Education
NWP, Northern Gateway schools team up on new way to train teachers
Northwestern Polytechnic and Northern Gateway Public Schools say they have come up with a way to train more teachers locally. NWP says in a release posted on its website that starting in the 2026-27 academic year, students will be able to take classes for their Bachelor of Education - Elementary degree through faciliti...
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City Hall
Maintenance work on 97 Ave.-116 St. intersection on Sunday
City Hall says maintenance is being done on the traffic lights at 97 Avenue and 116 Street on Sunday (Sept. 20). That means the intersection will be treated as a four-way stop as of Sunday. There will also be lane reductions in place. The work is supposed to be finished by early afternoon. City Hall is asking drivers t...
Sep 19, 2026
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Peace Region
Education
NWP, Northern Gateway schools team up on new way to train teachers
Northwestern Polytechnic and Northern Gateway Public Schools say they have come up with a way to train more teachers locally. NWP says in a release posted on its website that starting in the 2026-27 academic year, students will be able to take classes for their Bachelor of Education - Elementary degree through faciliti...
9h ago
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City Hall
Maintenance work on 97 Ave.-116 St. intersection on Sunday
City Hall says maintenance is being done on the traffic lights at 97 Avenue and 116 Street on Sunday (Sept. 20). That means the intersection will be treated as a four-way stop as of Sunday. There will also be lane reductions in place. The work is supposed to be finished by early afternoon. City Hall is asking drivers t...
Sep 19, 2026
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Forestry Business
Weyerhaeuser to discuss future plans at upcoming open houses
Weyerhaeuser is hosting a pair of open houses to talk about future plans. The first one is set for Monday, September 21, from 3-7 p.m. at Centre 2000. The other one will be held in Grande Cache on Wednesday, September 23, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Grande Cache Inn. The company says it will be talking about a &qu...
Sep 19, 2026
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RCMP
Fort St. John RCMP looking for wanted man
Fort St. John RCMP say they are asking for the public's help in locating a 48-year-old man wanted on four charges of assault. Trevor Lyons is also wanted on a charge of assault causing bodily harm, two more of uttering threats, and multiple failure to comply charges. (Image Credit: supplied by Fort St. John RCMP.) He i...
Sep 18, 2026
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Sept. 20, 2026
Terry Fox Run set for Muskoseepi Park
The Terry Fox Run is taking place across Canada this Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026.Now in its 46th year, people will be running to raise funds and awareness for cancer research in memory of the late Terry Fox.In Grande Prairie, a 5 km walk/run is planned for Muskoseepi Park going from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Organizers are hop...
Sep 18, 2026
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Missing Beaverlodge children located safely following almost 3 month long search
Alberta RCMP Serious Crimes Branch has confirmed that a missing six-year-old and four-year old have been found safe.Inspector Breanne Brown says they were located in West Kelowna, BC, after two and a half months of investigative efforts."These investigative efforts included extensive searches of several rural prop...
Sep 18, 2026
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Local Sports
Local Sports
NWJHL season opening, Wolves, Nitehawk fundraiser this weekend
NWJHLThe Northwest Junior Hockey League regular season starts Friday with Beaverlodge at the County Wheat Kings.Face-off at 8 p.m. at the JDA County Sportsplex.On Saturday, Slave Lake in Sexsmith starts at 8 p.m. Fort St. John in La Crete will start at 7 p.m.Sunday, Wheat Kings in Sexsmith and Slave Lake in Beaverlodge...
Sep 18, 2026
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Grande Prairie Storm
Storm hosting season opener Friday night
It will be a big night at the Bonnetts Energy Centre Friday (September 18). The Grande Prairie Storm will host the Bonnyville Pontiacs in the opening game of the regular season. Face-off time will be 7 p.m. The Storm went all the way to the league semi-finals last season, before losing in seven games to Whitecourt. The...
Sep 18, 2026
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Community
Sexsmith sportswoman passes away at 61
A well-known figure around curling rinks in the Peace Country has passed away. An obituary posted to the Oilver's Funeral Home website says Marcy Balderston died at the family home near Sexsmith on Sept. 14. She was 61. The obituary says Balderston was part of five provincial curling championships, plus one national ch...
Sep 17, 2026
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Agriculture
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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Agriculture
September 1 crop report says just over three per cent of the crop harvested in the Peace
The September 1 crop report from the province and AFSC says that 3.3 per cent of the major crops in the Peace had been harvested by that date. The five-year average for the same time is 13.3 per cent completion; the 10-year average is 9.2 per cent. The report also says that 12.3 per cent of the dry peas, 6.3 per cent o...
Sep 09, 2026
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Saddle Hills County
Saddle Hills County celebrates local volunteers with appreciating dinner
Saddle Hills County has celebrated local volunteers with its Annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner.On Aug. 27, 19 volunteers were recognized for their outstanding contributions with the theme Roots Run Deep-Years of Service, Generations of Impact.Volunteer recognition recipients included:Bree Hamilton for her outstandin...
Sep 03, 2026
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Alberta
Provincial Politics
Alberta changes voter list rules, eyes new legislation after privacy breach
Alberta's government says it has made temporary changes to rules governing provincial voter lists after a major privacy breach. The province published a new policy Thursday that says copies of Alberta's official voter list given to political parties will only include the number of voters in each voting area and municip...
Sep 18, 2026
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all preventable
Life and death: Alberta RCMP warn 2026 could be worst for traffic fatalities in a decade
If numbers keep pace, 2026 could be the worst in a decade for traffic fatalities, warn Alberta RCMP.Mounties are therefore urging motorists to make safer choices on the roads.As of Aug. 31, Alberta RCMP had recorded 192 such deaths, compared with 144 by that point of 2025.There are typically 82 more between September a...
Sep 18, 2026
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more tourism opportunities
Part of Canmore area's Mount Lady MacDonald designated 'all-season resort area'
An area of Crown land on Mount Lady MacDonald, near Canmore, has been designated an 'all-season resort area' by the provincial government.By doing so, the government says it is opening the door for Albertans to enjoy more outdoor spaces year-round.They add that it could help create 1,750 new jobs and $238 million in vi...
Sep 18, 2026
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Provincial Politics
Alberta independence leaders say their efforts won't end with referendum vote
Leaders in Alberta's independence movement say the fight for provincial separation doesn't end with the referendum vote in October. Albertans will vote in about five weeks on whether to remain in Canada or embark on a journey toward a binding vote on secession. Premier Danielle Smith has said that a vote to remain in C...
Sep 17, 2026
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Canada
Poilievre says Canada will never be the '28th state' of the European Union
BRANTFORD - Pierre Poilievre says Canada will "never be the 28th state of the European Union" as Prime Minister Mark Carney pursues deeper ties with Europe amid a trade war with the United States. Poilievre made the comments at a rally in Brantford, On...
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As Parliament returns, focus is on the U.S. trade war, new EU ties and cost of living
OTTAWA - Parliament will get back to work Monday after a three-month break, with the trade war with the United States and Prime Minister Mark Carney's move to formalize closer ties with the European Union top of mind. Public opinion backs Carney's appr...
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Findlay resigns as B.C. Conservative leader after weeks of caucus upheaval
Kerry-Lynne Findlay has resigned as the leader of British Columbia's Conservatives, effective immediately, after weeks of upheaval in the official Opposition caucus. She says in a statement posted to social media that it was not an easy decision, but s...
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'La Bola Negra' wins People's Choice Award at Toronto International Film Festival
TORONTO - "La Bola Negra," an epic film about the interconnected lives of three gay men in Spain, took home the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday. Its directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, known collectiv...
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MPs, senators on intelligence committee scrutinize Canada's ability to spy overseas
OTTAWA - Parliamentarians are taking a hard look at Canada's overseas intelligence gathering capabilities as debate simmers over the need for a new foreign spy agency. The MPs and senators who make up the National Security and Intelligence Committee of...
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Bills, byelections and bilats: what you need to know as MPs return to Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are making their way back to Ottawa for the fall sitting of the House of Commons that gets underway on Monday. It's set to be a busy season with the release of the federal budget, debate on legislation and looming byelect...
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World
ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, officials say
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal immigration agent shot and wounded a man on Sunday in Austin, Texas, authorities said. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer rammed the man's car then got out of his federal vehicle and opened...
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18 suspects accused in the July 2021 killing of Haiti's president being extradited from Haiti to US
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were awaiting extradition to the U.S. on Sunday, marking the end of a drawn-out judicial process in Haiti for a killing that sh...
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Merz vows to press ahead with reforms after historic state election defeat
BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suffered a bruising electoral setback in two state elections on Sunday, including a historic defeat for his party, but vowed to press ahead with potentially painful reforms to Europe's biggest economy. ...
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