GP Storm
Highway 43 rematch for AJHL North Final
The Grande Prairie Storm will have a familiar dance partner in the AJHL North Final. A 5-1 victory for the Whitecourt Wolverines led them to put the Fort McMurray Oil Barons away in five games. Now, the Storm will take on Whitecourt again for a chance to punch their ticket to the AJHL final; last season the two teams m...
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Education
HFCRD nominates STM teacher for Edwin Parr Award
The Holy Family Catholic Regional Division has put forward their nomination for the teacher they would like to see win the prestigious 2026 Alberta School Boards Association Edwin Parr Award. The award is meant to recognize new teachers in the province that demonstrate excellence in the Teaching Quality Standard, as we...
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Peace Region
GP Storm
Highway 43 rematch for AJHL North Final
The Grande Prairie Storm will have a familiar dance partner in the AJHL North Final. A 5-1 victory for the Whitecourt Wolverines led them to put the Fort McMurray Oil Barons away in five games. Now, the Storm will take on Whitecourt again for a chance to punch their ticket to the AJHL final; last season the two teams m...
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Education
HFCRD nominates STM teacher for Edwin Parr Award
The Holy Family Catholic Regional Division has put forward their nomination for the teacher they would like to see win the prestigious 2026 Alberta School Boards Association Edwin Parr Award. The award is meant to recognize new teachers in the province that demonstrate excellence in the Teaching Quality Standard, as we...
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County of Grande Prairie
County Regional Enforcement Services report 1,761 occurrences during 2025 annual report
County Regional Enforcement Services gave their annual report to County of Grande Prairie Council during Thursday's Committee of the Whole meeting.From January 2025 to December 2025, a total of 1,761 occurrences were reported, down from 1,860 in 2024.The total number of tickets issued also went down from 3,536 in 2024 ...
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ED Closure
Fairview Health Complex emergency department closed March 29-30
The Fairview Health Complex emergency department will be without an on-site physician for 24 hours this weekend.Due to a clinical personnel shortage and an inability to secure physician coverage, officials say there will be no on-site physician from 7:00 a.m. Sunday, March 29, to 7:00 a.m. Monday, March 30.If patients ...
Mar 27, 2026
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-28.2 degrees Celsius
Grande Prairie area sets minimum temperature record for March 26
Spring weather in the Peace Region has been nothing short of interesting so far. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) says the Grande Prairie area set a new daily low temperature record for March 26, dipping to -28.2 degrees Celsius on Thursday. That temperature beat the over six decade old record of -24.4 set ...
Mar 27, 2026
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Energy Business
Tenaris, AllTorque agree to a deal
A deal in the energy business will see Tenaris acquire the oilfield division of Red Deer-based AllTorque.A release from Tenaris describes AllTorque as a "leading original equipment manufacturer known for its sophisticated tubular running technology.""This acquisition marks another important step in Tenar...
Mar 27, 2026
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Local Sports
GP Storm
Highway 43 rematch for AJHL North Final
The Grande Prairie Storm will have a familiar dance partner in the AJHL North Final. A 5-1 victory for the Whitecourt Wolverines led them to put the Fort McMurray Oil Barons away in five games. Now, the Storm will take on Whitecourt again for a chance to punch their ticket to the AJHL final; last season the two teams m...
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Local Sports
Sport Excellence Awards, hockey provincials in High Prairie, ski hills this weekend
Sport Excellence AwardsThe Sport Excellence Awards will be given out on Friday.The awards are being given out in 14 categories.The Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection says there are 45 nominees in those 14 categories.The awards cover accomplishments from 2025 in the area from Fox Creek and Slave Lake to the B.C. a...
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Local Hockey
GP Storm forward receives 2025-2026 AJHL award
Grande Prairie Storm forward Zachary Wilson was honoured as the 2025/2026 AJHL Most Dedicated Player and was presented with the Don McNabb Memorial Trophy.This honour is voted on by coaches and general managers from across the league and given to the player most dedicated to his team, with Wilson being a finalist last ...
Mar 27, 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
Peace River Regional Restorative Justice Association
Province allocating $720,000 to Restorative Justice initiatives
The province is investing funding into restorative justice programs to aid in holding offenders accountable and support healing for victims.Restorative justice is an alternative to formal court processes that helps to reduce the load on Alberta's courts by encouraging both those harmed by crime and those responsible fo...
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Healthcare
Alberta MAID limits would lead to suffering, signal lack of trust; practitioners
Twenty-five Edmonton and area medical professionals say they're concerned new Alberta limits on medical assistance in dying would cause needless suffering and put clinicians in ``ethically untenable'' positions. The doctors, psychiatrists and others that work in the medical assistance in dying program, better known as ...
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Provincial Politics
Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally breached election law, investigation finds
An investigation has found Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally violated an election law in his official response to a recall petition targeting him. A letter from the Elections Alberta commissioner says Nally accessed a list of electors for ``a purpose not unauthorized by the Election Act.'' However, commissioner Paula...
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Alberta premier's constitutional affairs lead supports separatist petition
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's parliamentary secretary for constitutional affairs is encouraging Albertans to sign a petition that calls for a vote on separation from Canada. Jason Stephan, a United Conservative Party legislature member, penned hi...
Mar 27, 2026
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Canada
China denies forced labour allegations amid fallout from Michael Ma's comments
China is again denying claims of forced labour in the country as calls grow for Prime Minister Mark Carney to clarify Canada's stance on the issue amid fallout from comments made by Liberal MP Michael Ma that appeared to cast doubt on reported human ri...
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Family fighting to bring B.C. senior home after she fell into a coma in China
It was supposed to be a joyful family reunion, but instead a British Columbia grandmother is stranded in China in a coma, her family unable to pay the hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring her home via air ambulance. Her family says Lilia Avoutova,...
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Drainville, Fréchette spar over language, immigration in heated CAQ leadership debate
LAVAL - The two candidates vying to replace François Legault as Coalition Avenir Québec leader and Quebec premier faced off over language and immigration in a heated final debate north of Montreal on Saturday. Bernard Drainville and Christine Fréchette...
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Energy policy key as NDP leadership candidates make final pitch
WINNIPEG - The NDP leadership candidates made their last pitch to voters Saturday morning in a last-ditch effort to win support from the handful of members who have not voted yet. Many of the roughly 2,000 delegates at the Winnipeg convention have alr...
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Quicksketch: Who's who in the NDP leadership race
WINNIPEG - The next NDP leader will be announced on Sunday. There are five candidates on the ballot and voting concludes Saturday. Here's a quick look at the candidates and how the last six months have gone for them. Avi Lewis Work: Lewis is a document...
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Feminists urge continuing fight of slain Iraqi-Canadian, Yanar Mohammed
OTTAWA - Gender-equality activists say a Toronto woman who was killed this month after decades pushing for women's rights in her native Iraq would not want Canadians to give up the fight for equality. Toronto resident Yanar Mohammed opened the first wo...
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World
Drainville, Fréchette square off in second Coalition Avenir Québec leadership debate
LAVAL - The two candidates vying to replace François Legault as Coalition Avenir Québec leader and Quebec premier are meeting today in a second and final debate. Bernard Drainville and Christine Fréchette exchanged friendly greetings ahead of the start...
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5 killed after a train and a van collide in a train crossing in rural Mississippi
WIGGINS, Miss. (AP) - Five people were killed when a train and van collided in rural Mississippi, authorities said Friday. All five killed were in the van, Stone County Coroner Wayne Flurry said. The lone surviving van passenger, a 23-yea...
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Tiger Woods' rollover crash is golfer's fourth high-profile car accident and second DUI arrest
JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods' arrest Friday for a car crash in Florida was at least the fourth auto-related incident involving the golfer and the second in which he was charged with driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. ...
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