Village of Berwyn
New Village of Berwyn CAO joins Village staff
The Village of Berwyn is welcoming its new CAO.Michael Geohegan is taking over from Jatin Saini, whose final day with the Village was Friday, July 17."I look forward to getting to know council, staff, residents, and local businesses while working together to build on the village's strengths," says Geohegan. &...
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Community
Northreach Society receives delivery vehicle through Purolator donation
Northreach Society has been donated a new delivery truck to expand food collections and distribution.The truck was donated by Purolator as part of their Purolator Tackle Hunger program to support Canadian food banks."This truck will significantly increase our capacity to respond to community need, strengthen partn...
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Peace Region
Village of Berwyn
New Village of Berwyn CAO joins Village staff
The Village of Berwyn is welcoming its new CAO.Michael Geohegan is taking over from Jatin Saini, whose final day with the Village was Friday, July 17."I look forward to getting to know council, staff, residents, and local businesses while working together to build on the village's strengths," says Geohegan. &...
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Community
Northreach Society receives delivery vehicle through Purolator donation
Northreach Society has been donated a new delivery truck to expand food collections and distribution.The truck was donated by Purolator as part of their Purolator Tackle Hunger program to support Canadian food banks."This truck will significantly increase our capacity to respond to community need, strengthen partn...
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Forestry Business
Forestry companies report second quarter results
Canfor Canfor is reporting operating income of $5 million, with adjusted operating income of $24 million, for the second quarter. The company that owns a sawmill in Grande Prairie says in a news release that its lumber segment recorded a profit of $41.2 million in the second quarter, after a loss of $43.7 million in th...
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July 30-Aug. 2
Service disruption at Grimshaw/Berwyn and District Community Health Centre ED
Due to a clinical personnel shortage, there could be no on-site physician at the Grimshaw/Berwyn and District Community Health Centre Emergency Department during daytime hours the rest of this week.Health officials say there is no on-site physician expected during the following dates and times:9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Thursday,...
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Canfor Corp.
Fox Creek sawmill permanently closing
The Fox Creek Sawmill is closing. Canfor Corporation announced Tuesday that the mill will be permanently closed due to multiple, ongoing challenges. The mill has served as a single-shift operation to process available timber for Alberta's pine beetle strategy after being rebuilt in 2011, following a 2008 fire. Canfor i...
Jul 29, 2026
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Public Input Wanted
Fairview Council puts out survey on lowering in-town speed limit
Roads in the Town of Fairview may be getting a little slower.Town Council is asking Fairview residents for their input on a proposed maximum speed limit of 40km/h throughout the community through a two-question survey.The short survey can be accessed online by clicking here or found on paper in the Talk of the Town new...
Jul 29, 2026
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Local Sports
Show Jumping
Teenage rider from the Peace competing at international equestrian competition
A 16-year-old farm kid from Sexsmith is part of Team Canada at an international equestrian competition this week.George Balderston and his horse Galahad are competing in show jumping at the International Equestrian Federation's North American Youth Championships taking place in Traverse City, Michigan. Balderston got ...
Jul 29, 2026
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Baseball and Rodeo
Local sports for Tuesday
Wheatbelt Baseball League Manning beat visiting Peace River 4-3 Monday night to force a deciding game in the Wheatbelt Baseball League's North Division Final. The third and deciding game will be played in Peace River on Wednesday. The winner moves on to play Rycroft in the league final.Rodeo The High Prairie Elks Rode...
Jul 29, 2026
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Swimming
Silver medal for Grande Prairie swimmer at the Commonwealth Games
Grande Prairie swimmer Oliver Dawson has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. Dawson took second in the 200 metre breaststroke Tuesday afternoon in Glasgow, Scotland, in a time of 2:08.39. Filip Nowacki of Jersey won gold, finishing 0.52 seconds ahead of Dawson. Australia's Zac Stubblety-Cook won the bronze, ...
Jul 28, 2026
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Agriculture
Agriculture
New crop report out, close to 54 per cent still in good or excellent condition
The July 21 crop report from the province and AFSC says crops rated in good to excellent condition were at 53.9 per cent as of that date. It was at 54.5 per cent in the July 14 report. The breakdown by crop is 57.6 per cent for spring wheat, 56 per cent for barley, 53.3 per cent for oats, 52.6 per cent for dry peas an...
Jul 27, 2026
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Agriculture
54.5 per cent of the crop in the Peace rated good or excellent says new crop report
The July 14 crop report from Alberta Agriculture and AFSC says that 54.5 per cent of the major crops in the Peace were in good to excellent condition as of that date. That same number was at 57.9 per cent in the July 7 report. The breakdown by crop is 59.6 per cent for spring wheat, 58.4 per cent for barley, 57.4 per c...
Jul 22, 2026
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Crops
Close to 58 per cent of the Peace Region crop in good or excellent condition says July 7 crop report
The July 7 crop report from the province and AFSC says that 57.9 per cent of the major crops in the Peace were rated in good to excellent condition as of that date. The five-year average is 50.6 per cent. The 10-year average is 60.4 per cent. The breakdown by crop is 64 per cent for barley, 63.2 per cent for spring whe...
Jul 14, 2026
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Alberta
Environment / Politics
Judicial review request challenges denial of Corb Lund's anti-coal petition
Organizers of a petition to ban new coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rockies have filed for a judicial review, challenging Elections Alberta's decision that the petition failed. Earlier this month, the agency announced that the anti-coal petition led by country singer Corb Lund didn't gain enough verified signa...
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Body of 11-year-old Calgary boy missing for two weeks found in water pipe
CALGARY - Calgary police Chief Katie McLellan says an 11-year-old boy who disappeared two weeks ago in a northside neighbourhood has been found dead. McLellan says the boy named Parker was discovered in a water pipe underneath Deerfoot Trail, the city'...
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Environment
New dogs join Alberta's fight against mussels
Alberta's government is adding two more highly trained detection dogs to fight against invasive mussels across the province.According to provincial officials, conservation K-9s are a valuable part of Alberta's efforts to prevent invasive mussels from entering the province. Working alongside watercraft inspectors, the d...
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announcement made in red deer
Alberta and Ottawa sign deal to fund water, wastewater infrastructure for housing
The federal and Alberta governments have signed an agreement to accelerate homebuilding in the province by funding water and wastewater infrastructure. The agreement, announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith in Red Deer, allows Alberta municipalities to access more than $510 million in federal...
Jul 29, 2026
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Canada
A quick look at recent airline labour disputes
Over the past three years, strikes by Air Canada flight attendants and WestJet mechanics have briefly brought operations at the country's two biggest airlines shuddering to a halt, and the threat of job action from pilots at WestJet and Air Transat was...
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Were you planning to fly WestJet? What you need to know about the looming strike
Air travellers planning to fly WestJet may be concerned about the possibility of disruptions due to a potential strike. A work stoppage looms for 4,400 flight attendants at Canada's second-largest air carrier after their union issued a 72-hour strike ...
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Critics call out Liberals for big-ticket spending outside budget framework
OTTAWA - A series of big-money announcements by the Liberal government this summer has critics and analysts calling out a lack of detail on Ottawa's spending plans. Desjardins deputy chief economist Randall Bartlett published a note earlier this month ...
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Defence to appeal murder verdict in killing of Quebec couple in Dominica
MONTREAL - The defence lawyer for the two American men convicted of murdering Quebec filmmaker and entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and his partner in Dominica says they are appealing the verdict. Ravi Rajcoomar, the lead counsel for Jonathan Lehrer and Ro...
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Poll suggests some Liberal supporters concerned about climate policy are leaning NDP
OTTAWA - A new online poll from the Angus Reid Institute suggests that one in six 2025 Liberal voters now say they would support the NDP. The pollster found that half of these voters cite climate change as the issue that concerns them most. The poll a...
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Ottawa opening exports office as part of strategy to diversify trade
OTTAWA - The federal government is opening a new strategic exports office as part of its plan to diversify trade. The office, announced in Budget 2025, will be housed under Global Affairs Canada and will be tasked with removing trade irritants, lifting...
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World
Mandela Barnes drops out of the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Mandela Barnes dropped out of Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor on Thursday, further shaking up the race less than two weeks before the Aug. 11 election. The former lieutenant governor made the announcement in...
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Colin Gray, who gave his son the gun used in Georgia school shooting, is sentenced to 15 years
A man who gave his son the gun he used to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison. Colin Gray's sentencing comes days after his son, Colt Gray, was sentenced to l...
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Coal mine blast in Pakistan kills at least 18 miners and traps 24 others
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - An explosion inside a coal mine in southwest Pakistan killed at least 18 miners Thursday and trapped 24 others underground in what officials believed to be life-threatening conditions as rescuers raced to reach them. ...
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