Country Music
More CCMA awards for Tenille Townes
Grande Prairie's Tenille Townes added to her collection of Canadian Country Music Awards at the most recent edition held last weekend in Saskatoon.She shared the Songwriters of the Year award with Michael August, Nate Hall, James Adam Shelley, and Stuart Walker for the song Backfire, a duet with Nate Holler. The two a...
3h ago
Read More
Missing Person
Missing 24-year-old Fort St. John woman
Mounties in British Columbia are asking for the public's assistance in finding 24-year-old Selina Mary Paul. Fort St. John RCMP says Selina was reported missing on Sept. 23, 2026. She is described as:Indigenous female5'4" tall126 lbsBrown eyesBlonde hair Selina was last spoken to by family on Sept. 4, 2026. Police...
6h ago
Read More
Peace Region
7,456 knitted items
GP Stitch Club sets another record with its annual donation
The Stitch Club of Grande Prairie marked a quarter of a century of community service, setting a new record for donated knitted items.Club President Anne Sawchuk says an estimated 13,000 balls of yarn created 7,456 knitted items, surpassing their previous record by almost 400; something the club has gotten used too, doi...
1h ago
Read More
Grande Prairie Public Library
GPPL digital services going down Sept. 25-29 for system migration
Grande Prairie Public Library will have limited services for the rest of September, starting Friday, Sept. 25.The Regional Automation Consortium (TRAC) is moving the library's systems to the cloud and will be offline from September 25 to 29, impacting self-checkout machines, the library lending lockers, and the TRACpac...
3h ago
Read More
Country Music
More CCMA awards for Tenille Townes
Grande Prairie's Tenille Townes added to her collection of Canadian Country Music Awards at the most recent edition held last weekend in Saskatoon.She shared the Songwriters of the Year award with Michael August, Nate Hall, James Adam Shelley, and Stuart Walker for the song Backfire, a duet with Nate Holler. The two a...
3h ago
Read More
Missing Person
Missing 24-year-old Fort St. John woman
Mounties in British Columbia are asking for the public's assistance in finding 24-year-old Selina Mary Paul. Fort St. John RCMP says Selina was reported missing on Sept. 23, 2026. She is described as:Indigenous female5'4" tall126 lbsBrown eyesBlonde hair Selina was last spoken to by family on Sept. 4, 2026. Police...
6h ago
Read More
Data Centres
County of Grande Prairie issues statement after development permit for data centre approved
What it calls "significant public interest in this project" has prompted the County of Grande Prairie to issue a statement on an approved development permit for what the statement calls a "proposed data centre."A development permit was approved on September 4 for what the permit calls a "data p...
9h ago
Read More
Environment Canada
Frost advisory stretching across northwestern Alberta
A frost advisory is in effect for all of northwestern Alberta.Environment Canada says temperatures are expected to fall below freezing tonight, resulting in patchy frost.The weather office adds that damage to plants, trees, and crops is possible, and suggests taking preventative measures to protect cold-sensitive plant...
Sep 23, 2026
Read More
Local Sports
Local Hockey
Storm lose in Whitecourt, NWJHL game in Beaverlodge Thursday
The Storm lost 7-4 in Whitecourt Wednesday night. The Wolverines led 4-1 after the first period and 5-2 after the second. Sean Richards and Rydley Gerbrandt each had a goal and an assist for Grande Prairie. The Storm are now 2-1 on the season. They will travel to Camrose for games on Saturday and Sunday.NWJHL There is ...
1h ago
Read More
Storm
Storm to play first road game of the season Wednesday night, Flores captures weekly award
The Storm will be in Whitecourt tonight (Wednesday, Sept. 23) for their first road game of the season. Grande Prairie opened the season with two wins at home over Bonnyville last weekend.Forward Sean Richards had a goal and three assists in those opening games. Defenceman Quinten Flores and forward Easton Goulet each h...
Sep 23, 2026
Read More
Local football players
Limited reps for Kettyle during Elks practice on Tuesday
The Tuesday injury report for the Edmonton Elks says receiver Carter Kettyle had limited reps in practice because of a hamstring injury. The St. Joe's graduate has recorded two catches for 16 yards and his first career touchdown in nine games with the Elks this season. That touchdown came in a 48-30 loss to Montreal on...
Sep 22, 2026
Read More
Agriculture
'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
Read More
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
Read More
Agriculture
Twenty-two per cent of canola swathed in Peace Region, as per latest Provincial Crop Report
The province says harvest is off to a slow start in 2026 across Alberta, with the most recent Alberta Crop Report by AFSC saying provincial progress is behind the five-and 10-year averages of 40 and 30 per cent, respectively. Rain has caused significant delays for farmers to get in the field as well as for crops maturi...
Sep 14, 2026
Read More
Alberta
20 Projects
Alberta government investing $14M into sport and recreation facilities
The Government of Alberta is investing $14 million into 20 sport and recreation projects across the province.The government has allocated the funding through its Active Communities Initiative, its first grant program dedicated to sport and recreation infrastructure."I am proud to support active and healthy lifesty...
3h ago
Read More
RCMP
Alberta RCMP share tips on youth grooming prevention
Throughout September Alberta RCMP is educating the public on online youth safety. As part of this initiative, RCMP shared tips on grooming, which occurs when an individual builds trust with a young person to manipulate, exploit, coerce, or abuse them, either "online, in person, or both."Mounties add that groo...
Sep 23, 2026
Read More
'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
Read More
CALM 10
Alberta field testing new curriculum aimed at strengthening career and financial skills
The Government of Alberta is field testing a new curriculum this school year to help prepare students for success in their future jobs.The province is making modern skills required for future careers a top priority as part of the ongoing curriculum renewal.As a result, they're releasing draft Grades 7 to 9 science, phy...
Sep 23, 2026
Read More
Canada
Carney, Poilievre pay tribute to Canada Revenue Agency employee killed in Montreal
MONTREAL - Federal party leaders are paying tribute to a 45-year-old Canada Revenue Agency employee who was killed in Montreal on Tuesday. The Union of Taxation Employees identified the woman as Leïla Ben Salem. Prime Minister Mark Carney offered condo...
17m ago
Read More
Netanyahu crosses Canadian airspace with arrest warrant in effect
OTTAWA - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled through Canadian airspace on Thursday, despite facing an international arrest warrant. Online flight tracker data shows Netanyahu flew over Greece, Italy, France and Canada on his way to addr...
22m ago
Read More
Defence minister downplays PM's comments on prospect of U.S. military action
OTTAWA - A day after Prime Minister Mark Carney told a U.S. media outlet his government has studied the possibility of U.S.-led military action in Canada, Defence Minister David McGuinty says all militaries analyze such risks. McGuinty is downplaying t...
26m ago
Read More
Three B.C. glaciers face extinction within decades due to climate change, study says
Three glaciers in British Columbia's southwest could "disappear completely" within decades in what a researcher says is the result of years of inaction on climate change. A new study from Simon Fraser University published in the journal Annals of Glac...
44m ago
Read More
A list of the whales and dolphin that died after being moved out of Marineland
Four beluga whales and one dolphin that were shipped out of Marineland this summer have since died at their new homes. Another beluga, Beethoven, lived at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, but died after the move. Here is the list of the animals who died: -- ...
3h ago
Read More
Belleville attack should be 'wake-up call' on rising antisemitism, Jewish group says
OTTAWA - The head of a major Jewish advocacy group said Thursday the recent violent attack at a synagogue in Belleville, Ont., should serve as a "wake-up call" on the "much broader problem" of rising antisemitism and racist conspiracies in Canada. Noah...
3h ago
Read More
World
Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow quick third-country deportations to continue
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to again clear the way for continued quick deportations of immigrants to third countries where they have no ties. The government asked for an im...
1h ago
Read More
Israel's Netanyahu, at UN, calls accusations of genocide in Gaza 'the biggest lie of the century'
Lashing out at his country's critics, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily dismissed allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza as "the biggest lie of the century" in a defiant speech to the U.N. General Assembly that asserted his nation's ri...
3h ago
Read More
Boat heading from Tanzania to Congo on Lake Tanganyika capsizes, leaving at least 41 dead
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A boat heading from Tanzania to Congo on Lake Tanganyika capsized Thursday, leaving at least 41 people dead, local authorities said. The boat was carrying about 100 people as well as cargo, said Norris Mulongoyi, th...
4h ago
Read More