Storm
Storm start exhibition season at home Sept. 1
The Grande Prairie Storm start the Alberta Junior Hockey League exhibition season tonight (Tuesday, Sept. 1) at home versus Drayton Valley. Face-off time will be 6:00 p.m. at the Bonnetts Energy Centre. The Storm finished in second place in the North Division last season before losing to Whitecourt in the semi-finals i...
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Stolen TVS & soundbars
Peace River RCMP investigate furniture store B&E
Peace River RCMP are asking for the public's help after a local furniture store had several TVs and audio equipment stolen last week.Mounties say around 1:48 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, a break-and-enter occurred at the City Furniture along 74 Street in Peace River, with suspects getting away with six TVs and six sound bar...
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Peace Region
"seek an alternate route"
Highway 2 closed as crews respond to a crash
Highway 2 just south of the Woking turnoff is currently closed in both directions as crews respond to an accident.511 Alberta says drivers in the area should find an alternate route, as traffic is already congested near the crash site and is causing major delays.Spirit River RCMP are on scene and say an update will be...
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Education
Northern Lakes College re-opens former NWP Fairview campus
The former Fairview campus for Northwestern Polytechnic is officially open once again.A grand opening was held Wednesday, August 26, to celebrate the campus' new stewardship under Northern Lakes College.The college says that under NLC's leadership, the campus will offer post-secondary education and training in Fairview...
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Stolen TVS & soundbars
Peace River RCMP investigate furniture store B&E
Peace River RCMP are asking for the public's help after a local furniture store had several TVs and audio equipment stolen last week.Mounties say around 1:48 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, a break-and-enter occurred at the City Furniture along 74 Street in Peace River, with suspects getting away with six TVs and six sound bar...
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Municipal District of Greenview
MD of Greenview doing seal-coating work in Ridgevalley Sept. 1
The MD of Greenview will start seal-coating the asphalt sidewalk along Range Road 262 on Tuesday, Sept. 1.Sections of the sidewalk in Ridgevalley will be temporarily closed to allow the seal coat to properly cure for approximately 12-24 hours, depending on weather and site conditions.The MD is asking the public to avoi...
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City Hall
Highlights from Monday's meeting of Grande Prairie City Council
Grande Prairie City Council met on Monday. - A report compiled by city staff estimates that having the Public Safety Communications Centre will save the city $3 million each year. Administration says the savings come from having a combined dispatch for police, fire, and 911, rather than two separate centres. The repor...
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Mammography trailer
Screen test to visit Valleyview Health Centre and the Sturgeon Lake Health Centre
Alberta Health Services Screen Test is bringing a mobile mammography trailer to the Valleyview Health Centre and the Sturgeon Lake Health Centre this week and next.Primary Care Alberta says Screen Test is dedicated to improving access to cancer screening for women in Alberta communities where mammography is not readily...
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Local Sports
Storm
Storm start exhibition season at home Sept. 1
The Grande Prairie Storm start the Alberta Junior Hockey League exhibition season tonight (Tuesday, Sept. 1) at home versus Drayton Valley. Face-off time will be 6:00 p.m. at the Bonnetts Energy Centre. The Storm finished in second place in the North Division last season before losing to Whitecourt in the semi-finals i...
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GP Reds
15U AA Reds best in the west with WCBA championship win
The 15U AA Grande Prairie Reds have captured the Western Canada Baseball Association championship this past weekend in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.The Reds dominated the WBCA, going undefeated and claiming the title with a 10-7 victory over a local squad, the Sask Sun Devils.The Reds have now ended their magical season...
Aug 18, 2026
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Chuckwagons
WPCA season closes in spectacular fashion at Rocky Mountain House
The curtain has officially closed on the 2026 professional chuckwagon racing season following Sunday (August 16) afternoon's final heat.This years Kirk's Trail Tire Series Champion is Jason Glass, who also broke the track record down in Rocky Mountain House with a time of 1:11.20. Glass' winning time was 1.05 seconds f...
Aug 17, 2026
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Agriculture
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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Crop Report
Major crop yields to be 9 per cent above 5-year average in Peace
Persistent rains across the province have hampered crop development to many regions, but done the opposite in the south by bringing some relief to heat stressed fields. In the latest Alberta Crop Report by AFSC, they say 12 per cent of provincial major crops (canola and peas) are flowering and 88 per cent are podding. ...
Aug 19, 2026
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Agriculture
Local Food Week August 10 to 16
This is Alberta Local Food Week. The province calls this a chance to "meet local farmers and entrepreneurs who work to put nutritious food on our plates, and to show support for all things grown, made and harvested in Alberta." The government says people can mark the occasion in several ways. These include vi...
Aug 12, 2026
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Alberta
$55 from each benefits wildlife
Alberta launches conservation licence plate
The Government of Alberta is launching a new licence plate to promote conservation, it announced Monday.Sales of the licence plate will be directed to the Alberta Conservation Association (ACA)."Alberta's wildlife and wild places are a source of pride for people across our province. This licence plate gives Albert...
Aug 31, 2026
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Help restock shelves
Food Banks Alberta critically in need of donations
Food Banks Alberta says their warehouse is critically low and is calling for corporate food donors and financial supporters to help restock the shelves.The warehouse supplies 112 member food banks across the province and said they got to this point because they shipped product out to their members faster than donations...
Aug 31, 2026
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Referendum seven weeks away
Separatists hold independence rally in lead-up to Alberta's birthday bash
Alberta separatists converged outside the legislature in Edmonton on Saturday afternoon ahead of the province's birthday, with many praying, listening to sermons and saying Alberta would be better off without Canada after having joined Confederation 121 years ago."It's the corruption, the lies from out east. I'm j...
Aug 30, 2026
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Alberta Day Tuesday
As referendum nears, Danielle Smith to address celebration in Calgary
Premier Danielle Smith is set to speak in Calgary Sunday at an event marking Alberta Day.Alberta officially became a Canadian province on Sept. 1, 1905.Various festivities are planned this weekend ahead of the province's birthday on Tuesday.Smith's speech at Calgary's Heritage Park is set to come as the province's sepa...
Aug 30, 2026
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Canada
RCMP ask to meet ex-B.C. Conservative who says he was offered job to quit as MLA
British Columbia legislator Ian Paton said RCMP have asked to interview him on Wednesday, and expects them to ask about allegedly being offered a job to give up his seat so Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay could run. Paton, who quit the Conserva...
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B.C. government confirms errors worth $1.46B in gas revenue forecasts
Errors including botched currency conversions led the British Columbia government to overstate its forecasted natural gas revenues by about $1.46 billion over five fiscal years, officials confirmed on Tuesday. Energy Minister Adrian Dix said the most s...
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Former Montreal priest convicted in 2019 of abusing boys facing new charges
MONTREAL - A former Montreal priest who was found guilty in 2019 of sexually abusing two boys is facing charges of possessing and accessing child sexual abuse material. Brian Boucher's lawyer appeared in a Montreal courtroom today on his behalf, and th...
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Champagne says U.S. move to invite Russia to G20 meeting caused 'a lot of discomfort'
OTTAWA - Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says Russia's presence at a G20 meeting hosted by the United States has made many countries uncomfortable. The United States invited Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov to attend the Tuesday mee...
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Check vaccinations before heading back to school: chief public health officer
TORONTO - Canada's chief public health officer is urging parents to check that routine childhood vaccinations are up-to-date as kids head back to school. In an interview on Tuesday, Dr. Joss Reimer said measles is still spreading, while vaccine misinf...
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B.C. boaters warned to avoid floating island that has mystified experts
Geologist John Joseph Clague said when he first heard that a floating island, bigger than a football field, had been spotted on a lake in British Columbia's northern Interior, he dismissed it as an "AI stunt." But Clague - a professor of earth sciences...
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World
Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security case
HONG KONG (AP) - Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that has effectively stifled the city's once-thrivin...
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The USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand following its Middle East deployment
LAEM CHABANG, Thailand (AP) - The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier docked at a port in eastern Thailand on Wednesday after its grueling deployment in the Middle East. Associated Press journalists watched the Lincoln, which is carrying...
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Sen. Ed Markey, 80, wins Mass. Democratic primary over opponent who called for generational change
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey secured the Democratic nomination in Massachusetts' Senate primary Tuesday, once again fending off a push for generational change as he seeks a third term. Markey, 80, defeated U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, 47, who had attem...
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