Community
Annual Winter Family Frostival returns this weekend
Pipestone Creek Campground is hosting the County of Grande Prairie's annual Winter Family Frostival this coming Saturday (Feb. 28). The festivities will take place from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. and is free to attend. Registration before participating is recommended so the County has enough supplies for everyone in attenda...
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MD of Greenview
MD of Greenview holding EOI information session Feb. 24
The Municipal District of Greenview is holding an information session Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, for contractors interested in joining Greenview's equipment registry.The session will allow attendees to discuss the 2026 Expressions of Interest program and learn how to properly fill out their EOI packages.The EOI packages m...
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Peace Region
Community
Annual Winter Family Frostival returns this weekend
Pipestone Creek Campground is hosting the County of Grande Prairie's annual Winter Family Frostival this coming Saturday (Feb. 28). The festivities will take place from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. and is free to attend. Registration before participating is recommended so the County has enough supplies for everyone in attenda...
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MD of Greenview
MD of Greenview holding EOI information session Feb. 24
The Municipal District of Greenview is holding an information session Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, for contractors interested in joining Greenview's equipment registry.The session will allow attendees to discuss the 2026 Expressions of Interest program and learn how to properly fill out their EOI packages.The EOI packages m...
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RCMP
Peace Regional RCMP arrest suspect with help from community member
Peace Regional RCMP have recovered a stolen vehicle, thanks to the help of a Grimshaw community member.Mounties were notified about a vehicle theft on Feb. 12, while it was parked outside of a business near 99 Ave in Peace River.The next week, on Feb. 17, a community member noticed a suspicious vehicle in the back alle...
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Feb. 21 Incident
Peace Regional RCMP investigating theft from business
Peace Regional RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in identify a shoplifting suspect.On Feb. 21, Mounties responded to a report of a theft from a business around 100 Street in Peace River.Surveillance shows an unidentified male entering the store, collecting some items within, then walking out without attempting t...
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City of Grande Prairie
City of Grande Prairie accepting applications for Vandalism Recovery and Prevention program
Applications are open for the City of Grande Prairie's new Vandalism Recovery and Prevention program.Approved at the City Council meeting last week, the pilot program will offer reimbursement of up to 50 per cent to help cover removal expenses and enhance protection against vandalism for local businesses."Vandalis...
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Snow Clearing
Snow clearing in Patterson, South Patterson and Southview to take place Feb. 24
The City of Grande Prairie is continuing snow clearing operations in Week A neighbourhoods Tuesday, Feb. 24.City crews are working in Patterson, South Patterson and Southview today from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Clearing operations are expected to switch to Week B Neighbourhoods Thursday.Permanent snow route parking bans r...
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Local Sports
AJHL
Storm beat Devon in Sunday matinee
The Grande Prairie Storm won their lone game over the weekend.The boys hosted the Devon on Sunday (Feb. 22) afternoon, beating the Xtreme 9-2. Grande Prairie's Roghan Walker recorded his first AJHL hat trick in the landslide win.Grande Prairie has clinched a playoff position and sits second in the AJHL's North Division...
Feb 23, 2026
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Local Sports
Swimming Canada awards Dawson father-son duo
A father-son duo from Grande Prairie has been recognized with some awards from Swimming Canada.A story by Jim Morris posted to the organization's website says Oliver Dawson is Swimming Canada's Junior Male Swimmer of the Year and Breakout Performer of the Year for the Olympic Program.Oliver's dad, Alex Dawson, was name...
Feb 19, 2026
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Local Hockey
NPHL, NWJHL playoffs update
There is one game in the North Peace Hockey League tonight (Tuesday, February 17) with Falher in Grande Prairie. The A's lead the best-of-seven series 3-1.Valleyview will be in Spirit River Wednesday. The Rangers lead 3-1.The other two series ended on Saturday.Manning won 8-3 in High Prairie to complete a four-game swe...
Feb 18, 2026
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Agriculture
Agriculture
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food releases statement on Canada's Agriculture Day 2026
February 10, 2026, marks Canada's 10th annual Agriculture Day. Federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Health MacDonald has released a statement in recognition of the day and what it means to Canadians. Minister MacDonald says the government sees the hard work producers put in and the essential role they play in ...
Feb 10, 2026
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Agriculture
Canada's Agriculture Day coming up on February 10
Tuesday, February 10, will mark Canada's Agriculture Day.This will also be the 10th anniversary of the day the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity says is a time for "honouring the hardworking individuals who bring food to our tables and the incredible contributions of agriculture to our nation's prosperity, health...
Feb 08, 2026
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Wild Boars
More than 100 wild pigs caught under Wild Boar Program says Alberta government
The province says professional trappers caught 108 wild pigs under Alberta's Wild Boar Control Program in 2025.A release from the province says there were 72 reports made through the Squeal on Pigs! online reporting system.On December 1 last year, the province brought in charges meant to control wild pigs.Those include...
Feb 07, 2026
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Alberta
Second Appeal
Alberta challenge to federal project review law being heard in court, again
Alberta is taking another run at having a court strike down federal project review legislation. The Alberta Court of Appeal is hearing the province's second challenge to Ottawa's Impact Assessment Act in Calgary this week. The act sets out a process to review the environmental, economic, health and social effects of pr...
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Labour
Alberta nurses ratify collective agreement with Covenant Health; union
The union representing Alberta's nursing care staff says a new collective agreement with Covenant Health has been ratified. In a statement Monday, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees says members voted 89.2 per cent in favour of the deal. The union says the new pact will improve pay and working conditions. Highli...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta legislature set to resume ahead of new budget
The Alberta legislature is set to reconvene today, with the government's new budget to be tabled Thursday. Premier Danielle Smith announced Monday some of the first details of the budget expected to be filled with red-ink, saying the province would be boosting its spending on doctors by 22 per cent. The premier said he...
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Health
Alberta minister addresses communication concern over broad-based measles warning
Alberta's minister for primary health care says a measles warning was issued for an entire county last week after 17 people tested positive for the virus. Adriana LaGrange says that health officials made the decision to issue a broad alert for Parkland County, west of Edmonton, because they couldn't pinpoint the detail...
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Canada
Proposed Ring of Fire mine in northern Ontario clears another regulatory hurdle
TORONTO - A proposed mine in Ontario's Ring of Fire region has cleared another regulatory hurdle despite a First Nation's protest. The federal government has decided not to designate Wyloo's Eagle's Nest project for an impact assessment, which examines...
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Alberta challenge to federal project review law being heard in court, again
CALGARY - Alberta is taking another run at having a court strike down federal project review legislation. The Alberta Court of Appeal started hearing the province's second challenge to Ottawa's Impact Assessment Act in Calgary on Tuesday. The act set...
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Parti Québécois surges with 4th byelection win, as Conservatives see path to growth
MONTRÉAL - The Parti Québécois' fourth consecutive byelection win shows Quebecers are ready for profound change, leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said Tuesday, even as he sought to calm worries over his promise to hold a sovereignty referendum by 2030 i...
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Quebec father who drowned kids in 2022 wraps testimony at his murder trial
MONTREAL - A Quebec man who has admitted to drowning two of his children in 2022 has concluded his testimony at his first-degree murder trial. Kamaljit Arora, 49, was questioned numerous times by the Crown about the search history on his cellphone tha...
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Relative of Tumbler Ridge shooter is arrested in Alberta, accused of attempted murder
CALGARY - Alberta RCMP say a relative of Tumbler Ridge shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar has been arrested in an attempted murder investigation. They say in a statement that Jacob Jan Van Rootselaar was arrested on an outstanding warrant last Thursday in Sy...
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Ottawa spending $3.7 billion to boost military housing stock
OTTAWA - The federal government will spend $3.7 billion to build 6,000 more housing units for Canada's military, Defence Minister David McGuinty said on Tuesday. McGuinty made the announcement at CFB Uplands in Ottawa, but could not provide a timeline ...
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World
Suspect and 4 others are dead after stabbing near Tacoma, Washington, authorities say
KEY PENINSULA, Wash. (AP) - A suspect and four other people were dead Tuesday after a sheriff's deputy responded to reports that a man was stabbing people outside a home near Tacoma, Washington, law enforcement said. The Pierce County She...
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Louvre Museum's director resigns in wake of jewels heist in Paris
PARIS (AP) - The director of the Louvre Museum who had been under fire since the stunning and embarrassing heist of the French Crown jewels in October has stepped down from the position, French President Emmanuel Macron 's office said Tuesday. ...
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Sudanese paramilitary forces kill at least 28 people in an attack in Darfur, medical group says
CAIRO (AP) - An attack by Sudanese paramilitary forces on a stronghold of a Darfur tribal leader left at least 28 people dead, a doctors group said Tuesday, the latest in a devastating war with no resolution in sight. The paramilitary Ra...
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