Online safety
RCMP calling on parents to combat rising "online violent extremism"
The RCMP's Federal Policing Northwest Region are asking parents to be more vigilant with their children's online behaviour, following a rise in violent online groups across the country.The Northwest Region's (NWR) Superintendent, Officer Matt Johnson, says "gone are the days when risk existed only in one physical ...
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Grande Prairie Public School Division
GPPSD classrooms welcoming U of C Association for STEM learning sessions
Engineering professionals and students from the University of Calgary are visiting Grande Prairie Public School Division schools this week.Dr. Anis Haque and two students from U of C's Association for the Advancement of Science and Education program are bringing STEM learning experiences to classrooms through interacti...
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Peace Region
Grande Prairie Public School Division
GPPSD classrooms welcoming U of C Association for STEM learning sessions
Engineering professionals and students from the University of Calgary are visiting Grande Prairie Public School Division schools this week.Dr. Anis Haque and two students from U of C's Association for the Advancement of Science and Education program are bringing STEM learning experiences to classrooms through interacti...
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Aquatera
"Infrastructure improvement" along 99th Ave to begin next week
Aquatera Utilities will begin a construction project in the City next week.Starting on Monday, June 15, crews will start making "infrastructure improvements" along 99 Ave, between 102 and 101 Street.During the project, speeds will be reduced; however, they do note that businesses along 99 Ave, will remain acc...
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County of Grande Prairie
County awards 60 Community Groups with operating assistance and cemetery improvement grants
The County of Grande Prairie has announced funding being allocated to 60 non-profit organizations and volunteer groups.Over $199,390 will be distributed to groups through the County's annual operating assistance, while $40,000 will be used for cemetery improvement grants."Our volunteers and non-profit groups are t...
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British Columbia
Two children dead, three injured in ATV rollover in Pouce Coupe
RCMP in British Columbia say two children have passed away after an off-road vehicle rollover that involved five kids. The incident happened on a rural road in the northeastern B.C. village of Pouce Coupe, southeast of Dawson Creek, on Thursday, June 4. The ATV was said to have lost control and rolled several times ove...
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Court
Sentencings in robbery and drug case among the court updates
Sentencing in robbery case Alberta Justice says one of the three people charged after a robbery in Grande Prairie has been sentenced. Ronald Caplette was given a 1,095-day sentence in Grande Prairie court after pleading guilty to a robbery charge. He and two others were charged after a robbery at a downtown bar on Augu...
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Significant delays
Residents encouraged to avoid Range Road 62
Residents accessing the Whispering Ridge and Westlake are being advised by the City to avoid using Range Road 62.The City says it does remain open, but due to a significant paving project, traffic will be "significantly delayed."Residents are encouraged to use 100 Street to access these neighbourhoods until c...
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Local Sports
Chuckwagons
Gorst crowned Bonnyville Champion, some permit drivers earn full status
Logan Gorst has been crowned the Bonnyville Chuckwagon Champion following washout conditions at the track on what was to be Championship Monday in Bonnyville.As a result, the championship was awarded based on the best three-day aggregate time rather than being decided in the Championship Final Heat.Gorst, driving the F...
Jun 09, 2026
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FIBA U18
"O Canada" heard for the first time at U18 FIBA AmericaCup
Basketball was invented by a Canadian, and we may soon have ownership over the sport again, following the first-ever FIBA U18 Men's AmericaCup title for the Great White North.After a historic showing in the tournament, Canada capped it off with a 67-65 win over the USA last night.Grande Prairie's own Deng Ngor secured ...
Jun 08, 2026
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Chuckwagons
Final four set at Bonnyville wagons
It will be Logan Gorst, Chanse Vigen, Darcy Flad, and Rae Croteau Jr. In the championship final at the World Professional Chuckwagon Association stop in Bonnyville.The final is being run Monday evening because heavy rain forced the postponement of Friday's races.Croteau Jr. had the fastest time of the day on Sunday, fo...
Jun 08, 2026
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Agriculture
Crop Report
Nearly 80 per cent of major crops seeded in the Peace
According to the latest Alberta Crop Report by AFSC, seeding progress across the province advanced significantly thanks to dry conditions, before widespread rain brought surface and sub-surface soil moisture ratings back up.As of June 2, seeding progress for the Peace Region sat at 78 per cent, with 84.7 per cent sprin...
Jun 08, 2026
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Agriculture
May 26 crop report released
The May 26 crop report from the province says just under 52 per cent of the crop in the Peace had been seeded as of that date. That compares to 32.6 per cent the week before. The five-year average is 76.6 per cent, the 10-year average is 70.3 per cent. Crop emergence in the Peace was at 9 per cent as of May 26. The re...
Jun 03, 2026
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Seeding
Almost half the crop seeded in Saddle Hills County
The ag. fieldman for Saddle Hills County estimates seeding is 40-50 per cent complete in the area. Kathrin Langlois says the weather has cooperated as Saddle Hills County has not had as much rain as other areas.Langlois says the breakdown by crop is 55-60 per cent for cereals, 70 per cent for pulse crops, and about 20 ...
May 22, 2026
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Alberta
Verification process underway
Provincial government receives Corb Lund's 'Water Not Coal' citizen initiative petition
The Government of Alberta says they received Alberta musician Corb Lund's "Water Not Coal" citizen initiative petition and signature sheets.His petition, which needed to reach the threshold of 178,000 signatures, opposes coal mining in Alberta's eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.As a result, Elections Alb...
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Online safety
RCMP calling on parents to combat rising "online violent extremism"
The RCMP's Federal Policing Northwest Region are asking parents to be more vigilant with their children's online behaviour, following a rise in violent online groups across the country.The Northwest Region's (NWR) Superintendent, Officer Matt Johnson, says "gone are the days when risk existed only in one physical ...
9h ago
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Health Care
Alberta government orders stop to rebranding of paramedic service provider
Alberta's minister of hospitals says she has put an end to a contentious rebranding of the province's paramedic service provider. Acute Care Alberta announced last month that Emergency Health Services Alberta would be changing its name to ALTA Paramedic Health. The rebranding would see ambulances across the province be...
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Provincial Politics
Recall petitions against Alberta NDP MLA, former UCP cabinet minister dismissed
For the first time since October there are no active recall petitions looking to oust Alberta politicians from their seats in the legislature. Elections Alberta says the two outstanding petitions, targeting an Opposition NDP member and a former United Conservative cabinet minister, have come to an end. The agency says ...
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Canada
In the news today: New gun figures, AI deepfake probe, online harms, World Cup begins
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Most crime guns traced by RCMP came from within Canada, internal reports say Internal RCMP reports say the vast majority of crime guns traced by the Mounties to i...
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FIFA World Cup festivities are underway. Here's how Toronto health-care workers have been preparing
TORONTO - As people from around the world arrive in Toronto and festivities marking the beginning of the FIFA World Cup get underway, health-care workers want to assure visitors and residents that there are key measures in place to help keep them safe....
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Aussies, Kiwis converge on B.C. for World Cup, bringing super fandom from Down Under
VANCOUVER - Wherever they are in the world, sports fans Lachlan Carter and younger brother Bailey know how to find fellow Australians. "We hear the accent, they hear the accent, and then, you know, it goes off pretty quickly, like a house on fire," sai...
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Most crime guns traced by RCMP came from within Canada, internal reports say
OTTAWA - The vast majority of crime guns traced by the RCMP to identifiable sources in 2023 and 2024 came from within Canada and were not smuggled from abroad, say internal reports prepared by the national police force. The analyses found almost all of...
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Privacy commissioner to release results of Grok deepfake investigation
OTTAWA - The federal privacy commissioner will today release the results of his investigation of sexual deepfakes created by Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot. Philippe Dufresne launched an investigation in January to examine the proliferation of sexualized ...
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Ontario murder suspect believed to be in rural B.C.: police
PERTH, ONT. - A suspect wanted for second-degree murder in the death of a man in southern Ontario may be camping somewhere in rural British Columbia. Ontario Provincial Police say 34-year-old Christo Richards of Ottawa died in hospital after being fou...
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World
Feds won't seek death penalty in plea deal with man accused of killing top Minnesota Democrat
U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday they will not seek the death penalty as part of a plea agreement with the man charged in the political assassinations of the top Democrat in the Minnesota House along with her husband, as well as the attempted murders of...
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Feds won't seek death penalty in plea deal with man accused of killing leading Minnesota Democrat
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday they will not seek the death penalty as part of a plea agreement with the man accused of killing the top Democrat in the Minnesota House along with her husband, as well as wounding a state senator and ...
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Florida court allows use of new US House districts drawn by Republicans for midterm elections
The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed new U.S. House districts drawn by Republicans to be used in the midterm elections, marking another victory for the GOP in a nationwide redistricting effort aimed at helping the party retain its slim House ...
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