Beaverlodge RCMP
Beaverlodge RCMP arrest suspects in break-and-enter incidents
Beaverlodge RCMP have arrested two suspects connected to multiple break-and-enter incidents Monday, Oct. 26.At approximately 3:07 a.m. Monday, RCMP responded to a call reporting a break-in in progress at an oil and gas site near Hythe, quickly locating two individuals who attempted to flee in a pickup truck before bein...
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Wanted Man
High Level RCMP search for wanted man in connection with assault & reckless firearm discharge
High Level RCMP are asking for the public's help locating a wanted man.Mounties say 28-year-old Michael Beaulieu is wanted on multiple warrants after being identified as the suspect who entered a local High Level business on Aug 24, at 11:50 a.m., discharged his firearm twice into the floor and assaulted someone, strik...
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Peace Region
Beaverlodge RCMP
Beaverlodge RCMP arrest suspects in break-and-enter incidents
Beaverlodge RCMP have arrested two suspects connected to multiple break-and-enter incidents Monday, Oct. 26.At approximately 3:07 a.m. Monday, RCMP responded to a call reporting a break-in in progress at an oil and gas site near Hythe, quickly locating two individuals who attempted to flee in a pickup truck before bein...
2h ago
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Wanted Man
High Level RCMP search for wanted man in connection with assault & reckless firearm discharge
High Level RCMP are asking for the public's help locating a wanted man.Mounties say 28-year-old Michael Beaulieu is wanted on multiple warrants after being identified as the suspect who entered a local High Level business on Aug 24, at 11:50 a.m., discharged his firearm twice into the floor and assaulted someone, strik...
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County of Grande Prairie
County facilities to close at 11:30 a.m. for a meeting
All County of Grande Prairie services will be closed this afternoon.The County says an all-staff meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m., resulting in the closure, with normal operations resuming tomorrow (Thursday, Oct. 29).Eight facilities will be affected: Administration BuildingTransportation and Utilities BuildingCommuni...
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Village of Berwyn
Village of Berwyn disrupts water service along 50 Ave. and 52 St. for leak repairs
Water service has been disrupted along two roadways in Berwyn.The Village of Berwyn shut off water around 6:00 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, for properties along 50 Avenue and 52 Street while crews work to repair a leak.As of 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, the water service is still shut off.The Village apologizes for any inconve...
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Grande Prairie Public Library
Infant & Toddler programming at GPPL receives 2026 Ministers Award
A Grande Prairie Public Library program is receiving provincial recognition. GPPL's free Baby Rave program started in 2025 to provide infant- and toddler-specific programming, as requested by the community, as existing story times are consistently at capacity. Photo Courtesy GPPL (Image Credit: Photo Courtesy GPPL) Acc...
Oct 27, 2026
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B.C. Provinical Election
Conservatives win Peace ridings by landslides in B.C. provincial election
Conservative Party candidates won both ridings in the Peace by wide margins in Saturday's (Oct. 24) provincial election in British Columbia. In Peace River South, incumbent Larry Neufeld had 6,070 votes; compared to 1,201 for BC NDP challenger Marsha Rose Dufresne, and 542 for unaffiliated candidate Helen Scott. In Pea...
Oct 27, 2026
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Local Sports
Local Athlete
Elmworth volleyball player recruited to uOttawa
A Peace Region athlete is headed to the nations capital to play USports volleyball next year. Brynn Funk of Elmworth has been recruited to play with uOttawa Women's Volleyball team.In a social media post, they say Funk is a powerful outside hitter and plays with the South Peace Regional Volleyball Club. The post also n...
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County of Grande Prairie
Nominations open for 2027 County of Grande Prairie farm family award
County of Grande Prairie residents are invited to nominate a farming family that has made significant agricultural contributions.The 2027 Farm Family of the Year Award will recognize a family that uses sustainable farming practices, finds innovative ways to meet challenges, and makes lasting contributions to their rura...
Oct 27, 2026
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Storm
Storm split weekend games in Bonnyville
The Storm split two games in Bonnyville over the weekend. A 6-3 win on Saturday followed by a 3-2 loss on Friday. In Friday's game, Bowen Grycan had a goal and an assist. Treysen Miller had two assists. In Saturday's game, defenceman Ryan Richter had a goal and three assists. Easton Goulet had a goal and an assist. Co...
Oct 26, 2026
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Agriculture
Agriculture
Province sets aside $60M for projects that would save water, retore land and grow more
The province says it has set aside $60 million for an Emission 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. The...
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County of Grande Prairie
Nominations open for 2027 County of Grande Prairie farm family award
County of Grande Prairie residents are invited to nominate a farming family that has made significant agricultural contributions.The 2027 Farm Family of the Year Award will recognize a family that uses sustainable farming practices, finds innovative ways to meet challenges, and makes lasting contributions to their rura...
Oct 27, 2026
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Crop report
Harvest virtually complete in Alberta, Peace Region canola far behind
The latest Alberta Crop Report dated Oct. 20, says there isn't enough data from the past 5 and 10 years to provide comparisons, as harvest 2026 continues at an historically slow pace. The slow progress is being blamed by moisture, both in the crop and field. Cooler temperatures are also slowing the drying process of gr...
Oct 26, 2026
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Alberta
Agriculture
Province sets aside $60M for projects that would save water, retore land and grow more
The province says it has set aside $60 million for an Emission 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. The...
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Provincial Legislation
New Alberta omnibus bill includes consumer protection, property rights
The UCP government has introduced wide-ranging legislation, it hopes, will safeguard Albertans in the areas of consumer protection and property rights.The changes are contained inside an omnibus bill, Bill 34, the Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act.Included in the document - help for owners o...
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classroom complexity
AB Education recognizes pressure, it says, as school divisions struggle with EA numbers
Ponoka-based Wolf Creek Public Schools is trying to make things work as best as possible for students, but they're also feeling the financial pinch.In a recent news release, the board of trustees noted it continues to fund supports that address increasing complexity needs for students.However, in a 2026/27 budget updat...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta NDP says Smith's UCP cooking riding boundaries for own benefit
The leader of Alberta's Opposition NDP says Premier Danielle Smith's governing United Conservatives are cooking the riding boundaries for their own advantage ahead of next year's election. Naheed Nenshi says a report now before an all-party committee gerrymanders ridings in Lethbridge and Calgary to dilute NDP support ...
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Canada
Liberals vote to keep B.C. tanker ban in place
OTTAWA - The Liberal government voted to keep the B.C. coastal oil tanker ban in place Wednesday, defeating a Conservative bill that would have repealed it. MPs voted along party lines during second reading in the House of Commons Wednesday, with only ...
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Ottawa introduces new fines for bogus, unlicensed immigration and citizenship advice
OTTAWA - The Immigration Department has announced new fines ranging from $5,000 to $1.5 million for people who give false immigration advice or provide advice without proper authorization. The new fine policy, which takes effect today, sets a minimum f...
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Former senator Pamela Wallin says MAID committee was 'chaotic and exclusionary'
Former senator Pamela Wallin criticized the co-chair of a special joint committee on MAID while testifying at an inquiry into a leaked confidential report, calling him "dismissive" and describing the process as "chaotic and exclusionary." "It was the w...
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One charge against Frank Stronach dropped ahead of second sex assault trial: lawyer
Frank Stronach's lawyer says one charge of sexual assault against her client in an upcoming Newmarket, Ont., trial has been dropped. Leora Shemesh says the prosecution involving one complainant in the trial set for next year has been withdrawn. Docume...
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Ottawa will need other ways to cut emissions to compensate for oil pipeline: Farrell
OTTAWA - The head of the major projects office says Ottawa will need new ways to cut emissions to meet its climate goals because the proposed Pacific Link oil pipeline will emit more than the Pathways carbon capture project will sequester. Dawn Farrell...
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Canadian War Museum acquires type of armoured vehicle used on battlefield in Ukraine
OTTAWA - Brampton-based defence manufacturer Roshel has donated to the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa one of its mine-resistant armoured transport vehicles - the same kind being used by Ukraine in the war with Russia. Jim Whitham, the museum's director ...
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World
Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the enduring "Sí, se puede!" rallying cry, has died. She was 96. Huerta died of cancer Wedne...
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UN condemns US economic embargo of Cuba though more nations sit out after Trump administration push
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly condemned the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba for the 34th year on Wednesday, even as Washington's campaign to influence the outcome led to a number of countries voting against the resolution or sitting out...
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At least 30 dead and 80 injured in high-speed train crash in central Spain
URDA, Spain (AP) - A high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped, derailing two cars and killing at least 30 people on Wednesday in central Spain, authorities said. The regional president of Castilla La Mancha...
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