City of GP
Keyera Place closed for boulder wall preparations
Keyera Place will be closed next week.The city says that starting on Monday, Nov. 2, all public use, including bookings and scheduled programming, will be unavailable as preparations are made for the installation of a new climbing wall.The facility is expected to fully reopen on Saturday, Nov. 7.
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Community
Night Light Walk collects over $14,000, donations being taken through Saturday, Oct. 31
The Night Light Walk held October 22 in Grande Prairie raised over $14,200. That works out to 71 per cent of the goal of $20,000. Donations are still being taken online through today (Saturday, October 31). The money will be donated to Serenity Place, the second-stage shelter at Odyssey House. The walk started at the A...
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Peace Region
City of GP
Keyera Place closed for boulder wall preparations
Keyera Place will be closed next week.The city says that starting on Monday, Nov. 2, all public use, including bookings and scheduled programming, will be unavailable as preparations are made for the installation of a new climbing wall.The facility is expected to fully reopen on Saturday, Nov. 7.
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Community
Night Light Walk collects over $14,000, donations being taken through Saturday, Oct. 31
The Night Light Walk held October 22 in Grande Prairie raised over $14,200. That works out to 71 per cent of the goal of $20,000. Donations are still being taken online through today (Saturday, October 31). The money will be donated to Serenity Place, the second-stage shelter at Odyssey House. The walk started at the A...
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Invest Grande Prairie
Invest Grande Prairie seeking local business owners input with online survey
The City of Grande Prairie is inviting local business owners to share their thoughts on challenges they've experienced.Invest Grande Prairie has launched an online survey as part of small business week to give business owners the chance to help the city better understand how they can support continued growth.Invest Gra...
Oct 30, 2026
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Nov. 1, 2026
No physician coverage at Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital ED for 12 Hours
The Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital emergency department will be without an on-site physician for 12 hours Sunday, Nov. 1.Due to a clinical personnel shortage and an inability to secure temporary coverage, there will be no on-site physician from 8:00 a.m. Sunday until 8:00 p.m.Nursing staff will remain on-site to provid...
Oct 30, 2026
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Grande Prairie Police Service
GPPS police dog and handler now in operation
The Grande Prairie Police Service has announced its new police canine, Dante, and his handler, Constable Shane Weinmeyer, is now in service.Dante is a one-and-a-half-year-old Belgian Malinois and German shepherd mix from the Czech Republic and has completed extensive training with Weinmeyer in Calgary to build the skil...
Oct 30, 2026
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Weather
Fog advisory moves north of Grande Prairie
Update: The fog advisory in no longer in effect for Grande Prairie and the surrounding area. It has moved north of Webster, blanketing the Peace Region up to Clear Hills and east to Bluesky.The fog is expected to lift in the afternoon.Environment Canada has issued a yellow fog advisory this morning (Oct. 30) for Grande...
Oct 30, 2026
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Local Sports
Local Sports
Football, hockey, Wolves this weekend
FootballThe Peace Bowl semi-final will be played Friday night at the Community Knowledge Campus field.The Peace Wapiti Academy Titans will play the Grande Prairie Phoenix Friday.Kick-off time will be 6 p.m.The winner will take on St. Joe's in the Peace Bowl November 6.NWJHLThere is one game in the Northwest Junior Hoc...
Oct 30, 2026
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Classroom Champions
19-year-old Team Canada luge slider inspires local youth
Students at Grande Prairie's Alexander Forbes School were the lucky recipients of a visit from a Team Canada athlete mentor on Thursday (Oct. 29). Classroom Champions and Whitecap Resources were able to bring 19-year-old Maya Yuen of Calgary to the school for the day to speak on her journey to becoming a part of the na...
Oct 30, 2026
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local sports
Local hockey for Thursday, October 29
There is one game in the North Peace Hockey League tonight (Thursday, October 29). Grande Prairie is in Dawson Creek. Face-off time will be 8:30 Alberta time. There is one game in the Northwest Junior Hockey League tonight (Thursday, October 29). The County Kings in Fairview will start at 8. Wednesday night, Fort St. ...
Oct 29, 2026
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Agriculture
Agriculture
Alberta's agriculture minister praises farmers' hard, work, perseverance in statement on harvest
A written statement from Alberta's Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation says that "despite weather challenges, crop yields are estimated to be above average."Tara Sawyer says this is especially true for the southern and central areas of the province, adding that she applauds "the perseverance, patience...
Oct 30, 2026
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Agriculture
Province sets aside $60M for projects that would save water, restore land and grow more
The province says it has set aside $60 million for an Emissions Reduction Alberta project to tackle what it calls Alberta's "biggest economic and environmental challenges: restoring land, growing more and saving water." The Agriculture, Water and Land Challenge is asking for proposals for new technologies. Th...
Oct 28, 2026
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County of Grande Prairie
Nominations open for 2027 County of Grande Prairie farm family award
County of Grande Prairie residents are invited to nominate a farming family that has made significant agricultural contributions.The 2027 Farm Family of the Year Award will recognize a family that uses sustainable farming practices, finds innovative ways to meet challenges, and makes lasting contributions to their rura...
Oct 27, 2026
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Alberta
RCMP investigating
Driver from Crowsnest Pass dies Friday in two-vehicle crash near Lundbreck
A 64-year-old man from the Crowsnest Pass has died following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 3, just west of Cowley.RCMP confirm the driver of a pick-up truck, a resident of Coleman, died on scene Friday morning during a collision with an SUV on the highway at Township Road 74, near Lundbreck.The driver of the SUV w...
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Cameron Davies
Alberta Reupublican Party leader resigns
The same day one separatist leader was given the boot from the United Conservative Party, another faction of Alberta's separatist movement has taken a hit.Cameron Davies has announced he is resigning as leader of the Republican Party of Alberta.And as noted, it was earlier Friday when Premier Danielle Smith shared that...
Oct 30, 2026
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Provincial Politics
Alberta government reducing education property taxes in 2027 after previous hikes
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is reducing education property taxes starting next year after it brought in successive hikes for ratepayers. It means home and farmland owners will pay almost seven per cent less than this year while non-residential property owners will pay almost five per cent less. S...
Oct 30, 2026
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Provincial Politics
Alberta's Smith says separatist leader's UCP membership revoked
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says a high-profile separatist leader has been kicked out of her United Conservative Party. Smith told reporters in Calgary that the party's executive director made the decision to revoke Jeff Rath's membership over code of conduct issues, and it's a decision she supports. Rath has been a...
Oct 30, 2026
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Canada
Poilievre lays out demands ahead of budget, includes call to cut wasteful spending
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pushing for the federal government to eliminate all federal taxes on diesel until Canada Day, part of a list of demands ahead of the budget being tabled on Nov. 5. In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carn...
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B.C.'s new time zone could cause confusion, from calendars to medical appointments
Missed surgeries, late deliveries and muddled meeting times are among the issues that could arise as a result of British Columbia's decision to stay permanently on daylight saving time, information technology experts have cautioned. When much of North ...
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The times aren't a-changin' in Western Canada but there's still adjustments ahead
WINNIPEG - The clocks aren't changing Sunday in the western half of the country, but that doesn't mean changes aren't coming as British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, northwestern Ontario and the Northwest Territories all chose this year to stick with da...
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Clocks from coast to coast to coast: A breakdown of time change rules across Canada
Much of the eastern half of Canada switch their clocks back on Sunday, while the western half will not this year. Here's a look at the breakdown of what it means to residents: British Columbia Announced in March that it was moving to permanent Pacifi...
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'Associate' EU membership for Canada not a 'short-term' project: expert
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has laid out a timeline that would see Canada sign an agreement on a new partnership with the European Union in the next seven months, if all goes well. Carney said Friday that Ottawa and Brussels are working toward ...
Oct 31, 2026
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Ottawa's tailpipe emissions delay a 'wait and see' approach to U.S. policy: experts
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has delayed tougher new emissions standards for passenger vehicles until 2029, just eight months after the government said it wanted them to take effect in 2027. Experts say the move will buy Ottawa time to see how U...
Oct 31, 2026
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World
Williams leads Valkyries to WNBA championship, beating Dream 68-63 in Game 7
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Gabby Williams scored her team's final 11 points of the third quarter and dazzled through the fourth on the way to 30 points, and the Golden State Valkyries captured a championship in just their second season by beating the Atlanta...
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'Grasping at straws': Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter
Saying the president was "grasping at straws," a federal judge on Saturday threw out Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a story reporting on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. ...
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Attorneys for Alaska say 'meritless' Trump demand to set aside Senate ballots 'not even possible'
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska's Republican-run state government on Saturday urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed at President Donald Trump's direction to stop the certification of a possible Democratic win in that state's pivotal U.S. Sen...
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