Local Artists
Work by Goodfare artist part of international exhibiton
An artist from Goodfare will have one of her watercolour paintings featured in an international showcase. Mimi Zhang-Mackie's piece called Piggyback will be part of the 86th Annual International Open Exhibition put on by the Northwest Watercolor Society. Piggyback features a mom with a small child riding on her back. Z...
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County of Grande Prairie
Construction udnerway along Range Road 132
The County of Grande Prairie says construction will get underway along Range Road 132, south of Highway 43, on Monday, Oct. 26.During that time, the road will be open to local traffic only, with one lane open for alternating traffic flow and reduced speeds.Motorists are asked to find an alternate route and allow for ex...
Oct 24, 2026
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Peace Region
Local Artists
Work by Goodfare artist part of international exhibiton
An artist from Goodfare will have one of her watercolour paintings featured in an international showcase. Mimi Zhang-Mackie's piece called Piggyback will be part of the 86th Annual International Open Exhibition put on by the Northwest Watercolor Society. Piggyback features a mom with a small child riding on her back. Z...
19h ago
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County of Grande Prairie
Construction udnerway along Range Road 132
The County of Grande Prairie says construction will get underway along Range Road 132, south of Highway 43, on Monday, Oct. 26.During that time, the road will be open to local traffic only, with one lane open for alternating traffic flow and reduced speeds.Motorists are asked to find an alternate route and allow for ex...
Oct 24, 2026
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B.C. election
Provincial election day in B.C. on Saturday
Saturday is provincial election day in British Columbia. Three candidates are running in Peace River South. They are Marsha Rose Dufresne for the BC NDP, incumbent Larry Neufeld for the Conservative Party and unaffiliated candidate Helen Scott. In Peace River North, incumbent Independent MLA Jordan Kealy is being chal...
Oct 23, 2026
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Tri-Division Collegiate Program
Three local school divisions benefitting from $120k Pembina funding
Pembina Pipelines is providing $40,000 over the next three years to support the Grande Prairie Regional Career Collegiate.In a release from the Peace Wapiti Public School Division, they say the funding will be used to expand career-connected learning experiences for students across the region.They add that the $120,000...
Oct 23, 2026
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County of Grande Prairie
County Council regular meeting highlights
County of Grande Prairie Council held its regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 20.Among the highlights was a $7,000 retention and inclusion incentive for a nurse practitioner at the Wembley Medical Clinic.The funding was provided through County Council's Family Physician and Nurse Practitioner Retention and Inclusion Polic...
Oct 23, 2026
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Community
Non-profit and community group conference taking place at Evergreen Park Oct. 24
Peace Region non-profit organizations and community groups are being invited to come together Saturday to learn, connect, and grow.The County of Grande Prairie, Municipal District of Greenview, and the Government of Alberta are working together to hold Mission Possible: Building Better Communities, Together, a full day...
Oct 23, 2026
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Local Sports
Local Sports
Hockey, curling, football, Wolves this weekend
Storm The Storm will visit Bonnyville Friday and Saturday. Face-off time for both games will be 7 p.m. The Storm have the best record in the Alberta Junior Hockey League at 9-2-1 and hold first place by five points over Lloydminster.NWJHLThere are three games in the Northwest Junior Hockey League Friday. Beaverlodge ...
Oct 23, 2026
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Auto Racing
Local auto racers competing at US event
A half-dozen auto racers from the Peace are competing at a big event in the U.S. this weekend. The Sportsman World Finals in Norwalk, Ohio, is set for Friday and Saturday. It draws racers from all over Canada and the States. There will be three competitors representing the North Peace Bracket Racing Association track l...
Oct 23, 2026
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Storm
Storm beat visiting Wolverines Tuesday night
Treysen Miller had two goals as the Storm downed visiting Whitecourt 4-1 Tuesday night in Grande Prairie. Miller also had an assist. Brody Martin had a pair of helpers. The Storm now have 19 points and are in first place in the North Division. The Storm's next game is on Friday in Bonnyville.
Oct 21, 2026
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Agriculture
Agriculture
Farm groups looking for directors
Several agricultural commodity groups are looking for farmers to serve on their boards. Alberta Grains Alberta Grains says it has five openings for directors and 13 more for delegates. Anyone who wants to run must grow wheat or barley in their region and must have paid a check-off in the last two fiscal years. The nomi...
Oct 23, 2026
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Crop Report
Peace Region harvest slowest in province due to snow and rain delays
Many regions in Alberta experienced the first snowfall of the season just in time for the Thanksgiving weekend to delay harvest operations.Wet fields kept producers out of the swing of harvest for multiple days, especially in some parts of the Peace Region, where up to 50 mm of precipitation was recorded.In the norther...
Oct 19, 2026
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Crop Report
Peace Region passes harvest completion halfway mark
Before unfavourable weather blanketed the majority of Alberta over the Thanksgiving weekend, producers were in rush to get crops off the field and into storage thanks to a historically late harvest. Provincial major crop harvest completion increased to 78 per cent according to the latest Alberta Crop Report. In the rep...
Oct 14, 2026
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Alberta
9,000 acute care spaces
Province expands hospital capacity in preparation for respiratory virus season
The Government of Alberta has expanded hospital capacity ahead of respiratory virus season.More specifically, the province has added over 9,000 acute care spaces and introduced a new triage program to prepare for an increase in demand.The province explained there are now over 221 hospital spaces open across the provinc...
Oct 24, 2026
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Business Beat
U.S. case alleging price-fixing advances against Canadian frozen potato giants
An Illinois judge says a class-action lawsuit alleging two Canadian companies participated in a frozen potato price-fixing scheme in the U.S. can continue. New Brunswick's McCain Foods Limited and J.D. Irving-owned Cavendish Farms, which has an operation in Lethbridge County, were among five defendants seeking the case...
Oct 23, 2026
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Provincial Government
$2.5 million for 36 community organizations to "end gender-based violence"
The province is providing $2.5 million to support those affected by gender-based violence.The funding will support 36 community organizations across the province "to end gender based violence," with 14 in Calgary, seven in Edmonton, four in southern Alberta, seven in central Alberta and four in northern Alber...
Oct 23, 2026
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SCHOOL FLAG RULES
New flag regulations at Alberta schools set to take effect
New regulations governing which flags can be displayed at Alberta schools will take effect Jan. 4, 2027, requiring school authorities to follow provincial rules on flag displays.The Flag Display Regulation builds on changes introduced through the province's An Act to Remove Politics and Ideology from Classrooms.Under t...
Oct 23, 2026
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Canada
Federal Conservatives pitch bill that would end B.C.'s tanker ban
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has asked Prime Minister Mark Carney to repeal the oil tanker ban on British Columbia's northern coast months after Canada inked a deal not to change it. Poilievre was one of several Opposition MPs who sign...
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Carney, premiers to meet with First Nations leaders in Ottawa for first time in years
OTTAWA - First Nations leaders meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney and some of the country's premiers today in what the Assembly of First Nations is calling a historic occasion. The meeting comes as Prime Minister Mark Carney works to speed up major p...
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U.K. opts against joining Canada-led defence bank, pledges co-operation
OTTAWA - The British government has turned down Ottawa's attempts to have it join the international Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, though London says it will work in lockstep with Canada to meet NATO spending targets. The DSRB is meant to reduc...
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Wainwright soldier remembered as dedicated brother, friend at funeral
EDMONTON - Family, friends and Armed Forces members filled the pews of an Edmonton funeral home on Sunday as one of the soldiers killed in the devastating Canadian Forces Base Wainwright fire was laid to rest. All rose as Sgt. Morgan Wong's casket was ...
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'He's earned it': Conservatives want Doerkson as premier amid constitutional question
VANCOUVER - Voters gave Lorne Doerkson's B.C. Conservatives a two-thirds majority government on Saturday, now members of his party need to do the same to change their constitution to allow an interim leader to become permanent.
The party's constituti...
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Canada receives its first F-35 jets from U.S., as full order remains under review
OTTAWA - Canada has received its first pair of new F-35 fighter jets, with Ottawa still deliberating how many of the American planes it will buy. The Royal Canadian Air Force announced Friday on social media that it received the two Lockheed Martin jet...
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World
Jordanian security forces arrest 3 men for a deadly attack on a church
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Jordanian security forces arrested three men Monday for an attack on a Greek Orthodox Church that killed nine people and wounded more than two dozen. The Public Security Directorate said the three suspects were arres...
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Trump escalates anti-Muslim attacks against El-Sayed in Michigan, drawing Arab American rebuke
PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) - President Donald Trump intensified his anti-Muslim rhetoric against Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday, portraying him as a threat to national security and questioning his loyalty to the United States in remarks...
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Venezuela's opposition leader Machado returns after months in exile, as doubts over democracy deepen
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado reappeared in Venezuela Sunday for the first time since December, returning from exile at a time when doubts about the country's democratic future - and the role of the...
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