Local Police
GPPS detective becomes polygraph certified
Grande Prairie Police Service's ranks now include Alberta's newest polygraph examiner.Detective Jason McCormick has been fully certified after completing the Canadian Police College Polygraph Examiners Course, making him one of only eight polygraph examiners in Alberta.Officials say the course involved an intensive aca...
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Community
New youth-focused festival coming to Grande Prairie
A new event, GP Youth Fest, is set to take over Muskoseepi Park at the end of June.High school senior and GP Youth Fest founder and Director EJ Igao says he was inspired to create this event as he was seeing a common theme in his "various leadership roles within schools and the City," which was that youth wan...
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Peace Region
Local Police
GPPS detective becomes polygraph certified
Grande Prairie Police Service's ranks now include Alberta's newest polygraph examiner.Detective Jason McCormick has been fully certified after completing the Canadian Police College Polygraph Examiners Course, making him one of only eight polygraph examiners in Alberta.Officials say the course involved an intensive aca...
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Aquatera
Aquatera announces 2026/2027 Bottle Donation Program recipients
Utility corporation Aquatera has announced the recipients of its annual bottle donation program.Once a month, one out of 12 non-profit organizations will receive a donation of funds collected by Aquatera and Recycle Plus from bottles donated at the Eco Centre Landfill and local bottle depots.The first non-profit to rec...
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Community
New youth-focused festival coming to Grande Prairie
A new event, GP Youth Fest, is set to take over Muskoseepi Park at the end of June.High school senior and GP Youth Fest founder and Director EJ Igao says he was inspired to create this event as he was seeing a common theme in his "various leadership roles within schools and the City," which was that youth wan...
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Environment
MD of Peace issues yellow Flood Advisory
The Municipal District of Peace has issued a flood advisory as weather temperatures continue to increase.The Yellow Warning means flooding is currently possible in low lying areas and near river channels.The MD is advising residents to stay safe by keeping children away from running water ways, watch for plugged culver...
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Hearing on injunction filed by First Nation to stop Alberta separation to begin today
EDMONTON - A First Nation in Alberta will be in court today seeking to shut down a petition urging the province to quit Confederation. The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is in Edmonton asking a Court of King's Bench judge to suspend the petition campaign on...
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Crime
Trout Lake man arrested after reports of shots fired in community
A 26-year-old resident of Trout Lake is awaiting his day in court in cells after a shots fired incident last week. RCMP in Red Earth Creek say they received an anonymous report of the shots fired incident on March 31, 2026, just before 7:30 a.m. More reports came in from the public as the situation progressed, with a c...
Apr 06, 2026
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Local Sports
Local Hockey
La Crete Lumber Barons win Junior B Hockey Provincials
The North West Junior Hockey League now has bragging rights of having the best Junior B hockey team in Alberta this season. The La Crete Lumber Barons are headed back home with new hardware after competing in the Alberta Junior B Hockey Provincials in Lloydminster held from April 1-5.The Lumber Barons went undefeated i...
Apr 06, 2026
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Local Sports
Storm, ski hills this weekend
StormThe Storm will be in Whitecourt Friday to start their AJHL North Division final series.The Wolverines will also host Game 2 Saturday.Games 3 and 4 will be played in Grande Prairie April 7 and 8.All games will start at 7:00 p.m.The Storm advanced with an opening round sweep of Lloydminster.Whitecourt beat Fort McMu...
Apr 02, 2026
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Chuckwagons
WPCA wagons to race at Teepee Creek again in 2026
The Teepee Creek Stampede Association says the World Professional Chuckwagon Association will be back for the 2026 edition of 4 Days in the Wild.The WPCA wagons that were not part of the Calgary Stampede last year raced at Teepee Creek.The WPCA schedule says they will be in Teepee Creek from Jul. 10-12 this year, which...
Apr 01, 2026
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Agriculture
Modernize and build facilities
Province allocates $9 million to local seed co-operatives
The provincial government announced they're investing $9 million over the next three years for capital projects at local seed co-operatives to help address aging infrastructure. If passed, the funds would come from the 2026 budget and be allocated to the Co-operative Seed Processors program to help co-operative and mun...
Apr 02, 2026
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Agriculture
Farmland values jump nearly nine per cent in northern Alberta in 2025 says FCC
Farm Credit Canada says Canadian farmland continued its steady climb in value in 2025. According to the latest FCC Farmland Values Report, the prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba were the driving forces behind the 9.3 per cent increase. The Maritimes also continued in growth, while Quebec and Ontar...
Mar 24, 2026
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County of Grande Prairie
Farm Family of the Year calls the recognition an honour and humbling
A Goodfare family says being the County of Grande Prairie's Farm Family of the Year is "quite an honour."The Kitt family runs The Homestead and First Nature Farms.Jerry Kitt says he was attracted to farming as he wanted to be close to nature. He adds nature also played a role in his decision to go into organi...
Mar 20, 2026
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Alberta
Open Until April 20, 2026
Transport Canada launches survey on headlight glare
Transport Canada is asking Canadians to weigh in on headlights.The agency has launched an online survey to collect feedback from drivers and pedestrians about their experiences with headlight glare.The survey will remain open until April 20.The agency says feedback will remain anonymous, and the data will be used for r...
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Hearing on injunction filed by First Nation to stop Alberta separation to begin today
EDMONTON - A First Nation in Alberta will be in court today seeking to shut down a petition urging the province to quit Confederation. The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is in Edmonton asking a Court of King's Bench judge to suspend the petition campaign on...
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hidden inside briefcases
70 bricks of suspect cocaine seized at Coutts border crossing
The Canada Border Services Agency shared Thursday that it recently seized 86.9 kg of suspected cocaine at the Coutts border crossing.CBSA officers were examining a commercial truck on Feb. 15; it had been declared that the truck was carrying produce bound for Calgary.During the search, officers found 70 bricks of suspe...
Apr 02, 2026
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others can purchase one
April 7 next date for COVID-19 vaccine eligibility, for those at higher risk
The Government of Alberta is reminding Albertans of upcoming eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations.Starting April 7, eligible Albertans can receive an additional immunization at no cost at participating pharmacies or Primary Care Alberta public health clinics.According to the province, eligibility criteria is in line w...
Apr 02, 2026
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Canada
Advocates have little hope social housing needs in Quebec will be addressed soon
MONTREAL - Brique par brique, a non-profit that builds housing in Montreal, has been trying to develop more city-owned land for years, but the group says securing money for new projects is getting harder. Over the last decade, the City of Montreal has ...
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Montreal neighbourhood to hold vigil after unhoused migrant found dead
MONTRÉAL - Community organizations in Montreal's Parc-Extension district are holding a vigil to remember a 42-year-old unhoused migrant who died earlier this year. Those who knew Manjeet Singh say he came to Canada from India in 2018 to escape poverty....
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'War crimes': Iranian Canadians horrified by Trump's latest threat to destroy Iran
TORONTO - Iranian Canadians whose family members live in Iran say they are horrified by U.S. President Donald Trump's latest social media post threatening the existence of their homeland. Trump said in a Truth Social post this morning that a "whole ci...
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Feds looking at how to 'cushion the blow' as gas prices rise amid Iran war: Carney
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government is looking at how to support Canadians as oil prices rise amid the ongoing war in the Middle East. Oil prices have surged since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28. The Canadian A...
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Carney defends high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City
OTTAWA - High-speed rail connecting Toronto and Quebec City would be a boon the economy and job creation, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday, defending his government's project as opposition to it continues to grow. Much of the criticism comes ...
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Trade agreement talks unlikely to be resolved by July 1: U.S. trade representative
WASHINGTON - United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Tuesday that he doesn't expect negotiations on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade to be resolved by July 1. "I think that we aren't probably going to be able to resolve all issu...
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World
Pope says Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization is 'unacceptable'
ROME (AP) - Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization was "truly unacceptable" and said any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law. In some of his strongest c...
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American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released, an Iraqi official tells the AP
BAGHDAD (AP) - American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped from a Baghdad streetcorner last week, has been released, an Iraqi official with direct knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday. Kittleson was freed in the afternoo...
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Over 80 migrants are missing from a boat that capsized after leaving Libya, UN says
CAIRO (AP) - More than 80 migrants went missing after a boat that departed a Libyan coastal town capsized in the central Mediterranean, the U.N. migration agency said Tuesday. The bodies of at least two of them have been recovered. About...
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