Water Pooling
511 Alberta reporting delays on Highway 679
511 Alberta is reporting pooling water on Highway 679, causing delays near McLennan. 511 says both directions are affected, as only one alternating lane remains open. Crews are expecting to have the water removed from the roadway by April 30. Anyone travelling today or would like more information on this closure can vi...
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2.9% tax increase
County of Grande Prairie 2026 Budget approved
County of Grande Prairie Council approved its 2026 budget.The total budget sits at $208.5 million, and includes $129.1 million for general operations, $38.3 million for capital investments, and $41.1 million from 2025 capital project carry-overs.It does include a 2.9 per cent tax increase, for an average property value...
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Peace Region
RCMP update
Arrest made in Peace River homicide investigation
Alberta RCMP's Major Crimes Unit is providing an update on its homicide investigation in Peace River. Mounties say an arrest has been made, and the victim is being identified as 74-year-old Hashi Guled. Thirty-seven-year-old Daniel Michel Campion has been arrested and remanded into custody on three charges, with a cour...
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Water Pooling
511 Alberta reporting delays on Highway 679
511 Alberta is reporting pooling water on Highway 679, causing delays near McLennan. 511 says both directions are affected, as only one alternating lane remains open. Crews are expecting to have the water removed from the roadway by April 30. Anyone travelling today or would like more information on this closure can vi...
16h ago
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2.9% tax increase
County of Grande Prairie 2026 Budget approved
County of Grande Prairie Council approved its 2026 budget.The total budget sits at $208.5 million, and includes $129.1 million for general operations, $38.3 million for capital investments, and $41.1 million from 2025 capital project carry-overs.It does include a 2.9 per cent tax increase, for an average property value...
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Missing Person
Grande Prairie RCMP looking for missing person
Grande Prairie RCMP are looking for a missing 40-year-old man. Darnell Norton was last seen in Beaverlodge on April 11.Darnell is described asFair complexion;6 feet 3 inches tall,220 pounds;Brown hair;Brown eyes.Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the Grande Prairie RCMP detachment at 780-830-57...
Apr 24, 2026
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Spring Clean up
Prize draw taking place at Grimshaw Transfer Station April 27-May 2
The Grimshaw Transfer Station is holding a contest for anyone participating in the spring cleanup next week.From April 27 to May 2, anyone who brings items to the transfer station will be entered into a prize draw, sponsored by the Town of Grimshaw, the MD of Peace and the Village of Berwyn.The transfer station is open...
Apr 24, 2026
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BG Wealth Sharing
RCMP investigating alleged fraud investment scheme in Manning
Manning RCMP and the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) are currently investigating an alleged fraudulent investment scheme in the community. On Feb. 17, ASC released an Investor Alert warning the public that an entity, BG Wealth Sharing, is "not registered in Alberta;" later confirming "that an entity,...
Apr 24, 2026
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Local Sports
Hockey
Two Grande Prairie players to go for gold at Esso Cup
Two players from Grande Prairie are taking part in the Esso Cup, the national championship for U18 women's hockey teams, and both have a chance to win the gold medal.Defender Taylor Wasylchew and forward Kasey McLeod are both with the Red Deer Chiefs.Red Deer beat the Atlantic Canada representative, the Northern Select...
Apr 24, 2026
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Wrestling Championships
Hundreds of competitors in Grande Prairie for 2026 Canadian Wrestling Championships
Close to 900 people, athletes, coaches and officials, are in Grande Prairie this weekend for the 2026 Canadian Wrestling Championships.That group includes 154 Alberta competitors, eight of which are from the Grande Prairie Wrestling Club.Every province and territory except Nunavut has sent a team to the event.They will...
Apr 24, 2026
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Football
Elks bringing Hometown Tour to Grande Prairie this weekend
The Edmonton Elks are bringing their Hometown Tour to Grande Prairie this weekend. Some Elks players, along with some University of Alberta football players from this area, will be running camps for minor and high school players Saturday and Sunday at the County Sportsplex. The team says on its website that this will g...
Apr 21, 2026
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Agriculture
Farming groups applaud private member's bill aimed at speeding up product approvals
OTTAWA - Canadian agriculture groups are applauding a Conservative private member's bill that would allow Canada to rely on scientific reviews of new products conducted in "trusted" countries to speed up approvals of the products here. Conservative MP ...
Apr 18, 2026
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Agriculture
Applications open for FCC AgriSpirit Fund
Farm Credit Canada says applications are now open for its FCC AgriSpirit Fund.Charities and non-profit groups in communities with fewer than 50,000 people can apply for grants to help with projects.There is a total of $1.5 million in the fund. Individual applicants can get between $10,000 and $25,000.The application de...
Apr 17, 2026
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Agriculture
Beekeepers Field Day, SARDA both marking milestones this year
This will be a milestone year for an annual event and a local agriculture organization.Beekeepers Field DayThe 70th edition of the Beekeepers Field Day will be held June 26 at the Beaverlodge Research Farm.Anyone who wants to come is welcome. Hours will be 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.The guest speaker this year will be Laval U...
Apr 17, 2026
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Alberta
Education
Alberta government announces changes to get more instructors into classrooms
Alberta's government is making some changes to get more instructors into classrooms. Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides has introduced four new expedited teaching certificates to help qualified individuals enter classrooms sooner. The new certificates will allow bachelor of education students in their final year o...
Apr 24, 2026
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Corey Hogan, Parl. Sec., Energy and Natural Resources
Podcast: Calgary Liberal MP says feds working hard on affordability, but Alberta risks losing investment
Hear the full conversation with Parliamentary Secretary Corey Hogan on the April 24, 2026 episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast! --A Calgary MP is of the firm belief that now's the time for an 'energy renaissance' in Canada, adding it starts in Alberta. Corey Hogan, Parliamentary Secretary to Tim Hodgson, Canada's...
Apr 24, 2026
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Albertanaut!
Astronaut from Alberta set to go to space after another was part of Artemis II
An Albertan will be the next Canadian in space.The Canadian Space Agency says in a social media post that Joshua Kutryk has been assigned to the Crew-13 mission that will go to the International Space Station.The agency says the flight will not launch before September of this year.The post also says that Kutryk will &q...
Apr 23, 2026
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Provincial Politics
Alberta launches website pushing referendum proposals on immigration, Constitution
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has launched a website to put the weight of the government's persuasive powers behind getting a democratic mandate for sweeping immigration reform. Smith says it's about ensuring Albertans have the information they need to understand the impact of a yes vote on her government's nine refer...
Apr 23, 2026
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Canada
Liberals must show results in spring economic update: former PBO
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will be under pressure to show results from his economic agenda when his government tables an update to its fiscal outlook on Tuesday. The spring economic statement comes one year to the day after the party secured a...
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Church in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. becomes unlikely Habs playoff watch hub
SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU - The sound of singing rises up from the packed pews of St-Jean-l'Évangéliste Cathedral in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. But the congregation is dressed in blue, white and red Montreal Canadiens jerseys, and the song they're s...
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Manitoba premier says social media ban coming for kids, like Australia
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government will move to ban children from using social media accounts and artificial intelligence chatbots, Premier Wab Kinew told fellow New Democrats on Saturday night. Kinew told some 900 people at a party fundraiser that the...
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Toronto man's HIV no longer detectable after bone marrow transplant
TORONTO - A Toronto patient who has been living with HIV for 27 years is in remission - and potentially cured, according to his doctors - after a bone marrow transplant from a donor naturally resistant to the virus. If he remains in remission for abou...
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Montreal airport installs memorial to Air Canada pilots who died in LaGuardia crash
MONTREAL - Montreal's airport authority has installed a memorial to two Air Canada pilots who died in a runway collision at LaGuardia Airport last month. The memorial at the Jacques-de-Lesseps plane spotting park states that Antoine Forest and Mackenzi...
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Governor General travelling to Tumbler Ridge, B.C., months after deadly mass shooting
TUMBLER RIDGE - Governor General Mary Simon will be in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., next week to support the community's "ongoing healing journey" months after a deadly mass shooting claimed eight lives. The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General say...
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World
Sabastian Sawe of Kenya wins London Marathon in world-record time, first to finish under two hours
LONDON (AP) - Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to break the fabled 2-hour barrier in the marathon. In a huge moment in sports history, Sawe smashed the men's world record by 65 seconds in winning the London Marathon in ...
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An explosive device kills 13 and injures 38 on a bus in southwestern Colombia as violence persists
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) - An explosive device killed 13 people traveling on a bus in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, an attack the country's army chief described as a "terrorist act" that also left at least 38 injured as violence linked to drug traffi...
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Officer killed, another critically injured in Chicago hospital shooting, police say
CHICAGO (AP) - A police officer died and another was critically injured after a man in police custody and receiving treatment at a Chicago hospital opened fire on them Saturday, according to officials. "Officers transported an individual...
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