Unless it is cloudy
Partial solar eclipse visible on Wednesday in Alberta
A partial solar eclipse will be visible across Alberta today (Wednesday, August 12). The website Time and Date says the partial eclipse will be visible in Alberta starting at 9:47 a.m. and ending at 11:37 a.m. The partial eclipse will be visible in nearly all parts of Canada. A solar eclipse happens when the moon's orb...
4h ago
Read More
Budget 2027
City of GP seeking public's input on 2027 budget
Grande Prairie residents are being invited to share their input for the 2027 budget.Before budget planning begins, residents can help identify priorities for municipal services, programs, and infrastructure.On the city's budget engagement page, residents can complete the budget prioritization tool, view the municipal t...
4h ago
Read More
Peace Region
Workplace Safety
Case involving OHS charges against an oilfield business in Grande Prairie court Wednesday
A case involving Occupational Health and Safety charges against an oilfield company after a rig worker was injured on the job is due in Grande Prairie Court of Justice today (August 12). Twilight Drilling Ltd. is facing eight charges.That includes two under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, including failure to e...
4h ago
Read More
Unless it is cloudy
Partial solar eclipse visible on Wednesday in Alberta
A partial solar eclipse will be visible across Alberta today (Wednesday, August 12). The website Time and Date says the partial eclipse will be visible in Alberta starting at 9:47 a.m. and ending at 11:37 a.m. The partial eclipse will be visible in nearly all parts of Canada. A solar eclipse happens when the moon's orb...
4h ago
Read More
Budget 2027
City of GP seeking public's input on 2027 budget
Grande Prairie residents are being invited to share their input for the 2027 budget.Before budget planning begins, residents can help identify priorities for municipal services, programs, and infrastructure.On the city's budget engagement page, residents can complete the budget prioritization tool, view the municipal t...
4h ago
Read More
AHS
Grimshaw-Berwyn Health Centre ED expecting two service disruptions
The Grimshaw-Berwyn and District Community Health Centre Emergency Department will be without an on-site physician for 12 hours today (Wednesday, Aug 12).From 9 a.m. until 9 p.m., nursing staff will remain on site for urgent triage, assessments and referrals.A second closure has also been announced for tomorrow (Thursd...
18h ago
Read More
City of Grande Prairie
GP Transit services offering free passage to Folk Fest attendees
The City of Grande Prairie will be offering free transit to Bear Creek Folk Festival attendees this weekend.From Aug. 14-16, festival wristband holders can get regular transit service at no cost, as well as late evening shuttle buses after the final performances each night."Bear Creek Folk Festival brings people t...
21h ago
Read More
Weather Alert
UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm watches end
UPDATE Tuesday 6:50 p.m. - All the yellow watches for severe thunderstorms in the Peace have now ended.More thunderstorms could be in store for parts of the Peace Country on Tuesday (August 11) afternoon and evening.Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the region, including south of the Peace R...
22h ago
Read More
Local Sports
Swimming
Dawson, Team Canada at Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Grande Prairie swimmer Oliver Dawson and his Team Canada teammates are in Irvine, California, for the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. The outdoor swimming part of the competition was held earlier this week, with the pool portion starting today (Wednesday, August 12). Among the events on the Wednesday schedule ...
4h ago
Read More
Baseball
Rage win WBL title
The Rycroft Rage are the 2026 champions in the Wheatbelt Baseball League. The Rage beat visiting Peace River 5-4 last night to complete a three-game sweep of the final. Rycroft has now won three championships in a row and 10 in total.
19h ago
Read More
Rugby
Sirens close out the 2026 rugby season with a win
The season ended on a winning note for the Grande Prairie Sirens women's rugby team. The Sirens beat the Clan team from Edmonton 36-19 in the Edmonton Rugby Union's Bowl Final. The game was played on Saturday, Aug. 8 in Edmonton at the Nor'westerns Athletics field. The Centaurs men's team will be in Edmonton for a mat...
Aug 10, 2026
Read More
Agriculture
Farm Safety
BeGrainSafe Week on this week
August 10 to 16 is BeGrainSafe Week. The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association says the week was started in 2017 after an increase in deaths from being trapped in grain. The association says in a news release that from 2011 to 2020, 27 people died on Canadian farms from asphyxiation by grain or soil. The association...
Aug 10, 2026
Read More
Crop Report
Spotty rains keeping soil moisture high for Peace Region
Surface and sub-surface soil moisture ratings are staying well above the 5- and 10-year averages in the Peace Region thanks to recent rains and cooler conditions.In the latest Alberta Crop Report, major crop good-to-excellent ratings in the Peace only declined one point to 48 per cent when compared to the report prior....
Aug 10, 2026
Read More
Agriculture
Alberta Open Farm Days coming up on August 15 and 16
Alberta Open Farm Days will take place Saturday, August 15 and Sunday, August 16. Several places in the Peace will be among the more than 150 host farms across Alberta. Burnt River Ranch in Saddle Hills County will offer guided farm tours mid-day on Saturday. The farm has pigs, cattle, poultry and horses. Grande Prairi...
Aug 08, 2026
Read More
Alberta
calling all outdoor enthusiasts
Alberta Wildlife Federation launches Double-Crested Cormorant Monitoring Project
Can you help the Alberta Wildlife Federation (AWF) spot double-crested cormorants?That's exactly what the organization is asking of anglers, boaters, birdwatchers, landowners, and other outdoor enthusiasts to do over the coming weeks as part of its Double-Crested Cormorant Monitoring Project."Double-crested cormor...
4h ago
Read More
Unless it is cloudy
Partial solar eclipse visible on Wednesday in Alberta
A partial solar eclipse will be visible across Alberta today (Wednesday, August 12). The website Time and Date says the partial eclipse will be visible in Alberta starting at 9:47 a.m. and ending at 11:37 a.m. The partial eclipse will be visible in nearly all parts of Canada. A solar eclipse happens when the moon's orb...
4h ago
Read More
Environment/Climate Concerns
Alberta man planning protests against data centres as province announces town halls
A man leading a movement against artificial intelligence data centres in Alberta says provincial officials can expect to get an earful at an upcoming town hall. Ben Baril says he and other protesters will be at an Aug. 20 hearing in Sturgeon County to tell Premier Danielle Smith's government that true public consultati...
23h ago
Read More
Missing 11-year-old
Alberta to review Amber Alert criteria and day home after death of Calgary boy
Alberta's government will review its Amber Alert system and the policies of a Calgary day home after the death of an 11-year-old boy with autism. The province says the review will assess the criteria that needs to be met for an alert to be issued and will include the perspectives of police, disability advocates and oth...
Aug 10, 2026
Read More
Canada
Partial solar eclipse, meteor shower headed for Canadian skies
A partial solar eclipse will be visible across the Maritimes, Ontario, Quebec and other parts of Canada today as the annual Perseid meteor shower also reaches its peak this week. The Canadian Space Agency says the partial eclipse will be visible across...
1h ago
Read More
Federal government invests $24 million for cannabis and brain health research
TORONTO - Federal Minister of Health Marjorie Michel has announced $24 million to create the Canadian Cannabis and Brain Health Consortium. Funded through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the group of 10 research teams from across Canada wi...
3h ago
Read More
Federal government announces $34M to help communities cope with climate change
OTTAWA - The federal government is spending $34 million on projects to make Canadian communities more resilient to the effects of climate change. The funds come as cities and towns across the country spend another summer battling extreme heat, wildfire...
4h ago
Read More
In the news today: Smoke aids B.C. fires, CUSMA talks, Meteor shower, Partial eclipse
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Smoke in B.C. Interior causing poor air quality but helping the fire fight Many of the blazes burning across British Columbia have been smoked out for a number of ...
8h ago
Read More
Why Canada's deeper linkage of foreign aid with trade outcomes is raising concerns
OTTAWA - Some in Canada's aid sector say they're growing more and more concerned by how closely the Carney government is tying foreign aid to its efforts to boost domestic economic growth. Here's a look at why Ottawa wants more domestic spinoffs from a...
8h ago
Read More
Smoke in B.C. Interior causing poor air quality but helping fire fight
PENTICTON - Many of the wildfires burning across British Columbia have been smoked out for a number of days, while it results in poor air quality it is helping in the fire fight. The remarks by Cliff Chapman with the B-C Wildfire Service come as a thic...
8h ago
Read More
World
Man killed his partner and child at a Minnesota daycare before taking his own life, police say
HOPKINS, Minn. (AP) - A man killed his partner and their child at the Minnesota home daycare they own before taking his life, police said Wednesday. Six other children who were at the daycare have been reunited with their parents, and non...
19m ago
Read More
Defense in Charlie Kirk's killing say shooter hit the 'intended target,' did not endanger others
Lawyers for the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk say he shouldn't be eligible for the death penalty because the shooter "hit the intended target" during the assassination last year at a Utah event attended by thousands of peo...
21m ago
Read More
Man killed his partner and child at a Minnesota daycare before taking his own life, police say
HOPKINS, Minn. (AP) - A man killed his partner and their child at a Minnesota home daycare on Wednesday before taking his own life, police said. Authorities said other children were at the daycare in Hopkins, but none were injured, and al...
22m ago
Read More