Healthcare
PCN Indigenous Support Line available
Primary Care Alberta is reminding people that the Indigenous Support Line is available for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people. The organization says in a news release that this is for anyone who needs help to "navigate the healthcare system and connect with culturally grounded care." PCA says that...
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Orange Shirt Day walk/run to be held on Wednesday
The Grande Prairie Friendship Centre will host its Orange Shirt Day 5 km Walk/Run on Wednesday, September 30. It will be held in honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The centre says on its social media page that the day is meant to "honour survivors, remember the children who never returned home (a...
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Peace Region
Healthcare
PCN Indigenous Support Line available
Primary Care Alberta is reminding people that the Indigenous Support Line is available for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people. The organization says in a news release that this is for anyone who needs help to "navigate the healthcare system and connect with culturally grounded care." PCA says that...
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Municipal District of Fairview
MD of Fairview closing section of Range Road 21 Oct. 1
A section of Range Road 21 will be closed Thursday for maintenance.The MD of Fairview is closing the road between Township Road 812 and Township Road 814 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Drivers are asked to use alternate routes for the duration and obey all posted signage.
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Orange Shirt Day walk/run to be held on Wednesday
The Grande Prairie Friendship Centre will host its Orange Shirt Day 5 km Walk/Run on Wednesday, September 30. It will be held in honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The centre says on its social media page that the day is meant to "honour survivors, remember the children who never returned home (a...
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Community
Run for the Cure needs volunteers
The annual Run for the Cure, in support of breast cancer research, programs and advocacy, will take place on Sunday. Organizers of the Grande Prairie run say the event needs volunteers. They are needed for setup and teardown, registration, activities and support for participants. Anyone who wants to help can sign up ...
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Grande Prairie Enforcement Services
GPES reminding residents of rules for electric bikes, scooters, and dirt bikes
Grande Prairie Enforcement Services is reminding residents to know the differences between e-bikes, e-scooters, and electric dirt bikes.While there is some overlap between the vehicles, there are key differences, and they are subject to different provincial regulations and municipal bylaws.E-bikes must be equipped with...
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Community
Boreal Wetland Centre hosts female students for Women in Outdoor Career event
Over 150 female junior and senior high school students were brought together at the Boreal Wetland Centre last week for a chance to learn more about outdoor careers.Organized by Inside Education, the Women in Outdoor Career event is meant to give female and nonbinary students a chance to connect with real-world pathway...
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Local Sports
Storm
Storm player wins AJHL defensive honours for the second straight week
For the second time in as many weeks, a member of the Grande Prairie Storm has been named the AJHL Defensive Player of the Week. Rydley Gerbrandt took the honours this week after Quinten Flores did the same last week. The La Crete product had a goal and four assists as the Storm won two of their three road games in Whi...
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Local Hockey
Storm pick up two weekend road wins
Just five games into the regular season, the Grande Prairie Storm are 4-and-1 after claiming a pair of games in Camrose over the weekend.The Storm took the first game on Saturday night into shootout, where Bowden Grycan scored the winning goal in the first round to beat the Kodiaks 5-4. Sunday's game had Grande Prairie...
Sep 28, 2026
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Bull Riding
Coy Robbins wins PBR Peace Country Invitational
Grande Prairie's Bonnetts Energy Centre was packed to the rafters Saturday night (Sept. 26) for a sold out show of PBR Canada's Peace Country Invitational. With 24 bull riders, 12 eight-second rides were witnessed on the night, with 27-year-old Coy Robbins of Camrose, AB, placing first with two qualified rides. Robbins...
Sep 28, 2026
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Agriculture
Crop Report
Peace Region slowly, but steadily advancing harvest progress
Drier conditions are being welcomed by producers across the province.According to the latest Alberta Crop Report by ASFC, harvest of major crops in the Peace was 23.4 per cent complete as of September 22. Harvest progress went up 10 per cent compared to the report period before. The breakdown of the estimated per cent ...
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'Betrayal to producers'
Conservative's agriculture shadow minister condemns decision to ignore committee report
The federal Conservative's critic for agriculture is condemning Ottawa's repsonse to a standing committee report, deeming it a betrayal. Shadow minister and Foothills MP, John Barlow, said that rejecting the recommendations of the bipartisan document are a betrayal to producers. By not reversing the closure of seven ag...
Sep 23, 2026
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Agriculture
Rain dampening harvest efforts according to latest Alberta Crop Report
Just under 13 per cent of major crops have been combined in the Peace Region according to the most recent Alberta Crop Report. The report, dated Sept. 15, says the Peace Region is well behind the five-year average of 51 per cent of harvest completed, due to precipitation in the region that varied between five and 15 mi...
Sep 21, 2026
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Alberta
national day for truth and reconciliation
Indigenous Support Line remains open for those who need culturally-grounded care
Primary Care Alberta is reminding everyone that its Indigenous Support Line, which offers culturally-grounded care, is available.The line is open Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at 1-844-944-4744 or through 811."Supporting culturally-grounded and respectful care is an important part of reconciliation. Th...
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575,000 mammograms
Mobile mammography program marks 35 years of bringing breast screening to rural Alberta
An Alberta mobile mammography program that has travelled to rural and remote communities for 35 years has completed more than 575,000 mammograms.Primary Care Alberta's Screen Test program marked the milestone this fall, with two mobile units now travelling to about 120 communities across the province, screening as many...
Sep 29, 2026
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red deer, airdrie, airports would be stops
High-speed rail connecting Alberta's big city downtowns advances another step
A high-speed rail line between Calgary and Edmonton, with a stop in Red Deer, took one more step towards becoming a reality on Monday.Today, the Alberta government said plans are moving forward, with the federal government supporting its efforts to advance the project.This fall, the provincial government will formally ...
Sep 28, 2026
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Primary Care Alberta
PCA Celebrating 35th anniversary of mobile mammography service
Primary Care Alberta is recognizing the 35th anniversary of Screen Test's mobile mammography service.The program's first visit was to Hinton on Sept. 19, 1991, before visiting an additional 25 communities that year.Since then, Screen Test has had two mobile trailers visiting 120 communities and seeing up to 15,000 clie...
Sep 28, 2026
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Canada
Parliament to address AI safety, Carney says after Tumbler Ridge ChatGPT reports
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Parliament will address AI safety this fall after media reports suggested OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot coached the Tumbler Ridge shooter. But it's not clear if Carney was referring to the Liberals' already-proposed ...
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Young Canadians less hopeful about democracy: Statistics Canada study
A study released Tuesday suggests young Canadians are more likely to feel hopeless about the future of democracy in Canada than older residents. The Statistics Canada study found about a quarter of respondents aged 25 to 44 were "not at all hopeful" wh...
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Carney announces $1.2 billion for oceans ahead of expected pipeline decision
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Mark Carney announced $1.2 billion in federal funding for ocean protections Tuesday as the country moves toward decisions on a new pipeline to the West Coast and the expansion of a major port in Metro Vancouver. The major pro...
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Canada's peacekeeping myth 'needs to fade away,' retired general writes in memoir
OTTAWA - Canada's former top soldier says the country's "persistent myth" about being a nation of peacekeepers hasn't kept up with a changing world and it "needs to fade away." In a new memoir, retired general Wayne Eyre says traditional, UN-style peac...
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Poilievre set to speak on national unity in Edmonton ahead of separation referendum
EDMONTON - Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to speak on national unity tonight in Edmonton, with less than three weeks to go until Albertans vote on separation. Poilievre is to deliver a keynote speech for a stronger Alberta within a...
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Watchdog flags problems with spy service's use of legal authority to commit offences
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service may not have complied with the law when using special powers to gather information, a review by the national spy watchdog has found. The CSIS Act allows designated spy service employees to commit cert...
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World
Florida executes 77-year-old man convicted of a deadly hammer attack on a woman
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A 77-year-old Florida man was put to death Tuesday for his conviction in a deadly hammer attack on a woman decades ago, becoming the 16th person executed to date this year in the nation's busiest death chamber. Curtis ...
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Supreme Court lets quick deportations to third countries resume for now while it weighs Trump policy
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump's administration continue swiftly deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal. The apparent ...
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British police find no explosives but questions remain after arrests near a US-run military base
LONDON (AP) - A surprise decision by the U.K.'s counterterrorism police to release five suspects on bail during an investigation into a suspected bomb plot at a U.S.-operated air force base in England has deepened questions and uncertainty about the in...
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