Agriculture
Farmland values jump nearly nine per cent in northern Alberta in 2025 says FCC
Farm Credit Canada says Canadian farmland continued it's 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 Onta...
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March 24
City of Grande Prairie snow removal crews anticipating 5-10 cm of snowfall
City of Grande Prairie crews are continuing their snowmelt management and snow removal operations on Tuesday but may need to change priorities soon.Approximately 5 to 10 cm of snow are expected to fall Tuesday as a yellow snowfall warning remains in place.Should the snow pick up, city crews will focus on priority road ...
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Peace Region
Agriculture
Farmland values jump nearly nine per cent in northern Alberta in 2025 says FCC
Farm Credit Canada says Canadian farmland continued it's 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 Onta...
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March 24
City of Grande Prairie snow removal crews anticipating 5-10 cm of snowfall
City of Grande Prairie crews are continuing their snowmelt management and snow removal operations on Tuesday but may need to change priorities soon.Approximately 5 to 10 cm of snow are expected to fall Tuesday as a yellow snowfall warning remains in place.Should the snow pick up, city crews will focus on priority road ...
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RCMP
Grande Prairie RCMP arrest suspect in attempted abduction
Grande Prairie RCMP have made an arrest in connection to an attempted abduction.On Saturday Mar. 21, at 9:53 p.m. Mounties responded to a report of a male suspect following a 10-year-old girl and, when she fled into a friend's home, attempting to convince the homeowners to send her outside, and even attempting to force...
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Weather
Yellow warnings for snowfall in place
A yellow warning for snowfall is out for the City and County of Grande Prairie, the MD of Greenview as far south as Grande Cache and Little Smoky, the Willmore Wilderness Park and the Hinton area. Environment Canada says what it calls "a long period of snowfall" will start the morning of Tuesday, Mar. 24 and ...
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County of Grande Prairie
County of Grande Prairie Council approves 2026-2030 Strategic Plan
The County of Grande Prairie has released their 2026-2030 Strategic Plan.County Council has approved the plan to set clear directions for decision-making and investment, aligning with their long-term goals.Key focus areas of the plan include quality of life, economy, transportation, and land use and management."Th...
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Emergency Shelter
Wapiti Community Support Association worried about cut in provincial funding
The Wapiti Community Support Association says it is facing what it calls "significant impacts to its housing-focused shelter services" after a cut in provincial funding.The association says it has lost $1.45 million, one-third of its resources for emergency shelter.An email from the organization says this has...
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Local Sports
Local Sports
Top six finish for Grande Prairie athlete at skeleton championships
A Grande Prairie athlete is in the top six in her sport across Canada.Indy Dorscheid finished sixth at the Women's Skeleton Canadian Championships held March 22 in Whistler, B.C.Dorscheid took part in her first-ever competition in late November.One-time world champion Hallie Clarke won the Canadian title. Jane Channell...
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Hockey Alberta Provincials
Fairview Falcons win U1 B Female provincial title on home ice
A Fairview team won a provincial hockey title on home ice over the weekend.The Falcons captured the U18 Female B title with a 3-0 win over Battle River in the gold medal game played Sunday, Mar. 22 at the Fairview FairPlex.Toni-Anne Welles made 22 saves for the shutout. Kylie Friesen, Kamryn Bissell and Meta Gardecki s...
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Local Hockey
Comets win NPHL title
The Manning Comets are the champions of the North Peace Hockey League.The Comets completed a four game sweep of the Campbell Cup final with a 5-0 home ice win Saturday over the Dawson Creek Canucks.Braden Gamble recorded the shutout. Judd Blackwater, Edge Lambert, Josh Peters, Brendan Baumgartner, and Kye Whillans had ...
Mar 22, 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 it's 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 Onta...
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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
Crime
RCMP make arrest, urge people to be wary of cold calls offering phone upgrades
RCMP in Alberta are warning people to be careful if they get a call out of the blue asking them if they want to upgrade their phone. Police say fraudsters are cold calling people asking if they want an upgrade. They say it all sounds very legitimate and the fraudsters will try to pry personal information out of the tar...
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22-year-old victim
RCMP arrest and charge 18-year-old after Alberta highway shooting that killed driver
RCMP have made an arrest in a highway shooting south of Edmonton earlier this month that left one man dead. They say three friends were headed to the mountains on the Queen Elizabeth 2 Highway on March 14, when a pickup truck pulled up beside their Honda Civic south of Leduc. Two survivors of the shooting have said a p...
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Provincial Politics
Opposition member says new procedural rules allows government to duck questions for years
New procedural rules are in effect in the Alberta legislature, and one opposition member says some effectively allow Premier Danielle Smith's government to duck questions for years. Former United Conservative cabinet minister Peter Guthrie says by extending the deadline for answering specific written questions, the gov...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta to change legislation allowing lawsuits over sharing deepfake intimate images
Alberta's government says it's looking to change an existing law to let people sue others for sharing fake intimate images created through artificial intelligence. Technology Minister Nate Glubish says such images, known as deepfakes, can cause people serious harm and that changing the law should create a new layer of ...
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Canada
Federal union denounces CRA decision to end tax drop boxes, calls for reversal
OTTAWA - A federal union is warning the Canada Revenue Agency's decision to get rid of drop boxes as a method to file taxes will reduce access to services for hundreds of thousands of Canadians. The agency said earlier this month it will stop accepting...
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Lawyers for Quebec government tell Supreme Court that Bill 21 is legitimate
OTTAWA - Lawyers for the Quebec government argued in Supreme Court today that the province was within its rights when it adopted its secularism law, Bill 21. The 2019 law bans some public sector workers from wearing religious symbols on the job, and th...
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Pride festivals seek federal $3M as corporations pull back support amid DEI backlash
OTTAWA - Pride festivals are seeking $3 million annually from Ottawa to fill a funding gap left by corporations pulling back funding amid a backlash to diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Leaders from across the country argue Pride parades and ot...
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Liberals to debate age restrictions on social media, AI chatbots
OTTAWA - Age restrictions on using social media accounts and AI chatbots are among the topics up for debate when Liberal party grassroots gather next month for their national convention. Party rank-and-file are set to meet in Montreal for their policy ...
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Avalanche safety urged by WorkSafeBC after four skiers killed
RICHMOND - British Columbia's Workers' Compensation Board is urging employers to ensure their employees' safety when working in avalanche terrain, after four deaths in two separate slides over the weekend. WorkSafeBC has issued an information bulletin ...
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Canadian sport system 'broken, unsustainable,' federal commission finds
Canadian sport needs an overhaul. That was the conclusion of the Future of Sport in Canada Commission's final report released Tuesday. "The work must begin now," said Lise Maisonneuve, a former chief justice of the Ontario court of justice, who headed ...
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World
Brazil's Bolsonaro allowed to serve 27-year sentence at home due to ill health
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro received permission Tuesday from a top Brazilian justice to serve his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at home instead of in prison because of his failing health. The decision ...
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Brazil's Bolsonaro allowed to serve 27-year sentence at home due to ill health
SAO PAULO (AP) - A top Brazilian justice granted former President Jair Bolsonaro permission Tuesday to serve his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at home instead of in prison because of his failing health. The decision by Supreme Cour...
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Minnesota sues Trump administration over shootings, including deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good
WASHINGTON (AP) - Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for access to evidence they say they need to independently investigate three shootings by federal officers, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. ...
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