County of Grande Prairie
County of Grande Prairie approves 2026-2027 Advocacy Priorities
The County of Grande Prairie has approved it 2026-2027 Advocacy Priorities to help guide County Council's advocacy efforts.Major priorities will include lobbying the province to adopt a new electricity distribution pricing model, securing funding to construct Highway 40X connecting Highways 40 and 43, and supporting th...
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75 Years
County of GP to host free community celebration for upcoming anniversary
The County of Grande Prairie is honouring 75 years of resilience, community spirit, and growth next weekend at Evergreen Park.A free two-day celebration will take place on Friday, Aug. 21, and Saturday Aug. 22.County Reeve Amanda McDonald says "the County has been built by the people who live, work and invest in o...
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Peace Region
County of Grande Prairie
County of Grande Prairie approves 2026-2027 Advocacy Priorities
The County of Grande Prairie has approved it 2026-2027 Advocacy Priorities to help guide County Council's advocacy efforts.Major priorities will include lobbying the province to adopt a new electricity distribution pricing model, securing funding to construct Highway 40X connecting Highways 40 and 43, and supporting th...
13h ago
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75 Years
County of GP to host free community celebration for upcoming anniversary
The County of Grande Prairie is honouring 75 years of resilience, community spirit, and growth next weekend at Evergreen Park.A free two-day celebration will take place on Friday, Aug. 21, and Saturday Aug. 22.County Reeve Amanda McDonald says "the County has been built by the people who live, work and invest in o...
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Weather
Special weather statement in place for part of northwestern Alberta
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for funnel clouds for a large chunk of northwestern Alberta. The weather office says the statement covers the area east of the B.C. boundary through Woking, Donnelly, Gift Lake and Wabasca-Desmarais, then north past Manning and Chipewyan Lake. The statement says...
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Survival games
Peace Region wilderness influencers to compete in survival competition
Two Peace Region locals will be representing the area in an outdoor survival game. Shannon McGeough and Nick Carle from Wicked Wilderness will be taking part in the Survival Games in Oregon later this month. The pair did an interview with 93.1 Big Country's Lyle West explaining the competition, their expectations and w...
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ED Disruption
Beaverlodge ED expecting 72 hours of disruptions this week
Four disruptions are scheduled to take place this week at the Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital Emergency Department.The ED will be without a doctor the first time today (Monday, Aug. 10) , from 8 a.m. until 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug 11. Another three are then scheduled to take place starting on Wednesday, Aug 12:8 a.m., Wed...
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Yard maintenance
Grande Prairie residents getting advice on how to handle increased aphid populations
The City of Grande Prairie is offering homeowners advice on how to handle increased aphid activity.Aphids are common insects that feed on plant sap and can reproduce quickly in environments with soft plant growth following rainfall. (Image Credit: ID 25172608 © Radub85 | Dreamstime.com) Residents who want their pr...
Aug 09, 2026
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Local Sports
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...
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Baseball
Game 3 in the WBL final set for Monday night in Rycroft
Game 3 of the Wheatbelt Baseball League final is set for tonight (Monday, August 10).Peace River is in Rycroft.The Rage lead the best-of-five series 2-0Game time will be 7 p.m.Game 4, if needed, would be played in Peace River on Wednesday. Game 5, if needed, would be back in Rycroft on Friday.
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Chuckwagons
Vigen wins Battle of the North
The Dawson Creek Exhibition and Stampede wrapped up Sunday (August 9) evening with Grande Prairie native Chanse Vigen capturing the championship for the WPCA Pro Tour's Battle of the North. It was Vigen's second time winning the Battle of the North Championship, with his first back in 2019. He captured the 2026 Dawson ...
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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...
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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....
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Crop Report
Spotty rains keeping soil moisture high for Peace Region
Surface and sub-surface soil moisture ratings are staying well above the five-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 declined only one point, to 48 percent, compared with the prior report,...
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Alberta
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...
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Forecast for 24 to 48 hour impact
Much of southern B.C. under smoky skies, alerts, as wildfires continue to burn
If your plans this weekend include travelling west into B.C.'s southern Interior region, you may wish to postpone your trip for a day or two, after Environment & Climate Change Canada (ECCC) expanded an Orange Alert for air quality for a large section of southern B.C.The updated warning now includes the Kootenays, ...
Aug 07, 2026
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first time a governor general has attended
Governor General Louise Arbour to attend Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Medicine Hat
Canada's Governor General will visit Medicine Hat next week to cheer on athletes competing at the 2026 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games.Louise Arbour will be in the city from Aug. 10 to 13 for the event, marking her first visit to Medicine Hat and the first time a governor general has attended the Special Olympics ...
Aug 07, 2026
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Healthcare
Alberta radiation technologists concerned with staffing levels for new rules regarding diagnostic tests
Technicians who run diagnostic tests in Alberta's health system are wondering if they have enough people to accommodate changes to the program. Premier Danielle Smith's government now allows patients to book their own diagnostic tests without needing a doctor's referral. But they have to pay for the M-R-I, C-T scan or ...
Aug 06, 2026
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Canada
In the news today: B.C. wildfire reinforcements, Colombia earthquake, car thefts down
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Mexican reinforcements arriving for wildfire fight in Summerland, B.C. Reinforcements are set to arrive today in the battle against a deadly wildfire on the wester...
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Mexican reinforcements arriving for wildfire fight in Summerland, B.C.
PENTICTON - Reinforcements are arriving in the battle against a deadly wildfire on the shores of Okanagan Lake in the southern B.C. Interior that has forced 20,000 people to evacuate. Hugh Murdoch with the BC Wildfire Service has said 100 Mexican firef...
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Montreal police chief to address racism and misconduct allegations at public meeting
MONTREAL - Montreal police Chief Fady Dagher is set to address city officials and take questions from the public as he provides an update on a scandal at a station in a multicultural neighbourhood in the northern part of the city. Police announced in J...
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Auto thefts continue downward trend across Canada, new report shows
OTTAWA - Auto thefts have continued trending downward across the country and the number of reported thefts over the first half of 2026 was 10 per cent lower than in the same period last year, says a new report from Équité Association. The report by the...
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20,000 evacuees fled ferocious B.C. wildfire. These are some of their stories
PENTICTON - The explosive wildfire that roared down on Summerland, B.C., forced about 20,000 people to flee over the weekend. Some spoke of a scramble for safety, and the later realization that their homes or other properties had been destroyed. Here a...
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Former Carney adviser, CMHC head named inaugural chair of Build Canada Homes
OTTAWA - Ottawa is appointing a former investment banker and public servant with links to Prime Minister Mark Carney to steer the board of directors at its affordable housing agency. Build Canada Homes' inaugural board chair Evan Siddall was CEO of the...
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World
Former Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A Syrian court sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death in absentia on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria's 14-year conflict that left about half a millio...
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At least 14 artisanal miners found dead at a disused mine in South Africa, police say
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - At least 14 artisanal miners are dead and scores are injured at a disused mine in South Africa, police said Tuesday. The South African Police Service said the miners were found dead at a mine near the city of Rustenbur...
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Congo says 2,000 people have died in its Ebola outbreak, the fastest growing on record
BUNIA, Congo (AP) - At least 2,000 people have died in Congo's Ebola outbreak, the fastest-growing on record, according to the latest data, as health authorities struggle to get help to remote localities due to rebel conflict, bad roads and work stoppa...
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