AB Fish & Wildlife
Fish & Wildlife asking for residents help controlling urban coyote populations
With summer coming to an end and fall around the corner, Alberta Fish and Wildlife is reminding pet owners about coyote safety.They say leading up to winter, coyotes are searching for food and may try to make a meal out of household pets. Fish and Wildlife suggests always keeping an eye on your furry friends when outdo...
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City of Grande Prairie
Traffic signal pole inspections to begin this week
Inspections of traffic signal poles around the City of Grande Prairie are scheduled to start this week and into the beginning of September. This work is to tentatively take place between Tuesday, Aug. 25, and Sunday, Sept. 6, with the timing subject to change based on scheduling and operational requirements. Crews will...
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Peace Region
City of Grande Prairie
Traffic signal pole inspections to begin this week
Inspections of traffic signal poles around the City of Grande Prairie are scheduled to start this week and into the beginning of September. This work is to tentatively take place between Tuesday, Aug. 25, and Sunday, Sept. 6, with the timing subject to change based on scheduling and operational requirements. Crews will...
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Wildfires
New fire in GPFA
Alberta Wildfire is responding to an out of control wildfire detected Saturday evening (August 22) near the Alberta-B.C. border in the Grande Prairie Forest Area. Fire watchers say the blaze (GWF058) is 30 hectares in size and located south of Township Road 700 at the end of Range Road 133. The cause of the fire in und...
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County of Grande Prairie
County crews to begin paving work along Twp 694 week of Aug. 24
The County of Grande Prairie is set to begin road work along Township 694 the week of Aug. 24.Grading work is set to take place between Range Road 110 and Range Road 104A between now and late September. (Image Credit: County of Grande Prairie) While the work is ongoing, speed will be reduced, and traffic will be down t...
Aug 22, 2026
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Aug. 21-22, 2026
County of Grande Prairie celebrating 75th anniversary
The County of Grande Prairie's 75th anniversary celebration is on now!Various activities are taking place around the TARA Centre in Evergreen park today and Saturday. (Image Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel Leigh) Events on Friday, Aug. 21, include horse wagon rides, face painting, a roaming puppet show and more g...
Aug 21, 2026
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Community
Grande Prairie woman and son help rescue family in Dawson Creek hotel pool
A Grande Prairie woman and her 7-year-old son are being credited with helping to rescue a family from a near-fatal drowning in Dawson Creek.Kimberley Matthews was in Dawson Creek for the Midway on Thursday, August 6, and was at their hotel pool when she spotted her son and his friend attempting to pull an unconscious b...
Aug 21, 2026
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RCMP
ASIRT investigating officer involved shooting in Fox Creek
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is sharing an update on its investigation into a non-fatal shooting by an RCMP officer that occurred in Fox Creek earlier this month.At about 10 p.m. on Aug. 4, the RCMP responded to a report of an alleged domestic disturbance at a Fox Creek residence. The caller repor...
Aug 21, 2026
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Local Sports
GP Reds
15U AA Reds best in the west with WCBA championship win
The 15U AA Grande Prairie Reds have captured the Western Canada Baseball Association championship this past weekend in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.The Reds dominated the WBCA, going undefeated and claiming the title with a 10-7 victory over a local squad, the Sask Sun Devils.The Reds have now ended their magical season...
Aug 18, 2026
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Chuckwagons
WPCA season closes in spectacular fashion at Rocky Mountain House
The curtain has officially closed on the 2026 professional chuckwagon racing season following Sunday (August 16) afternoon's final heat.This years Kirk's Trail Tire Series Champion is Jason Glass, who also broke the track record down in Rocky Mountain House with a time of 1:11.20. Glass' winning time was 1.05 seconds f...
Aug 17, 2026
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Local Sports
Cowboys, Centaurs playoffs and horse racing this weekend
FootballThe Peace Country Cowboys will visit the Calgary Gators for an Alberta Football League semi-final game on Saturday.Kick-off will be at 5 p.m.These same two teams met in the final last year.RugbyThe Centaurs' men's rugby team visits the Nor'westers for a playoff game Saturday in Edmonton.The game will start at 2...
Aug 14, 2026
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Agriculture
Crop Report
Major crop yields to be 9 per cent above 5-year average in Peace
Persistent rains across the province have hampered crop development to many regions, but done the opposite in the south by bringing some relief to heat stressed fields. In the latest Alberta Crop Report by AFSC, they say 12 per cent of provincial major crops (canola and peas) are flowering and 88 per cent are podding. ...
Aug 19, 2026
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Agriculture
Local Food Week August 10 to 16
This is Alberta Local Food Week. The province calls this a chance to "meet local farmers and entrepreneurs who work to put nutritious food on our plates, and to show support for all things grown, made and harvested in Alberta." The government says people can mark the occasion in several ways. These include vi...
Aug 12, 2026
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Farm Safety
BeGrainSafe Week on this week
August 10 to 16 is BeGrainSafe Week. The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association says the week was started in 2017 after an increase in deaths from being trapped in grain. The association says in a news release that from 2011 to 2020, 27 people died on Canadian farms from asphyxiation by grain or soil. The association...
Aug 10, 2026
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Alberta
AB Fish & Wildlife
Fish & Wildlife asking for residents help controlling urban coyote populations
With summer coming to an end and fall around the corner, Alberta Fish and Wildlife is reminding pet owners about coyote safety.They say leading up to winter, coyotes are searching for food and may try to make a meal out of household pets. Fish and Wildlife suggests always keeping an eye on your furry friends when outdo...
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Home modifications
Province boosts RAMP grants to help more Albertans afford home accessibility upgrades
The Government of Alberta has increased grant funding to help more Albertans with mobility challenges afford home modifications.Officials have increased the maximum grant available through the Residential Access Modification Program (RAMP) from $7,500 to $12,000 per person each benefit year and from $15,000 to $24,000 ...
Aug 21, 2026
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Redwater, Sturgeon County
Firing line of fury for Alberta's technology minister at AI data centre town hall
Alberta's technology minister faced a firing line of fury at the government's second town hall on its plan for artificial intelligence data centres. Nate Glubish was peppered with profanity from audience members at the Thursday event in Redwater, north of Edmonton, in Sturgeon County. Tech giant Meta announced plans to...
Aug 21, 2026
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Environment
Alberta launches next round in fight against invasive species
Alberta's government says it is relaunching a task force to defend the province from aquatic invasive species, including invasive mussels and fish.The re-established provincial task force will be led by Eric Bouchard, MLA for Calgary-Lougheed, and will bring together partners to strengthen Alberta's approach to aquatic...
Aug 20, 2026
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Canada
Conservatives call on government to release U.S. trade offer details
OTTAWA - Federal conservatives are calling on the government to release the full details of the trade offer from the United States that Canada rejected this week. In a letter to Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Canada-U.S. relations critic Shuvaloy Maju...
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Key points on the legacy of Treaty 6, first signed 150 years ago
DUCK LAKE - Treaty 6, primarily covering most of what's now central Alberta and central Saskatchewan, was signed 150 years ago by the Crown and First Nations chiefs. Festivities honouring the anniversary have been underway across the region, from celeb...
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Politicians, dignitaries and Indigenous leaders to mark 150th anniversary of Treaty 6
DUCK LAKE - It was 150 years ago when First Nations chiefs and dignitaries met at Fort Carlton, in the wilderness of what is now Saskatchewan, to carve out a lasting agreement on how to work and live as the modern shape of Canada emerged. Politicians, ...
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Here's why the Bank of Canada is worried about the rise of private credit
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is carefully watching the rise of an alternative credit model that has Canadian investors and banks exposed to half a trillion dollars of loans held largely beyond the public eye. The concern revolves around private credit, ...
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From business leaders to sports fans, Canada responds to trade war escalation
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to suspend trade talks with the United States has stirred up emotions on both sides of the border, and has drawn the ire of the U.S. president. Early Sunday morning, Donald Trump took to his social media ...
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Mystery man found collapsed on Amsterdam street is not missing Canadian, police say
Police in the Netherlands say a man found collapsed on a street in that country three years ago is not a Canadian who went missing in British Columbia in the 1990s. Online speculation claimed the man is John Russell Kenny of Ontario, who went missing i...
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World
A landslide at a landfill in the capital of Guinea kills 30 people, officials say
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - A mountainous heap of refuse collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea 's capital Conakry early Sunday killing 30 people, according to an updated toll released by the central government. Authorities said heavy rai...
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Human-caused wildfire approaches Reno, Nevada, forcing thousands of evacuations
A fast-growing wildfire destroying homes in northwest Reno, Nevada, on Sunday was human-caused and uncontained, authorities said, as they encouraged some 90,000 people to evacuate. At least six people were injured. The Hawk Fire began Sa...
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Latvia: Drones, hybrid warfare, and the redeployment of Canadian troops
RIGA - As Russian threats escalate in Latvia, a Canadian-led NATO mission is strengthening its presence near the Russian and Belarusian borders. The Canadian Press observed the increasing tensions on the ground. In the early hours of Aug. 14, resident...
Aug 22, 2026
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