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Rising Above Grande Prairie opens Summit House Sept. 26
Rising Above Ministries has opened their new facility in Grande Prairie.Located behind the current addiction treatment facility across from Centre 2000, Summit House will serve as a residence for men in addiction recovery. (Image Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel Leigh) (Image Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel ...
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Alberta Court of Justice
Grande Prairie lawyers appointed to Alberta Court of Justice
A pair of lawyers based out of Grande Prairie have both been appointed to the Alberta Court of Justice.A release from the province says Christian Banks will be named a justice in the Northern Region effective Oct. 26, while Timothy Burnham will be appointed effective Dec. 1.Banks has more than 28 years of experience as...
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Peace Region
Community
Rising Above Grande Prairie opens Summit House Sept. 26
Rising Above Ministries has opened their new facility in Grande Prairie.Located behind the current addiction treatment facility across from Centre 2000, Summit House will serve as a residence for men in addiction recovery. (Image Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel Leigh) (Image Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel ...
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Alberta Court of Justice
Grande Prairie lawyers appointed to Alberta Court of Justice
A pair of lawyers based out of Grande Prairie have both been appointed to the Alberta Court of Justice.A release from the province says Christian Banks will be named a justice in the Northern Region effective Oct. 26, while Timothy Burnham will be appointed effective Dec. 1.Banks has more than 28 years of experience as...
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Community
Grande Prairie student earns national scholarship from Canadian Hearing Services
Canadian Hearing Services has awarded 28 scholarships to deaf and hard-of-hearing students across the country, including one from Grande Prairie. Reeghan Funk is a third-year kinesiology student at Northwestern Polytechnic. Besides being deaf, Funk was also born with cerebral palsy and a paralyzed vocal cord. She says ...
Sep 25, 2026
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Nov. 9 by-election
Village of Berwyn announces second by-election to fill vacant council seat
The Village of Berwyn has announced a second by-election to fill a vacant seat on village council.The by-election will be to fill the seat left vacant following Councillor Jane Weber's resignation Aug. 22.Nomination packages are being issued Monday, with anyone interested in serving their community to file their nomina...
Sep 25, 2026
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249 tickets issued
GPPS reminding residents about school zone safety after high ticket volume
Grande Prairie Enforcement Services is sharing data on school zone speeding from the start of this month. GPPS is reporting a total of 249 speeding tickets issued in school zones during the first two weeks of school (Sept. 3 to Sept. 18), with 109 coming from photo radar and 140 by local officers.Peace Officer Sergeant...
Sep 25, 2026
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Grande Prairie Regional Hospital
GPRH unveils new educational mural at ICU
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital has unveiled a new mural to provide both comfort and education to visitors of the intensive care unit.Visual communication designer Nicole Pernel designed the mural to showcase all the equipment used in the ICU that families might observe connected to their loved ones while in the hospi...
Sep 25, 2026
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Local Sports
PBR Canada
Grande Prairie bull rider feeling confident heading into Peace Country Invitational
A Grande Prairie bull rider will be competing at his third PBR Peace Country Invitational back home this weekend. Jett Lambert says he drew a good bull and has "a really good feeling" about Saturday's competition. "(I'm) feeling (confident). I've definitely sharpened up my mental and physical game over t...
Sep 25, 2026
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Local Sports
Hockey, rodeo, Wolves, football, motocross this weekend
Besides PBR Canada's Peace Country Invitational taking place this weekend, there are a bunch of other things going on as well.StormThe Storm are in Camrose for games Saturday and Sunday.Face-off times are 6 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.The Storm are 2-1 on the season after two wins at home over Bonnyville last...
Sep 25, 2026
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Bull Riding
Four locals among the competitors at Peace Country Invitational
Four cowboys from the Peace Country are set to compete at home when Professional Bull Riding's Peace County Invitational takes place Saturday in Grande Prairie. The group includes Mason Hamilton and Austin Paley from Beaverlodge and Kayden Budde and Jett Lambert from Grande Prairie. The 23 riders set to compete Saturd...
Sep 25, 2026
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Agriculture
'Betrayal to producers'
Conservative's agriculture shadow minister condemns decision to ignore committee report
The federal Conservative's critic for agriculture is condemning Ottawa's repsonse to a standing committee report, deeming it a betrayal. Shadow minister and Foothills MP, John Barlow, said that rejecting the recommendations of the bipartisan document are a betrayal to producers. By not reversing the closure of seven ag...
Sep 23, 2026
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Agriculture
Rain dampening harvest efforts according to latest Alberta Crop Report
Just under 13 per cent of major crops have been combined in the Peace Region according to the most recent Alberta Crop Report. The report, dated Sept. 15, says the Peace Region is well behind the five-year average of 51 per cent of harvest completed, due to precipitation in the region that varied between five and 15 mi...
Sep 21, 2026
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Agriculture
Twenty-two per cent of canola swathed in Peace Region, as per latest Provincial Crop Report
The province says harvest is off to a slow start in 2026 across Alberta, with the most recent Alberta Crop Report by AFSC saying provincial progress is behind the five-and 10-year averages of 40 and 30 per cent, respectively. Rain has caused significant delays for farmers to get in the field as well as for crops maturi...
Sep 14, 2026
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Alberta
Ballot Questions 1-5
Albertans set to vote on immigration questions that have only spawned more questions
Albertans soon head to the polls to not only vote on Confederation but also on a raft of questions on immigration - questions that in recent months have spawned more questions.On Oct. 19, Albertans vote on whether they want to stay in Canada or whether it's time to hold a second binding referendum on leaving Confederat...
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Specialized treatment
Province invests $2.4 million to support Albertans affected by gambling addiction
The Government of Alberta has invested $2.4 million in specialized treatment and recovery services for residents experiencing gambling addiction.More specifically, some of the funding will go to the Brick House Recovery Centre, which has locations in Edmonton and Calgary. It will go towards expanding gambling treatment...
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Current and former students
Province searching for post-secondary students to take part in focus group
The Government of Alberta has launched a student focus group for current post-secondary students and recent graduates.The purpose of the group is to gather input as the province considers recommendations from the expert panel on post-secondary institution funding.The participants in the focus group will get the opportu...
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snapchat
ICE arrest prompts warning about location sharing
The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) is sharing a warning, urging parents to review their children's location-sharing settings on popular social media apps.The warning comes after an arrest by ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit.An investigation determined an alleged offender tracked the locatio...
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Canada
Four people dead in a helicopter crash in Quebec
MONTREAL - Four people have died in a helicopter crash in Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, 50 kilometres southeast of Montreal, according to provincial police. A spokesperson says police were called to the scene around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. They found the ...
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B.C. Conservative leader, Doerkson, gets game boost from current and former premiers
VANCOUVER - B.C. Conservative Party Leader Lorne Doerkson estimates he's said 100 times in the last few days that he's open to advice on how to change the provincial government, and he got some of that in a meeting with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe a...
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Que. opposition leaders call claims of U.S. interference a fear campaign, 'Hail Mary'
MONTREAL - Claims of American interference continued to churn on the Quebec campaign trail Saturday, the eve of the start of advance polling ahead of the Oct. 5 election. "I mostly want to raise awareness among Quebecers to the situation that could oc...
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Former federal public servant seeks better pensions for injured workers
OTTAWA - A former public servant is calling for changes to pension rules for workers who have to retire early after getting injured on the job. Paméla Marchand worked for Correctional Service Canada as a corrections officer for 15 years before her medi...
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Anand tells UN that Canada seeks 'strategic autonomy,' relies on civil debate
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has put "strategic autonomy" at the forefront of Canada's address to the United Nations General Assembly today. Anand's speech echoes Prime Minister Mark Carney's quest for middle powers to work together by...
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'Horrifying': Focus on Tumbler Ridge shooter's AI chats
An article published by U.S. magazine Mother Jones this week provides a vivid account of what it says were conversations between the Tumbler Ridge shooter and an OpenAI chatbot. The report, which does not disclose its sources, has thrown a spotlight on...
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World
Trump rejects Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and other Mideast news
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week if the U.S. meets certain conditions. Meanwhile, Iranian media outlets said the country's president has left New York after the ...
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Pope Leo draws 800,000 people to central Paris for open-air Mass on iconic square
PARIS (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris' iconic Champs-Élysées avenue to attend an open-air Mass with Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church's enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular coun...
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Gunmen target ambulance in Pakistan after suicide bombing at checkpoint killed 12
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - Gunmen opened fire on an ambulance attending the scene of a suicide bomb attack at a roadside police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan that killed at least 12 people on Saturday and wounded about 35 others, officials...
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