Liberals table first fiscal document in seven years that won't need opposition votes
OTTAWA - The Liberal government released a spring economic update Tuesday closely focused on boosting investment and job training. While the document contains measures that likely would face pushback from the opposition, the Liberals - thanks to their ...
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Road closure
Watermain break closes 88 Avenue and 98 Street in Grande Prairie
A Water Main break has resulted in a road closure in Grande Prairie.Drivers are being asked to avoid the 88 Avenue and 98 Street intersection for the time being.Transit services will be adjusting their routes for some stops on routes 2 and 5 in the area.The City of Grande Prairie is thanking everyone for their patience...
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Peace Region
25th anniversary
Stitch Club of GP celebrating a quarter-century of community service
A local club is celebrating 25-years of community service.The Stitch Club of Grande Prairie has been operating in the City for a quarter-century, with Club President Anne Sawchuk there from the start; "I'm one of the first four, and I'm still with the club, everybody else has either passed away or moved away."...
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Peace Wapiti Public School Division
PWPSD to add two modular classrooms to Peace Wapiti Academy
Peace Wapiti Public School Division has announced two new modular classrooms to be added to Peace Wapiti Academy.The classrooms are part of the province's $600 million investment to install over 180 modular classrooms in the 2026-2027 school year.PWPSD Board Chair Lori Grant says the modulars will be a welcome addition...
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National Day of Mourning
Peace Region municipalities recognizing Workers' Mourning Day
Multiple Peace Region municipalities are acknowledging Workers' Mourning Day today, April 28, remembering people who have lost their lives or suffered illness or injury as a result of their work. The City of Grande Prairie says today reinforces everyone's shared responsibility to keep one another safe. The city is join...
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Road closure
Watermain break closes 88 Avenue and 98 Street in Grande Prairie
A Water Main break has resulted in a road closure in Grande Prairie.Drivers are being asked to avoid the 88 Avenue and 98 Street intersection for the time being.Transit services will be adjusting their routes for some stops on routes 2 and 5 in the area.The City of Grande Prairie is thanking everyone for their patience...
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City Hall
Highlights from Monday meeting of Grande Prairie City Council
Grande Prairie City Council met on Monday for the first time since March 30. - The city recorded a budget surplus of $3,786,000 for 2025. Council approved dividing up the money between three reserve funds. There is $2,336,000 going into the Financial Stabilization Reserve, $1,150,000 to the Facility Renewal reserve, an...
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Health
Potential measles exposure at GPRH ED
Residents who attended the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Emergency Department last week, may have been exposed to measles.According to AHS, an individual with Measles was at the ED two days last week; Monday, April 20 from 1:21 p.m. until 10:44 p.m. and Wednesday, April 22, from 8:33 am to 1:40 pm.Now, anyone who at...
Apr 27, 2026
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Local Sports
Local Hockey
Slave Lake returns to NWJHL
Another team is to be added into the Strike Group North West Junior Hockey League next season. The Junior B hockey league is welcoming the return of the Slave Lake Wolves, after the team dissolved from the NWJHL in 2014.At their annual general meeting held on April 27, a motion was passed by NWJHL board members to acce...
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Wrestling
Two medals for Grande Prairie wrestler at national championships
A member of the Grande Prairie Wrestling Club won two silver medals at the 2026 Canadian Wrestling Championships held over the weekend at the Design Works Centre. Jaren Alaimoana took second in the men's U19 110-kilogram category in both freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. Teammate Hayden Cooke had fourth and sixth-p...
Apr 27, 2026
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Esso Cup
Peace Region locals part of 2026 National Championship win
Two girls from the Peace Region have the right to call themselves national champions. Both Taylor Wasylchew and Kasey McLeod of Grande Prairie, were a part of the U18 Red Deer Chiefs' 4-3 overtime win yesterday(Saturday, April 25) in Dieppe, New Brunswick, where they took down the Ontario representative, the Stoney Cre...
Apr 27, 2026
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Agriculture
Agriculture
Alberta Open Farm Days registration closes April 30
Any places interested in being hosts for this year's edition of Alberta Open Farm Days have until April 30 to register.Last year, more than a dozen farms and organizations in the Peace acted as hosts. They were among the 120 host farms across Alberta.The 14th edition of Alberta Open Farm Days is set for August 15 and 1...
Apr 26, 2026
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Farming groups applaud private member's bill aimed at speeding up product approvals
OTTAWA - Canadian agriculture groups are applauding a Conservative private member's bill that would allow Canada to rely on scientific reviews of new products conducted in "trusted" countries to speed up approvals of the products here. Conservative MP ...
Apr 18, 2026
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Agriculture
Applications open for FCC AgriSpirit Fund
Farm Credit Canada says applications are now open for its FCC AgriSpirit Fund.Charities and non-profit groups in communities with fewer than 50,000 people can apply for grants to help with projects.There is a total of $1.5 million in the fund. Individual applicants can get between $10,000 and $25,000.The application de...
Apr 17, 2026
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Alberta
primary care alberta
Parents encouraged to check records during National Immunization Awareness Week
Primary Care Alberta is encouraging parents this week to learn more about childhood immunization.That is because it is National Immunization Awareness Week.For one, parents are encouraged to confirm that their children are up to date on their routine childhood shots."Choosing to follow the recommended routine im...
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Canals, reservoirs could become clogged
Potential for invasive species to 'mussel' in on agri-community
As the Province ramps up spring and summertime watercraft inspections for invasive mussels, comes an appeal from the agriculture community to not only help protect lakes and rivers, but irrigation systems, as well.Alberta Irrigation Districts Association vice-chair Richard Phillips, in a news conference Tuesday with En...
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Provincial Politics
Lawyer says Alberta premier exploiting loophole with referendum site, wants ad ban
An Edmonton lawyer is calling on Elections Alberta to close a loophole allowing Premier Danielle Smith's government to advertise in favour of her fall referendum on sweeping immigration reform. Provincial law prohibits the government from advertising or publishing certain information related to a referendum if the vote...
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Education
Alberta government announces changes to get more instructors into classrooms
Alberta's government is making some changes to get more instructors into classrooms. Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides has introduced four new expedited teaching certificates to help qualified individuals enter classrooms sooner. The new certificates will allow bachelor of education students in their final year o...
Apr 24, 2026
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Canada
In the news today: Interest rates, Manitoba First Nation lockdown, Missing N.S. kids
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Bank of Canada expected to keep benchmark rate at 2.25% amid Iran war oil price spike The Bank of Canada is widely expected to keep its benchmark interest rate unc...
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Davis Schneider's brother died of an overdose. The Blue Jay says naloxone can save others
TORONTO - To Davis Schneider, his older brother Steven was "kind of like a Superman." "He worked as a nurse up until he died. He worked every single day to help people in need," the Toronto Blue Jays player said in an interview with The Canadian Press....
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A timeline of key events in the Nova Scotia missing kids investigation
HALIFAX - Four-year-old Jack Sullivan and his six-year-old sister Lilly were reported missing from their home in Lansdowne Station, N.S., on May 2, 2025. Almost a year later, the investigation continues into their disappearance. What follows is a timel...
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One year later, RCMP saying little about disappearance of two Nova Scotia children
HALIFAX - Almost a year after RCMP began investigating the sudden disappearance of two children from their rural Nova Scotia home, the Mounties still say there is no evidence of an abduction or criminal offence. Investigators say that on May 2, 2025, f...
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VPD officer's testimony dropped from schedule of Myles Gray death hearing
VANCOUVER - A public hearing in Vancouver into the police-involved death of Myles Gray in 2015 is set to resume after a six-week adjournment. But the first testimony from one of the Vancouver officers under investigation for the violent confrontation h...
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Bank of Canada expected to keep benchmark rate at 2.25% amid Iran war oil price spike
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is widely expected to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.25 per cent when it announces its latest decision later this morning. The central bank is also set to release its latest economic forecast in its quarter...
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World
Iran's rial currency hits record low as shaky ceasefire with US and Israel still holds
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's national rial currency hit a record hit Wednesday of 1.8 million to $1 as a shaky ceasefire with the U.S. and Israel still holds. The rial had remained stable for weeks during the war, which began Feb. 28, in pa...
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King Charles highlights US-UK bond in speech to Congress noting 'times of great uncertainty'
WASHINGTON (AP) - King Charles III acknowledged "times of great uncertainty" as he expressed gratitude to the American people and marked the 250th anniversary of independence from Britain in a speech to the U.S. Congress that highlighted the bonds betw...
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Ex-FBI Director Comey indicted again, in a probe over an online post officials call a Trump threat
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted again Tuesday, this time in an investigation over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach that officials said constituted a threat against President Donald Trump. ...
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