Province-wide Protests
Fight Back Now protests happening across Alberta Friday, including in Grande Prairie
Protests against the provincial government are being held in 16 communities across Alberta today, including Grande Prairie. The Fight Back Now protests are being held to rally against a long list of things, including separation, affordability, funding for schools and what organizers see as growing privatization of heal...
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City of Grande Prairie
Construction coming to major westside intersections
Two major intersections along 100 Avenue will see road rehabilitation work starting on Monday, June 1. 100 Ave intersections, 108 Street by Staples and 116 Street across from Costco are undergoing work to "maintain, improve and renew these key commuter corridors," as part of "ongoing infrastructure renew...
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Peace Region
Province-wide Protests
Fight Back Now protests happening across Alberta Friday, including in Grande Prairie
Protests against the provincial government are being held in 16 communities across Alberta today, including Grande Prairie. The Fight Back Now protests are being held to rally against a long list of things, including separation, affordability, funding for schools and what organizers see as growing privatization of heal...
3h ago
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City of Grande Prairie
Construction coming to major westside intersections
Two major intersections along 100 Avenue will see road rehabilitation work starting on Monday, June 1. 100 Ave intersections, 108 Street by Staples and 116 Street across from Costco are undergoing work to "maintain, improve and renew these key commuter corridors," as part of "ongoing infrastructure renew...
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Gender Equality
Centre Young Parents awarded $425,000 from federal government
Centre for Young Parents Grande Prairie has been named a recipient of a fund aimed at advancing gender equality.Minister of Women and Gender Equality Rechie Valdez announced Monday that the federal government would be providing an additional $77.5 million in funding for 395 organizations across Canada.The funds aim to ...
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Fire
Well-placed fire hydrant in Muskoseepi Park instrumental in fighting a wildfire says GPFD official
A Grande Prairie Fire Department official says having a hydrant located near the disc golf course helped keep a fire in Muskoseepi Park from reaching the Canfor log pile. The fire started late Wednesday afternoon (May 9) between the log pile and Bear Creek, west of 92 Avenue. Fire Marshall Chris Renyk says having a wat...
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Lottery
Sexsmith Grad wins $500,000
A Sexsmith resident has won $500,000.Teyton Soll won the prize from a $30 MEGA Cash scratch and win ticket given to him by his mother as a graduation present.Soll says he will be putting his winnings towards school and the rest in the bank.The ticket was purchased at Flying J on Glovelock Mountain Road in Whitecourt.
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RCMP
Highway 35 closed in both directions
High Level RCMP are on the scene of a serious motor vehicle accident along Highway 35.Mounties say the highway is closed in both directions just south of High Level, near Range Road 200.Residents are asked to use an alternate route for the time being.Anyone wanting up-to-date information on the highway closure can visi...
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Local Sports
Chuckwagons
Vigen claims Day 2 money at Grande Prairie Stompede
Hometown chuckwagon driver Chanse Vigen posted the fastest time of the night at the Grande Prairie Stompede. It was 30 degrees Thursday (May 28) night out at Evergreen Park and excellent track conditions to boot. Vigen claimed top spot of the evening after a penalty free run of 1:14.68 in the tenth and final heat. Vige...
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Chuckwagons
Croteau Jr. posts fastest time at Grande Prairie Stompede Night 1
The professional chuckwagon season officially got underway Wednesday (May 27) night with the running of the Grande Prairie Stompede Championship. Obrey Motowylo entered this year's edition as the defending Grande Prairie Stompede Champion, while former Grande Prairie resident Chanse Vigen began defense of the World Chu...
May 28, 2026
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Chuckwagons
Chuckwagon season starts Wednesday evening at Stompede
Stompede will mark the start of the chuckwagon racing season this year, as has been the tradition for many years. Obrey Motowylo won the WPCA championship last year at Stompede. Local product Chanse Vigen has won the World Chuckwagon Championship for three straight years. A father and son from Grande Prairie will be r...
May 27, 2026
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Agriculture
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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Agriculture
New Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation named during Alberta cabinet shuffle
Alberta has a new Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation. Tara Sawyer was named to the post as part of a provincial cabinet shuffle. Previous minister RJ Sigurdson has moved to the Affordability and Utilities portfolio. Sawyer is a farmer from the Acme area. She has previously served as the board chair for the Grain ...
May 21, 2026
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Agriculture
Alberta Wildfire reminding producers to be fire safe
As agricultural spring work takes place across the province, the risk of farm wildfires poses a risk due to dry conditions in fields. While it is often wet and cooler in the seeding months, dry vegetation and crop residue is highly flammable. Alberta Wildfire is wanting to remind farmers to take extra precautions to pr...
May 19, 2026
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Alberta
'F' for tax relief: Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Report card gives former Alberta finance minister a C+ average grade
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has completed report cards on Canada's ten provincial finance ministers, including former Alberta's Nate Horner.In its annual review, the federation gave Horner an average grade of C+, based on three factors - debt, debt interest payments, and tax relief, but that's a downgrade from th...
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RCMP, ALERT, plus Calgary and Edmonton Police
Alberta invests $8 million to tackle organized crime
The Government of Alberta and Alberta RCMP announced Thursday that they are strengthening the fight against organized crime.The government is investing $8 million, officials said in a news conference, to also tackle extortion and gang activity in all corners of Alberta."This targeted investment gives law enforceme...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta separation question to be atop stack of ten colour-coded ballots in fall vote
Alberta election officials say while the province's question on quitting Canada hasn't been written in stone, it will be at the top of an ordered stack of 10 ballots. Elections Alberta says 10 referendum questions to be put to Albertans on Oct. 19 will be colour-coded, and voters won't need to mark the box on every que...
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minimally invasive procedure
Non-surgical weight loss option now available to Albertans
A new non-surgical weight loss option is now available in the province, according to Alberta Health Services.The minimally invasive weight-loss procedure aimed at treating obesity is performed by bariatric surgery and gastroenterology teams at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.In a release, AHS notes the following:Endoscopi...
May 27, 2026
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Canada
Fact File: No evidence planes are dropping ticks over Ontario
Social media posts shared a rumour originating from an anonymous forum that claimed Ontario pilots were being hired to spread ticks from the air. The posts fuelled a conspiracy theory that the ticks were being dropped with the intention of infecting mo...
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In the news today: Canada-China relations, Kenneth Law to enter plea, Habs vs. Canes
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... China's foreign minister Wang Yi set to meet Carney, Anand today China's foreign minister Wang Yi is in Ottawa today, the first such visit in a decade. He is in C...
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$122M in EV rebate claims made since start of new program as dealers wait to be paid
OTTAWA - Canadians claimed more than $122 million in federal subsidies for new electric vehicles since Ottawa reintroduced its rebate program in February, but many car dealers say they're still waiting to get the funds they are owed. Transport Canada p...
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Kenneth Law pleads guilty to aiding 14 suicides in Ontario
NEWMARKET - A packed Ontario courtroom is hearing about the last moments of people who died after using deadly products purchased from Kenneth Law, after the Toronto-area man at the heart of an international investigation pleaded guilty to 14 counts of...
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A timeline of key events in the case of Kenneth Law, accused of aiding suicides
Kenneth Law, an Ontario man accused of selling lethal substances online to people who later used them to take their own lives, is expected to plead guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide after murder charges against him are withdrawn. Police have alleg...
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Canada slips into technical recession as economy stalls in Q1: StatCan
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says economic growth stalled in the first quarter, leading to a second consecutive decline in real gross domestic product. That meets some definitions for a technical recession, though not all economists weighing in on StatCa...
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World
Judge temporarily blocks payouts from Trump's $1.8B 'anti-weaponization' settlement fund
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for the Republican president's allies who believe they were victims of a weaponi...
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Bus hits cars in Virginia, killing 5 people and injuring 34, state police say
STAFFORD, Va. (AP) - A bus struck six vehicles on Interstate 95 in Virginia as traffic slowed for a work zone, killing five people and sending 34 to hospitals, state police said Friday. The crash happened at about 2:35 a.m. on southbound ...
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Kenyan police arrest 8 students on suspicion of arson after deadly girls school fire
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan police arrested eight female students on suspicion of arson, authorities said Friday, after a fire destroyed a dormitory at a boarding school, killing 16 children and injuring dozens of others. The motive remains under inve...
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