Provincial Politics
Recall petition for MLA Wiebe collects only 279 signatures
Elections Alberta has posted the results for unsuccessful recall petitions against four United Conservative caucus members. Grande Prairie Wapiti MLA Ron Wiebe is now out of the hot seat after the petition against him only gathered 279 signatures of out 11,921 needed to be successful. The other petitions were against J...
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Snow removal
Grande Prairie parking bans reinstated
The City of Grande Prairie has put parking bans back into effect due to the recent snowfall.City Hall says these bans are put in place to "ensure safe access to roadways during snow clearing operations."Both priority 1 and 2 roads, along with residential clearing in week A neighbourhoods (Kensington, Mission ...
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Peace Region
Provincial Politics
Recall petition for MLA Wiebe collects only 279 signatures
Elections Alberta has posted the results for unsuccessful recall petitions against four United Conservative caucus members. Grande Prairie Wapiti MLA Ron Wiebe is now out of the hot seat after the petition against him only gathered 279 signatures of out 11,921 needed to be successful. The other petitions were against J...
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Snow removal
Grande Prairie parking bans reinstated
The City of Grande Prairie has put parking bans back into effect due to the recent snowfall.City Hall says these bans are put in place to "ensure safe access to roadways during snow clearing operations."Both priority 1 and 2 roads, along with residential clearing in week A neighbourhoods (Kensington, Mission ...
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Snow Clearing
County of Grande Prairie clearing snow from Hamlet of Clairmont
County of Grande Prairie crews will be conducting snow removal operations in the Hamlet of Clairmont Thursday, Mar. 26.Street parking won't be allowed while the crews are working from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.If you leave your vehicle on the street, it could get ticketed or towed, and residents who dump snow onto the road...
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RCMP
"Toy gun" disturbance at NWP credited for earlier lockdown
Grande Prairie RCMP provided more information on today's (Wednesday, Mar. 25) lockdown at Muskoseepi Park. Mounties say they responded to a disturbance at Northwestern Polytechnic; "a lone male had become aggressive, causing a disturbance and pointing what appeared to be a toy gun with an orange tip at several ind...
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Chamber of Commerce
Grande Prairie Chamber of Commerce holding Employer Webinar Series March 31-May 26
The Grande Prairie & District Chamber of Commerce is holding a free webinar series for local employers, taking place until late May.The Employer Webinar Series in Northern Alberta aims to support rural and northern employers in building their workplaces through simple strategies.The series will take place over five...
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City Hall
UPDATE: Lockdown lifted at Grande Prairie Museum, Ernie Radbourne Pavilion
UPDATE: City Hall says the lockdown at the Grande Prairie Museum and Ernie Radbourne Pavilion has been lifted. Residents can resume regular activities, and there is no risk to the public.A release from City Hall says the Grande Prairie Museum and Ernie Radbourne Pavilion are under lockdown.The release says that the RC...
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Local Sports
Local Hockey
Storm sweep Bobcats, move onto second round of AJHL playoffs
Round 1 of playoffs belongs to the Grande Prairie Storm after beating the Lloydminster Bobcats in just four games. Wednesday's Game 4 saw the Storm score two power play goals and an empty netter to complete the sweep of the Bobcats with a final score of 5-3. Storm goalie Leland Gill was the Visiting Team Star of the Ga...
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Grande Prairie Storm
Storm down Bobcats to take 3-0 in their AJHL playoff series
The Grande Prairie Storm now have a 3-0 lead in their playoff series with the Lloydminster Bobcats.The Storm won 6-3 Tuesday night (Mar.24) in Lloydminster.Connor Frost had two goals for Grande Prairie. Zachary Wilson scored a goal and had two assists. Colin Doherty had three helpers.The announced attendance was 1,274....
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Peace Wapiti Public School Division
PWPSD congratulating 2026 Artic Winter Games athletes
Peace Wapiti Public School Division is praising its students for their participation in the 2026 Arctic Winter Games.Sixteen PWPSD students competed in several different events for Team Alberta North while in Whitehorse, YT, from March 8-15.They were joined by Whispering Ridge Community School teacher Evan Senger as co...
Mar 25, 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 its 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 Ontar...
Mar 24, 2026
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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
Purpose Unclear
Three former members of Calgary city council involved in RCMP investigation
Calgary's mayor says he doesn't believe past and present city councillors are the focus of an ongoing police investigation. At least three members of the past city council are involved in an R-C-M-P investigation. The purpose of the investigation is unclear, but R-C-M-P say it was referred to them by Calgary police las...
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49-year-old female injured
One seriously injured in SUV vs train collision at Burdett
A 49-year-old woman from Burdett, Alta, was taken to hospital with very serious injuries Wednesday afternoon after a train struck an SUV crossing the tracks near the community.On March 25, 2026, at 2:39 p.m., Bow Island RCMP were called to the scene where a northbound SUV driving along Main Street in Burdett, just off ...
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Provincial Politics
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney to participate in separation debates
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney is taking up the Canadian cause as he's set to participate in two debates about separatism against a lawyer pushing for the province to go its own way. The first debate will take place in Edmonton in May at a member's only conference put on by Civitas Canada, a conservative non-profi...
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Provincial Politics
Final four Alberta petition efforts to recall United Conservatives fall short
The final four Alberta recall petitions that aimed to unseat United Conservative members of the legislature have failed. Elections Alberta confirms petitioners didn't gather enough signatures to recall Justice Minister Mickey Amery, along with MLAs Justin Wright, Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk and Ron Wiebe. All two dozen p...
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Canada
Supreme Court wraps up hearings over Quebec secularism law
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is beginning its deliberations about a Quebec secularism law after hearings on the controversial legislation wrapped up. The 2019 Quebec law bans some public sector workers from wearing religious symbols on the job....
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B.C. Conservative MLA Hon Chan charged with choking, assault and uttering threats
VICTORIA - British Columbia Conservative MLA Hon Chan has been charged with assault, assault by choking and uttering threats, prompting his removal from the party caucus. The BC Prosecution Service says the Richmond Centre legislator was charged under ...
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RCMP in B.C. seize 115 kg of meth, hidden in jars of pickles bound for Australia
VANCOUVER - RCMP in British Columbia say they have foiled an operation to smuggle methamphetamine to Melbourne, Australia, hidden in jars of pickles. The Mounties say the investigation was carried out with the help of Australian Federal Police and Cana...
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Tumbler Ridge shooting victim Maya Gebala's mom says UFC boss offering to fund care
VANCOUVER - The mother of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting victim Maya Gebala says Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White has offered to pay for her daughter to be treated in California. Cia Edmonds says 12-year-old Gebala, who suffered serio...
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Bank of Canada rethinking inflation framework amid persistent shocks: Rogers
OTTAWA - A senior official at the Bank of Canada says the central bank is reconsidering how it thinks and talks about inflation as it prepares to review its mandate later this year. Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers was in Brandon, M...
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Ottawa proposes $1.7B fund to help provinces lower cost of homebuilding
OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing a $1.7-billion fund to help provinces and territories lower the cost of homebuilding. The federal funding is meant to help provinces reduce development fees or other levies on new housing to speed up the pac...
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World
California lawmakers pass bill to rename César Chavez Day following sexual abuse allegations
SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) - California lawmakers voted Thursday to rename César Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day in an effort to reconcile the Latino labor icon's legacy with explosive sexual abuse allegations before the state holiday on March 31. ...
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Brother and sister are charged after an explosive device was found outside a Florida Air Force base
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A man who fled to China and his sister have been charged after an explosive device was left outside a gate at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa this month. Alen Zheng, 20, and Ann Mary Zheng, 27, were charged We...
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Judge weighs whether Venezuela can pay Maduro's legal costs in US drug trafficking case
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were back in a New York courtroom Thursday as they seek to have their drug trafficking indictments thrown out over a geopolitical dispute over legal fees. The defense...
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