GP Storm
Storm Captain commits to U of A for 2026/27 season
The Grande Prairie Storm will be needing an all-new leadership group next season, as Captain Colin Doherty joins his two assistants in announcing his commitment to move on from the Storm.Doherty has committed to returning home and playing for the University of Alberta Golden Bears next season; following his assistant c...
3h ago
Read More
Energy Efficiency upgrades
City of Grande Prairie installs new furnaces at Curling Centre
The City of Grande Prairie has completed energy efficiency upgrades at the Grande Prairie Curling Centre.The City has installed six new energy-efficient furnaces in October of last year, after identifying several years earlier that the previous furnaces were at the end of their life."Investing in our community fac...
5h ago
Read More
Peace Region
GP Storm
Storm Captain commits to U of A for 2026/27 season
The Grande Prairie Storm will be needing an all-new leadership group next season, as Captain Colin Doherty joins his two assistants in announcing his commitment to move on from the Storm.Doherty has committed to returning home and playing for the University of Alberta Golden Bears next season; following his assistant c...
3h ago
Read More
Energy Efficiency upgrades
City of Grande Prairie installs new furnaces at Curling Centre
The City of Grande Prairie has completed energy efficiency upgrades at the Grande Prairie Curling Centre.The City has installed six new energy-efficient furnaces in October of last year, after identifying several years earlier that the previous furnaces were at the end of their life."Investing in our community fac...
5h ago
Read More
GP Storm
Another Storm assistant Captain commits to Niagara University
Another Storm player will be joining Zachary Wilson at Niagara University next season, as fellow assistant Captain Chase Christensen announced his commitment yesterday.Christensen says "It's been a dream of mine to play college hockey in the States." I want to thank the City of Grande Prairie, as well as the ...
Feb 27, 2026
Read More
Utilities
Aquatera recognized for battery collection program
Aquatera Utilities Inc. is being recognized as a leader in responsible battery recycling.Aquatera has been chosen as one of the recipients of the 2025 Leaders in Sustainability Awards.Presented by Call2Recycle Canada, the award is recognizing Aquatera for their participation in the Recycle Your Batteries, Canada! progr...
Feb 27, 2026
Read More
GP Grows
Free seed packs offered through Early Sprouts program all next week
The annual GP Grows program is returning to the City next week, with its Early Sprouts rendition.All next week (Mar. 2- Mar. 8), residents can visit the Ernie Radbourne Pavilion from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the week, and noon to 6 p.m. on weekends and pick between five "easy-to-grow" seed packs.Seed packs wi...
Feb 27, 2026
Read More
Peace Wapiti Public School Division
PWPSD announces new principals for 2026-2027 school year
Peace Wapiti Public School Division has announced four new full-time principals joining their ranks.Clairmont Community School, Hythe Regional School, La Glace School, and Robert W. Zahara School will all welcome new administrators in the fall, while Wembley Elementary School will welcome back its current acting princi...
Feb 27, 2026
Read More
Local Sports
Local Sports
Local hockey, ski hills this weekend
StormThe Storm will host Lloydminster Friday night.Face-off time will be at 6 p.m. The second- place Storm are three points back of first-place Whitecourt.Both teams have clinched playoff spots.The Bobcats are third in the north, six points back of Grande Prairie. NWJHLIn the Northwest Junior Hockey League playoffs, La...
22h ago
Read More
Curling
Last Brier for Team Gushue starts Friday
The 2026 Brier that starts Friday in St. John's will be the last for Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue team.The Gushue side will open against Quebec in the first draw. It will start at 4 p.m. Friday Alberta time.Beaverlodge's Geoff Walker has been the lead on the Gushue rink for many years, during which time the ...
22h ago
Read More
GP Storm
Another Storm assistant Captain commits to Niagara University
Another Storm player will be joining Zachary Wilson at Niagara University next season, as fellow assistant Captain Chase Christensen announced his commitment yesterday.Christensen says "It's been a dream of mine to play college hockey in the States." I want to thank the City of Grande Prairie, as well as the ...
Feb 27, 2026
Read More
Agriculture
Agriculture
County of Grande Prairie to launch video series on local agriculture
The County of Grande Prairie will be saluting the agriculture industry in a new video series.The series is called Rooted in the County. The first video in the 17-part series will be released on Friday (Feb. 27) on the County's YouTube channel.New ones will be revealed on the following Fridays.A release from the county ...
Feb 25, 2026
Read More
Agriculture
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food releases statement on Canada's Agriculture Day 2026
February 10, 2026, marks Canada's 10th annual Agriculture Day. Federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Health MacDonald has released a statement in recognition of the day and what it means to Canadians. Minister MacDonald says the government sees the hard work producers put in and the essential role they play in ...
Feb 10, 2026
Read More
Agriculture
Canada's Agriculture Day coming up on February 10
Tuesday, February 10, will mark Canada's Agriculture Day.This will also be the 10th anniversary of the day the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity says is a time for "honouring the hardworking individuals who bring food to our tables and the incredible contributions of agriculture to our nation's prosperity, health...
Feb 08, 2026
Read More
Alberta
the letter 'b'
Name the Alberta RCMP's latest batch of police pups
It's that time again, when Alberta RCMP look to the children of the province for help naming their latest litter of puppies.The 13 puppies, which are trained in Innisfail, just south of Red Deer, are German Shepherds, and this year will each have names starting with the letter 'B.'Kids are encouraged to be as creative ...
19h ago
Read More
Provincial Politics
Half of recall petitions against Alberta governing caucus confirmed to have failed
Elections Alberta says four more recall petitions against members of Premier Danielle Smith's caucus have failed. That means half of the two dozen petitions launched against United Conservative legislature members late last year have come up short. One of the unsuccessful campaigns confirmed by Elections Alberta was ag...
Feb 27, 2026
Read More
Provincial Politics
Alberta finance minister heads to Calgary to discuss budget and its $9.4B deficit
Alberta's finance minister is set to hit the road today to discuss a new provincial budget that is big on spending but also carries an eye-popping deficit of more than $9 billion. Nate Horner will discuss the budget with business leaders at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. Horner tabled the spending document Thursday, ...
Feb 27, 2026
Read More
Big spending, big deficit and fee hikes: Highlights from the Alberta budget
EDMONTON - Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner tabled the province's latest budget on Thursday. Here are some of the highlights: - The government expects to take in $74.6 billion while spending $83.9 billion (including $2 billion set aside as a contin...
Feb 26, 2026
Read More
Canada
Canada's pro-U.S. stance in Iran attack carries security risks, experts say
Canada's support for U.S. strikes against Iran could come with security risks as Iran looks to retaliate against perceived enemies abroad, say experts, who also note the political gamble of betting on an attack with uncertain aims and outcomes. On Satu...
1h ago
Read More
Here's the latest on the U.S. attack on Iran from a Canadian perspective
The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran in a major attack on Saturday, as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to decimate the country's military, destroy its nuclear program and spur a change in government. Iran retaliated by firing ballist...
4h ago
Read More
'D-Day for Iranians': Some Iranian Canadians welcome U.S. attack of Iran
Some Iranian Canadians are expressing their support for foreign intervention in Iran after the U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on the Middle Eastern country, sending missiles into Iran overnight. Iranian Canadian filmmaker Ezra Soleh welcomed ...
4h ago
Read More
Carney says Canada supports U.S. action in Iran but won't get involved militarily
MUMBAI - Prime Minister Mark Carney said he supports the U.S. action in Iran, but Canada will not get directly involved in the conflict after American and Israeli militaries launched an attack on the Middle Eastern country overnight. "We have not been ...
8h ago
Read More
'Polarized' world is fuelling a growing number of protests in Canada, police say
For hours, protesters slowly marched shoulder to shoulder down Toronto's Yonge Street in what seemed like an endless throng. The scale of the rally could only be truly appreciated in photos taken far above street level, showing a kilometre-long stretch...
9h ago
Read More
Canada aiming to sign India trade deal this year, Carney says in Mumbai
MUMBAI - Canada is aiming to sign a comprehensive trade deal with India this year, Prime Minister Mark Carney told a business audience in Mumbai Saturday. "We are now negotiating a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, with the intention to dou...
13h ago
Read More
World
World leaders react cautiously to US and Israeli strikes on Iran as fears grow of a wider war
BRUSSELS (AP) - How long will it last? Will it grow? What will it mean to us - and to global security overall? Those questions echoed across the Middle East and the planet Saturday as world leaders reacted warily to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran tha...
7h ago
Read More
Russian Foreign Ministry condemns US-Israel strikes on Iran as 'unprovoked act of armed aggression'
Russia's Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as "a pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state," demanding an immediate halt to the military campaign and a...
9h ago
Read More
Israeli officials say Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead. No word from US or Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, Israeli officials told The Associated Press on Saturday. There was no immediate comment...
14h ago
Read More