Peace Wapiti Public School Division
PWPSD congratulating 2026 Artic Winter Games athletes
Peace Wapiti Public School Division is praising its students for their participation in the 2026 Arctic Winter Games.Sixteen PWPSD students competed in several different events for Team Alberta North while in Whitehorse, YT, from March 8-15.They were joined by Whispering Ridge Community School teacher Evan Senger as co...
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RCMP
Grande Prairie RCMP arrest armed robbery suspect
Grande Prairie RCMP have arrested a suspect following an armed robbery at a local store Monday.On March 23 at 2:02 a.m., Mounties say a masked male with a rifle robbed a cannabis store, stealing money and cannabis before fleeing in a car.RCMP located the suspect vehicle in a trailer park and apprehended the suspect whe...
23h ago
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Peace Region
Traffic
New speed limit signs to be installed on Emerson Trail
The County of Grande Prairie says on behalf of the province, crews will be switching over speed limit signs on Highway 672, better known to locals as Emerson Trail. The speed limit changes will be between Highway 2 and west of Range Road 63. The speed limit on Highway 672 will be reduced to 80 km/hr from 300 metres wes...
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Peace Wapiti Public School Division
PWPSD congratulating 2026 Artic Winter Games athletes
Peace Wapiti Public School Division is praising its students for their participation in the 2026 Arctic Winter Games.Sixteen PWPSD students competed in several different events for Team Alberta North while in Whitehorse, YT, from March 8-15.They were joined by Whispering Ridge Community School teacher Evan Senger as co...
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Healthcare
Speakers at Friends of Medicare townhall asking people to tell their healthcare stories
Changes to AHS and challenges to attracting family doctors were among the things talked about at a Friends of Medicare town hall meeting Sunday in Grande Prairie.Organizers say 75 people attended the get-together. Some asked about things like medicals for AISH and the number of doctors trained in Alberta.Organizers of ...
20h ago
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RCMP
Grande Prairie RCMP arrest armed robbery suspect
Grande Prairie RCMP have arrested a suspect following an armed robbery at a local store Monday.On March 23 at 2:02 a.m., Mounties say a masked male with a rifle robbed a cannabis store, stealing money and cannabis before fleeing in a car.RCMP located the suspect vehicle in a trailer park and apprehended the suspect whe...
23h ago
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Agriculture
Farmland values jump nearly nine per cent in northern Alberta in 2025 says FCC
Farm Credit Canada says Canadian farmland continued its steady climb in value in 2025. According to the latest FCC Farmland Values Report, the prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba were the driving forces behind the 9.3 per cent increase. The Maritimes also continued in growth, while Quebec and Ontar...
Mar 24, 2026
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March 24
City of Grande Prairie snow removal crews anticipating 5-10 cm of snowfall
City of Grande Prairie crews are continuing their snowmelt management and snow removal operations on Tuesday but may need to change priorities soon.Approximately 5 to 10 cm of snow are expected to fall Tuesday as a yellow snowfall warning remains in place.Should the snow pick up, city crews will focus on priority road ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Local Sports
Peace Wapiti Public School Division
PWPSD congratulating 2026 Artic Winter Games athletes
Peace Wapiti Public School Division is praising its students for their participation in the 2026 Arctic Winter Games.Sixteen PWPSD students competed in several different events for Team Alberta North while in Whitehorse, YT, from March 8-15.They were joined by Whispering Ridge Community School teacher Evan Senger as co...
6h ago
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Local Sports
Top six finish for Grande Prairie athlete at skeleton championships
A Grande Prairie athlete is in the top six in her sport across Canada.Indy Dorscheid finished sixth at the Women's Skeleton Canadian Championships held March 22 in Whistler, B.C.Dorscheid took part in her first-ever competition in late November.One-time world champion Hallie Clarke won the Canadian title. Jane Channell...
Mar 24, 2026
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Hockey Alberta Provincials
Fairview Falcons win U1 B Female provincial title on home ice
A Fairview team won a provincial hockey title on home ice over the weekend.The Falcons captured the U18 Female B title with a 3-0 win over Battle River in the gold medal game played Sunday, Mar. 22 at the Fairview FairPlex.Toni-Anne Welles made 22 saves for the shutout. Kylie Friesen, Kamryn Bissell and Meta Gardecki s...
Mar 23, 2026
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Agriculture
Agriculture
Farmland values jump nearly nine per cent in northern Alberta in 2025 says FCC
Farm Credit Canada says Canadian farmland continued its steady climb in value in 2025. According to the latest FCC Farmland Values Report, the prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba were the driving forces behind the 9.3 per cent increase. The Maritimes also continued in growth, while Quebec and Ontar...
Mar 24, 2026
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County of Grande Prairie
Farm Family of the Year calls the recognition an honour and humbling
A Goodfare family says being the County of Grande Prairie's Farm Family of the Year is "quite an honour."The Kitt family runs The Homestead and First Nature Farms.Jerry Kitt says he was attracted to farming as he wanted to be close to nature. He adds nature also played a role in his decision to go into organi...
Mar 20, 2026
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Agriculture
Canadian Agricultural Safety Week underway
This is Canadian Agricultural Safety Week.The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association sets aside the third week in March every year to put a focus on farm safety.Each day will see a different focus area.Monday will be rail and road safety.Tuesday is for farm machinery safety.Wednesday is for emergency preparedness, Th...
Mar 16, 2026
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Alberta
Energy/Environment
Alberta, Ottawa reach 'agreement-in-principle' on methane emissions
Alberta will be in control of regulating its methane emissions under an agreement-in-principle with Ottawa. The two governments inked a sweeping accord late last year touching on several energy policy matters. The memorandum of understanding included a plan to reach a methane equivalency agreement on or before April 1 ...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta committee recommends Phillip Peters to replace Wylie as auditor general
An Alberta legislature committee has reached into the auditor general's office to pick a new person to lead the watchdog agency. The committee has voted to recommend that Premier Danielle Smith's cabinet appoint Phillip Peters as the province's auditor general. Peters is currently the general counsel and ethics officer...
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Crime
RCMP make arrest, urge people to be wary of cold calls offering phone upgrades
RCMP in Alberta are warning people to be careful if they get a call out of the blue asking them if they want to upgrade their phone. Police say fraudsters are cold calling people asking if they want an upgrade. They say it all sounds very legitimate and the fraudsters will try to pry personal information out of the tar...
Mar 24, 2026
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22-year-old victim
RCMP arrest and charge 18-year-old after Alberta highway shooting that killed driver
RCMP have made an arrest in a highway shooting south of Edmonton earlier this month that left one man dead. They say three friends were headed to the mountains on the Queen Elizabeth 2 Highway on March 14, when a pickup truck pulled up beside their Honda Civic south of Leduc. Two survivors of the shooting have said a p...
Mar 24, 2026
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Canada
Quebec Superior Court rebukes feds for trying to block release of court decision
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court has ruled that it was inappropriate for the federal government to try to block publication of a court ruling in a case that has been shrouded in secrecy. The redacted ruling involved a former police informant whose id...
19m ago
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Complaint commissioner announces 'systemic' probe into B.C. police sexual misconduct
VICTORIA - B.C.'s police complaint commissioner says his office has began a "systemic investigation" into how municipal police departments handle cases of sexual misconduct involving officers. Prabhu Rajan says sexual misconduct in police workplaces u...
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A 'miracle' more weren't killed in Air Canada plane crash, expert says
MONTREAL - As experts assess the aftermath of the Air Canada Express plane crash at LaGuardia Airport, some have expressed surprise it wasn't worse - despite the tragedy of a disaster that left two pilots dead. Commercial aircraft are constructed for f...
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MP reveals Tumbler Ridge girl's heroism, and how she passed on boy's dying message
VICTORIA - The MP representing Tumbler Ridge, B.C., has described how a 12-year-old girl heroically tried to save two classmates shot in the mass killing in the community last month. Bob Zimmer told Tuesday's National Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa that th...
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Almost half of former NDP voters don't recognize names of leadership candidates: poll
OTTAWA - Nearly half of those who voted for the federal NDP at least once over the past four elections don't recognize the names of the current leadership candidates, a new poll suggests. The Angus Reid Institute surveyed 1,100 Canadians who voted for ...
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Gun control group criticizes Ottawa over 'poor participation' in firearm buyback
OTTAWA - Gun control group PolySeSouvient blames "weak political leadership" for what it calls "poor participation" in the federal compensation program for banned firearms. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Tuesday that gun owners had rep...
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World
Trump will travel to Beijing for rescheduled China trip May 14-15, after delay due to Iran war
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing for a rescheduled summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 14 and 15, the White House announced on Wednesday. Trump had been scheduled to travel to China later this mo...
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Militants in northern Nigeria kill 10 security forces and 1 resident, officials say
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Armed militants ambushed Nigerian security forces who were responding to a distress call in the northwestern state of Kebbi, fatally shooting nine soldiers, a police officer and one resident, authorities said Wednesday. ...
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South Africa arrests 12 senior police officers on suspicion of corruption
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South African anti-graft investigators have arrested 12 senior police officers on allegations of corruption and fraud, prosecutors said Wednesday. The officers appeared later in a court in the capital, Pretoria. ...
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