Environment Canada
Frost advisory stretching across northwestern Alberta
A frost advisory is in effect for all of northwestern Alberta.Environment Canada says temperatures are expected to fall below freezing tonight, resulting in patchy frost.The weather office adds that damage to plants, trees, and crops is possible, and suggests taking preventative measures to protect cold-sensitive plant...
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Community
Rising Above to host Share-A-Thon, new facility opening, on Saturday
Saturday, Sept. 26 will be a big day for Grande Prairie's Rising Above. It will host a grand opening of its new facility as part of its 16th Share-A-Thon. The new building has been built behind the current addictions treatment facility, formerly the Young Offenders Centre, across from Centre 2000. Plans for the new bui...
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Peace Region
Environment Canada
Frost advisory stretching across northwestern Alberta
A frost advisory is in effect for all of northwestern Alberta.Environment Canada says temperatures are expected to fall below freezing tonight, resulting in patchy frost.The weather office adds that damage to plants, trees, and crops is possible, and suggests taking preventative measures to protect cold-sensitive plant...
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Community
Rising Above to host Share-A-Thon, new facility opening, on Saturday
Saturday, Sept. 26 will be a big day for Grande Prairie's Rising Above. It will host a grand opening of its new facility as part of its 16th Share-A-Thon. The new building has been built behind the current addictions treatment facility, formerly the Young Offenders Centre, across from Centre 2000. Plans for the new bui...
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Municipal District of Greenview
Sewer flushing operations in DeBolt and Ridgevalley commence Sept. 23
The Municipal District of Greenview is conducting sewer flushing operations in DeBolt and Ridgevalley.Starting Wednesday, Sept. 23, residents can expect to see a hydrovac truck operating in the area throughout this week and possibly next.To help minimize any inconvenience, the MD is asking residents to keep their toile...
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Village of Berwyn
Early results announced for Village of Berwyn byelection
The Village of Berwyn has tentatively announced their newest council member.Unofficial results show Kenneth Montie has been elected to council with 35 votes, overtaking runner-up Edward Locke's 20.Montie will be filling the vacant seat left by Patrick O'Brien in June.The official vote count will be shared at a later ti...
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Forestry Business
Weyerhaeuser continues gathering public input on future plans
Weyerhaeuser will continue gathering public input on its future plans today (Wednesday, July 23) in Grande Cache. An open house is set to run from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Grande Cache Inn. A similar open house was held Monday in Grande Prairie. Forest Planning Manager at the Grande Prairie pulp mill Traci Carter sa...
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"extensively damaged by fire"
Farmer's Market demolition underway
Demolition work is underway at the former Farmers Market building in downtown Grande Prairie.The work is expected to take three weeks, with traffic along the laneway between 102 Avenue and 101 Ave operating as one-way.The city says pedestrians will be unaffected, as sidewalk access will remain available, but it did war...
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Local Sports
Storm
Storm to play first road game of the season Wednesday night, Flores captures weekly award
The Storm will be in Whitecourt tonight (Wednesday, Sept. 23) for their first road game of the season. Grande Prairie opened the season with two wins at home over Bonnyville last weekend.Forward Sean Richards had a goal and three assists in those opening games. Defenceman Quinten Flores and forward Easton Goulet each h...
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Local football players
Limited reps for Kettyle during Elks practice on Tuesday
The Tuesday injury report for the Edmonton Elks says receiver Carter Kettyle had limited reps in practice because of a hamstring injury. The St. Joe's graduate has recorded two catches for 16 yards and his first career touchdown in nine games with the Elks this season. That touchdown came in a 48-30 loss to Montreal on...
Sep 22, 2026
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Week 3
Football Alberta Weekly Top-10 Rankings
Here are the Weekly Top-10 Rankings for all five levels of high school football in Alberta for the 2026 season.These rankings will come out every Sunday (except for Labour Day kickoff) from now up until November 9.At that time, those will be the last rankings, and teams will take this rank into provincials.The 12-a-sid...
Sep 21, 2026
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Agriculture
'Betrayal to producers'
Conservative's agriculture shadow minister condemns decision to ignore committee report
The federal Conservative's critic for agriculture is condemning Ottawa's repsonse to a standing committee report, deeming it a betrayal. Shadow minister and Foothills MP, John Barlow, said that rejecting the recommendations of the bipartisan document are a betrayal to producers. By not reversing the closure of seven ag...
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Agriculture
Rain dampening harvest efforts according to latest Alberta Crop Report
Just under 13 per cent of major crops have been combined in the Peace Region according to the most recent Alberta Crop Report. The report, dated Sept. 15, says the Peace Region is well behind the five-year average of 51 per cent of harvest completed, due to precipitation in the region that varied between five and 15 mi...
Sep 21, 2026
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Agriculture
Twenty-two per cent of canola swathed in Peace Region, as per latest Provincial Crop Report
The province says harvest is off to a slow start in 2026 across Alberta, with the most recent Alberta Crop Report by AFSC saying provincial progress is behind the five-and 10-year averages of 40 and 30 per cent, respectively. Rain has caused significant delays for farmers to get in the field as well as for crops maturi...
Sep 14, 2026
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Alberta
RCMP
Alberta RCMP share tips on youth grooming prevention
Throughout September Alberta RCMP is educating the public on online youth safety. As part of this initiative, RCMP shared tips on grooming, which occurs when an individual builds trust with a young person to manipulate, exploit, coerce, or abuse them, either "online, in person, or both."Mounties add that groo...
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'Betrayal to producers'
Conservative's agriculture shadow minister condemns decision to ignore committee report
The federal Conservative's critic for agriculture is condemning Ottawa's repsonse to a standing committee report, deeming it a betrayal. Shadow minister and Foothills MP, John Barlow, said that rejecting the recommendations of the bipartisan document are a betrayal to producers. By not reversing the closure of seven ag...
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CALM 10
Alberta field testing new curriculum aimed at strengthening career and financial skills
The Government of Alberta is field testing a new curriculum this school year to help prepare students for success in their future jobs.The province is making modern skills required for future careers a top priority as part of the ongoing curriculum renewal.As a result, they're releasing draft Grades 7 to 9 science, phy...
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13-cents-per-litre surcharge
Canadian Taxpayers Federation welcomes three-month suspension of provincial fuel tax
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is glad to see the Province put a temporary freeze on a 13-cent-per-litre tax for gasoline and diesel. Premier Danielle Smith announced Tuesday that her government is suspending the surcharge from October 1st to December 31st, due the rising cost of world oil prices.Alberta director Kr...
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Canada
Fact File: Checks in place to prevent non-Albertans from mailing in referendum votes
EDMONTON - A viral post on the social media platform X this week shared a claim that mail-in voting for Alberta's Oct. 19 referendum is "open to anybody" without verification of whether applicants live in the province. Other social media users posted s...
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Excerpts from statements made by relatives of Kenneth Law's victims
A Newmarket, Ont., court is hearing from loved ones of people who took their own lives using products purchased from Kenneth Law. More than 70 victim impact statements are set to be presented at a sentencing hearing for Law, who has pleaded guilty to ...
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Former soldier's alleged role in synagogue shooting very concerning: defence minister
Defence Minister David McGuinty says it's very concerning that the suspect in Sunday's shooting outside a Belleville, Ont., synagogue was a former soldier. Sean Ward, who died in hospital after a shootout with police outside the Sons of Jacob synagogu...
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Federal government defends closure of seven research facilities
OTTAWA - The federal government will not reverse a decision to close several agricultural research facilities across the country, a move the opposition Conservatives are calling a threat to Canada's food security. In May, the House of Commons committee...
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NDP leader says Ottawa breaking labour law as Bank of Canada strike nears 100 days
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Avi Lewis said the federal government is defying its own labour laws after the head of the Bank of Canada admitted to using replacement workers during a strike involving security officers. In 2024, Canada passed legislation to ban f...
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City of Ottawa to rename Trump Avenue as trade war continues
OTTAWA - The city council in Canada's national capital has started the process of renaming a street bearing the last name of U.S. President Donald Trump. Coun. Riley Brockington introduced a motion that was carried Wednesday to rename Trump Avenue, in...
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World
China's Xi arrives in Washington, kicking off his state visit with rare planeside welcome from Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday, where he was to be met with a rare planeside greeting from President Donald Trump, who was there to welcome his counterpart on the tarmac instead of waiting for him to d...
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Iowa judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Des Moines Register and pollster
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A judge on Wednesday dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit accusing The Des Moines Register and its former pollster of misrepresenting the state of the 2024 presidential race, rejecting the president's claim that the newspaper's poll...
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Iowa judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Des Moines Register and pollster
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A judge on Wednesday dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit accusing The Des Moines Register and its former pollster of misrepresenting the state of the 2024 presidential race, rejecting the president's claim that the newspaper's poll...
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