Community
Harvest Festival taking place Saturday
The South Peace Centennial Museum is hosting its Harvest Festival today (Saturday, September 12). The day starts with a pancake breakfast from 8-10 a.m. The other events run from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. They will include a tractor parade, the South Peace Market, a carnival, live music, and a chance to try some homesteadin...
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Town of Grimshaw
Town of Grimshaw signs one-year trial agreement with IMS for enhanced bylaw enforcement
The Town of Grimshaw has signed a one-year trial agreement with Integrated Municipal Support.Starting in early October, IMS will provide enhanced bylaw enforcement and community service through proactive patrols, animal control services, and complaint response.IMS will maintain a total of forty hours per week, with dai...
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Peace Region
Community
Harvest Festival taking place Saturday
The South Peace Centennial Museum is hosting its Harvest Festival today (Saturday, September 12). The day starts with a pancake breakfast from 8-10 a.m. The other events run from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. They will include a tractor parade, the South Peace Market, a carnival, live music, and a chance to try some homesteadin...
15h ago
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Town of Grimshaw
Town of Grimshaw signs one-year trial agreement with IMS for enhanced bylaw enforcement
The Town of Grimshaw has signed a one-year trial agreement with Integrated Municipal Support.Starting in early October, IMS will provide enhanced bylaw enforcement and community service through proactive patrols, animal control services, and complaint response.IMS will maintain a total of forty hours per week, with dai...
15h ago
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"Emergency Situation outside"
Charles Spencer, St. Joe's & Eastlink Centre hold and secure lifted
The Grande Prairie Catholic School Division says on a social media post that the situation has been resolved. They credited the "swift and effective actions of our local police" that led to the "situation safely resolved, including assurances that there is no remaining concern or threat."An official...
Sep 11, 2026
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Saturday, Sept. 12
GP Legion hosting First Responders Appreciation event
A celebration for First Responders Appreciation Day will take place at the Grande Prairie Legion tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 12).Local officers from GPPS will be in attendance, along with Enforcement Services and Mobile Outreach.From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., residents are invited to attend the free barbecue event and learn mor...
Sep 11, 2026
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Community
Rotary Community Food Bank Drive collects nearly 43 tonnes of donations
Hundreds of volunteers and donors made the 2026 Rotary Community Food Bank Drive a success on Thursday evening (Sept. 10). The Rotary Clubs of Grande Prairie say that almost 43 tonnes of food bank donations were collected by volunteers going door-to-door in the Swan City for the Salvation Army Food Bank in a single nig...
Sep 11, 2026
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RCMP
Peace Regional RCMP arrest suspects in ATCO break-in
Peace Regional RCMP have arrested two suspects in connection to a break-in at an ATCO compound.On Sunday, Sept. 6, Mounties responded to a report of two males jumping the fence into the ATCO Electric compound and fleeing on foot once authorities arrived.Police Dog Services quickly located the two suspects, and they wer...
Sep 11, 2026
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Local Sports
Local Sports
GPCC AGM, NWJHL, Wolves soccer, auto racing this weekend
GPCCThe Grande Prairie Curling Centre will hold its annual general meeting and awards on Saturday.Start time will be 6:30 p.m.NWJHLThe Northwest Junior Hockey League exhibition season continues on Friday.Fort St. John in Sexsmith starts at 7 p.m. Beaverlodge at the County Kings will get going at 8 p.m.Saturday, Slave L...
Sep 11, 2026
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Storm
Storm hosting final exhibition game of 2026 Friday night
The Storm will host Whitecourt Friday night to close out the exhibition season. Face-off at 6 p.m. at the Design Works Centre. The Bonnetts Energy Centre is hosting GrandeCon. The Storm beat the Wolverines 5-4 in a shootout Thursday night in Whitecourt. Cole Penner had two goals, including one in the final minute to fo...
Sep 11, 2026
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Curling
New curling teams playing this weekend
Curling fans are getting a look at some new teams at events this weekend. Nampa's Kayla Skrlik and her new foursome are playing at the Oakville Tankard in Oakville, Ontario. The new rink includes third Myla Plett, second Sarah Koltun, and lead Samantha Fisher. They are taking on the Sarah Daniels foursome from New West...
Sep 11, 2026
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Agriculture
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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Crop Report
Harvest progressing slower than historical averages
According to the latest Alberta Crop Report by AFSC, producers around the province are getting ready for, or are already in, the swing of harvest. In the Peace, harvest has begun on early seeded crops, with operations expected to pick up over the next two weeks. Only 1.6 per cent of dry peas, 0.7 per cent of barley, an...
Aug 31, 2026
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Alberta
Health care
Alberta's Smith takes hands-off approach to First Nation's trans care safe haven
Alberta's premier is taking a hands-off approach to a First Nation defying her government by announcing it will offer safe haven for gender-affirming medical care."I don't have any authority over the First Nation," Smith told reporters at an event in Edmonton Thursday. "I respect their sovereignty."...
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Alberta referendum
'Canada is everyone, for everyone': Carney meets with Alberta remain campaigners
The head of the Forever Canadian group campaigning for Alberta to remain in the federation said Friday Prime Minister Mark Carney has been a "calm" and "reassuring" presence for Albertans.Thomas Lukaszuk, a former deputy premier of Alberta, said Carney is showing "there is someone at the helm&q...
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Online, TV, radio, billboards
Alberta government launches $4M ad campaign ahead of fall separation referendum
Alberta's government says it has launched a $4-million advertising campaign urging citizens vote to stay in Canada in next month's referendum. The campaign will advertise online, on TV and radio, and on billboards.The premier's office says it's important Albertans understand what's at stake when they vote on 10 referen...
Sep 11, 2026
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World Suicide Prevention Day
Primary Care Alberta reports over 720,000 lives claimed by suicide globally each year
Primary Care Alberta is raising awareness about the impacts of suicide as today marks World Suicide Prevention Day.They report that suicide claims over 720,000 lives worldwide each year, affecting individuals, families, workplaces and communities.They explained it's important to talk openly about suicide."Compassi...
Sep 10, 2026
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Canada
Carney to meet UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham for first time
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet his counterpart in the United Kingdom for the first time. The Prime Minister's Office says Carney will meet Andy Burnham in Liverpool during a three-day trip to Europe set to start on Tuesday, and the ...
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U.S. President Donald Trump tells reporters Canada and Iran both want a deal
DUBLIN - Donald Trump says Canada and Iran have something in common - they both want a deal. The U.S. president, who spoke to reporters Saturday in Dublin before visiting to his golf course in western Ireland, was asked whether he planned to have the U...
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'Céline is everywhere in my life': Thousands gather in Paris for Dion's big comeback
PARIS - Thousands of Céline Dion fans gathered along the streets of Paris ahead of the singer's comeback concert Saturday evening at the Plenitude Arena. For many, it was a test of patience and determination to get their hands on one of the highly cov...
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Carney to showcase Canada's capital agenda at first-ever investment summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will gather scores of deep-pocketed investors in Toronto next week in a bid to fix Canada's "Achilles heel" - a persistent lack of business investment dragging down the economy. Hundreds of global and domestic invest...
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'The Final Act' offers an intimate look at death through people who chose MAID
TORONTO - After filming 69-year-old Céline Carpentier take her final breaths before a medically assisted death, Sophie Deraspe couldn't help but notice, in sharp focus, all the life around her. On the hour-long drive back home, the Montreal filmmaker ...
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Student's door-to-door Chinese ballads break down barriers, win fans and lamb chops
When Kieran Michael MacNeill started going door to door in Richmond, B.C., serenading householders in Mandarin, he was worried they might think he was a "weirdo." But instead, they embraced the efforts of the 22-year-old student, who spent summer singi...
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World
Search underway for Indonesian passenger ship carrying 240 people after it loses contact
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian rescuers launched a search operation Sunday after a passenger ship carrying 240 people lost contact in the Java Sea while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan on Borneo island, officials said. ...
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Elena Rybakina beats Aryna Sabalenka to win the US Open title and punctuate her rise to No. 1
NEW YORK (AP) - Elena Rybakina won her first U.S. Open title and punctuated her climb to the top of women's tennis by beating Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 on Saturday. Rybakina had already been guaranteed to replace Sabalenka at No. 1 in...
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles toward sea after rivals' military drill it sees as provocation
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Saturday, its neighbors said, a day after the U.S., South Korea and Japan ended their trilateral military drill that North Korea views as a provoca...
Sep 11, 2026
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