming stuck increases, creating potential safety risks if they are stuck on or near a railway track.Mounties i...
Mar 20, 2026
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Vernal Equinox
First official day of spring
Spring arrives today (Friday, March 20).The vernal equinox will happen at 8:46 a.m.The Old Farmer's Almanac says that is when the sun crosses the celestial equator, an imaginary line in space above the Earth's equator.While it is the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, it is the first day of fall in the Sou...
Mar 20, 2026
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County of Grande Prairie
Farm Family of the Year calls the recognition an honour and humbling
A Goodfare family says being the County of Grande Prairie's Farm Family of the Year is "quite an honour."The Kitt family runs The Homestead and First Nature Farms.Jerry Kitt says he was attracted to farming as he wanted to be close to nature. He adds nature also played a role in his decision to go into organi...
Mar 20, 2026
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Local Sports
Local Sports
Hockey, ski hills this weekend
StormThe Storm host Lloydminster Friday to start the AJHL playoffs. More on the Storm can be found here.NPHLManning has a chance to win the North Peace Hockey League title on home ice Saturday night.The Comets won 6-2 Thursday night in Dawson Creek to take a 3-0 series lead.Game time Saturday will be 8:30 p.m.Provincia...
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College Athletics
Two new NWP indoor track records broken
The Northwestern Polytechnic Wolves athletes may not have made podium finishes at the ACAC 2026 Indoor Track Championships, but they did come home with some bragging rights. The Wolves Women's 4x200m relay team, made of Alana Paziuk, Kelly Koop, Carly Frerichs, and Raelle Amboe set a new school record of 1:56.77 on Sat...
Mar 19, 2026
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GP Storm
Grande Prairie Storm ready for another push to AJHL final
The Grande Prairie Storm start round one of the AJHL playoffs on Friday, Mar. 20, at home against the Lloydminster Bobcats. The playoff bracket up north is the exact same as last season, according to Storm Head Coach Chris Schmidt; when the Storm lost the AJHL final to Calgary after sweeping their previous two series a...
Mar 19, 2026
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Agriculture
County of Grande Prairie
Farm Family of the Year calls the recognition an honour and humbling
A Goodfare family says being the County of Grande Prairie's Farm Family of the Year is "quite an honour."The Kitt family runs The Homestead and First Nature Farms.Jerry Kitt says he was attracted to farming as he wanted to be close to nature. He adds nature also played a role in his decision to go into organi...
Mar 20, 2026
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Agriculture
Canadian Agricultural Safety Week underway
This is Canadian Agricultural Safety Week.The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association sets aside the third week in March every year to put a focus on farm safety.Each day will see a different focus area.Monday will be rail and road safety.Tuesday is for farm machinery safety.Wednesday is for emergency preparedness, Th...
Mar 16, 2026
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Rural Issues
Four Peace Country municipalities sending resolutions to RMA spring convention
Resolutions from four municipalities in the Peace Country will be up for discussion at the Rural Municipalities of Alberta spring convention.It will run from March 16 to 18 in Edmonton.The County of Grande Prairie is bringing forth a resolution called Equitable Electricity Distribution Pricing Model.It asks the associa...
Mar 15, 2026
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Alberta
WATCH
Alberta to shutter Calgary, Lethbridge supervised consumption sites
The Alberta government is shutting down the province's first-ever supervised drug consumption site. Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis says the Sheldon M. Chumir Centre in Calgary, as well as a mobile service in Lethbridge, will be shuttered as the next step in the province's move to a recovery-oriented approach to addi...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta's Smith says not contacted by RCMP amid police searches in contract probe
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says she's not been contacted by the RCMP as Mounties execute search warrants in a probe into allegations of misconduct in multimillion-dollar government health contracts. Smith's office made the comments as Mounties were seen in Edmonton outside the offices of MHCare Medical Cor...
Mar 19, 2026
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Provincial Politics
Alberta's Smith seeking clearance for interference briefings, Nenshi questions intent
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is seeking security clearance to receive briefings on foreign interference in her province, but the leader of the Opposition says she shouldn't be trusted with it. NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says the premier's relationship with the Saudi government and her lack of concern about the ongoing ...
Mar 19, 2026
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violent assaults, home invasions, and fires
Ponoka home shuttered by Alberta Sheriffs
The Alberta Sheriffs have shuttered a residential property in Ponoka after several complaints and concerns were made about suspected illegal activity.The Alberta Sheriffs' Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit took action at the property at 4011 45A Street in Ponoka in January 2025 by issuing a letter to the...
Mar 19, 2026
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Canada
Canadians plan to sail to Gaza despite detention risks
Canadians are planning to sail to Gaza again as part of a flotilla that aims to deliver aid and break a nearly 20-year naval blockade months after six Canadians were detained by Israel for attempting a similar mission. Safa Chebbi, spokesperson for the...
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Fréchette and Drainville face off in first CAQ leadership debate
QUÉBEC - The first debate in the race to succeed Quebec Premier François Legault as leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec took place in Quebec City, with candidates Christine Fréchette and Bernard Drainville facing off. Saturday's discussion touched on...
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Three Quebec maritime students who were stranded in Persian Gulf in good spirits
MONTREAL - Three students who were stranded aboard ships in the Persian Gulf for more than two weeks arrived back home in good spirits. the director of Quebec's maritime institute said. All three students arrived in Quebec on Friday after flying from S...
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Most NDP leadership candidates say they're in no hurry to become MPs
OTTAWA - Four of the five federal NDP leadership candidates say they won't be in a hurry to enter the House of Commons if they win - a position the only MP in the race calls "a little bit odd." Filmmaker Avi Lewis said if he is chosen as the new NDP ...
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Federal departments, agencies to shed 12,000 full-time equivalent positions
OTTAWA - Federal departments and agencies are looking to cut more than 12,000 full-time equivalent jobs over the next three years as part of the Carney government's spending review. That figure comes from plans released by federal departments and agenc...
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Canada should 'absolutely' match Poland's Chinese EV ban at military bases: expert
OTTAWA - Intelligence and cybersecurity experts are warning the Liberal government about national security risks posed by allowing Chinese electric vehicles onto Canadian military bases. Critics and some experts are even calling on Ottawa to ban the ca...
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World
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies
WASHINGTON (AP) - Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation's premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties...
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Cuba refuses to let US Embassy in Havana import diesel for its generators
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Cuban government has refused a request by the U.S. Embassy in Havana to allow it to import diesel for its generators while the Trump administration continues to impose a fuel blockade on the island, two U.S. officials familiar wit...
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Officials say at least 10 people were killed in a South Korean factory fire
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean rescue workers on Saturday recovered 10 bodies from the charred wreckage of an auto parts factory in the central city of Daejeon, where a blaze likely triggered by an explosion injured at least 59 others and left ...
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