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Peace Region

Wildlife
More moose sightings reported in Grande Prairie
City Hall says there has been more moose activity reported in Grande Prairie.The city says in a release that what is calls multiple sightings of moose in the O'Brien Lake and Countryside South areas have been reported to Alberta Fish and Wildlife. It is reminding people to keep dogs on leashes, to never approach wildli...
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Beaverlodge ED
Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital emergency department without a physician 11 a.m. March 18 - 8:00 a.m. March 19
The Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital Emergency Department will be without an on-site physician tonight (Monday, March 18).Due to the inability to secure physician coverage, there is expected to be no on-site physician from 11:00 p.m. Monday until 8:00 a.m.Tuesday morning.During this time the nursing staff will remain on-...
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weather
St. Patrick's Day temperature record broken in Grande Prairie
Environment Canada says Grande Prairie set a record for the highest temperature recorded on St. Patrick's Day. The temperature reached 21.3 Sunday, beating the previous high of 9.4 set in 1976. A year ago, the St. Patrick's Day high in Grande Prairie was -18.4.The record low is still -31.7, set in 1951.The temperature ...
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Grande Prairie Stompede
Over $496k bid at WPCA Stompede Cavas Auction
The unofficial start to the 2024 World Professional Chuckwagon Association Pro Tour took place Saturday.The WPCA held it's tarp auction at Evergreen Park, auctioning advertising opportunities with 40 chuckwagon drivers as part of the build up to the Grande Prairie Stompede.The total of all bids at the auction was $496,...
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PRSD & GPDCS
Temporary site for St. Thomas More School found
The Peace River School Division and Grande Prairie & District Catholic Schools have reached an "agreed-upon solution" for a temporary St. Thomas More location.Since the start of this year, St. Thomas More students have been occupying space at the NWP Fairview campus, due to an asbestos issue that has seen...
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Community
Rotary clubs, hospital foundation working on new Ken Sargent Hosue project
Grande Prairie's Rotary clubs and the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation are working on building a place for families to stay while a loved one is being treated at the hospital.It would be located on an acre of currently vacant land southwest of the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital that belongs to Northwestern...
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Alberta

Legislation Tabled
Alberta government aiming to protect Albertans in life leases
The provincial government says it has tabled legislation to protect Albertans and ensure consistency in contracts with life lease housing operators. Life leases are described an important, alternative form of housing aimed at supporting independent living that is often tailored toward seniors. In response to recent cha...
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RCMP
RCMP identify human remains found near Clairmont as Grande Prairie Resident
Human remains discovered near Clairmont have been identified as a Grande Prairie Resident.On March 14, Grande Prairie RCMP responded to a report of found human remains on Range Road 55.RCMP have identified the deceased as 34-year-old Grande Prairie resident Echer Marcial, and the RCMP Major Crimes Unit is considering t...
Mar 17, 2024
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2024 Arctic Winter Games
Team Alberta North takes home over 120 medals at 2024 Arctic Winter Games
The 2024 Arctic Winter Games are wrapping up today in Mat-Su Alaska.There was a great showing from the Northern Alberta athletes, taking home 124 medals.Of the medals, 39 were bronze, 42 silver, and 43 were gold, placing Alberta North in third place overall below Alaska and Yukon.Gold medal winning athletes from Grande...
Mar 17, 2024
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LaPrairie Works inc.
LaPrairie Works Inc. purchases Carwald Redi-Mix's Slave Lake and Wabasca operations
Highway and bridge maintenance and civil construction company LaPrairie Works Inc. has purchased operations from a concrete and aggregate supplier that started in the Peace Region.Carwald Redi-Mix's operations out of Slave Lake and Wabasca, Alberta will now be making products for LaPrairie customers.As part of the acqu...
Mar 17, 2024
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Canada

Quebec anti-corruption police arrest retired judge, say he inflated hours worked
MONTREAL - Quebec anti-corruption police say they have arrested a retired municipal court judge for fraud. Police say Jean Herbert, who sat on the municipal court in Longueuil, Que., south of Montreal, created fake records to inflate the time he claimed to have spent hearing cases. He is alleged to have billed the City...
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'This tragedy has shaken me': Ottawa father of slain family thanks public for support
OTTAWA - The surviving father of an attack that Ottawa's mayor has called one of the city's worst cases of mass violence is thanking the public for its support. Dhanushka Wickramasinghe released his first public statement though police after hundreds gathered at a convention centre Sunday to mourn his family. Police ...
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COVID was a good chance to study what the animals did while humans were locked down
VANCOUVER - The COVID-19 lockdown for humans was not an opportunity for wildlife to run free, in fact a new study found herbivores tend to be more active around people, while carnivores remained hidden. The study, published Monday in Nature Ecology and Evolution and led by researchers at the University of B.C., is one...
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A closer look at the legacy of former prime minister Brian Mulroney
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney died on Feb. 29, in Palm Beach, Fla., at the age of 84. He was first elected in 1984 following the largest majority mandate in Canada's history, and was re-elected in 1988. On Monday, members of Parliament and federal party leaders offered their tributes to the late leader...
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More families will be allowed to apply to come to Canada from Gaza: Miller
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada will allow more people trapped in Gaza who have extended family members in Canada to apply for temporary refuge - but he admits the move is "cold comfort." The government launched a family reunification program in January that offers temporary refuge to pa...
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B.C. officials to give drought update as province adopts new wildfire prediction tool
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is introducing technology to improve wildfire prediction and decision-making even as the association representing Canadian insurance companies warns residents about the potential for another destructive fire season. The Insurance Bureau of Canada issued a statement encouraging residents to...
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