Community
Fort St. John RCMP hosting fundraiser BBQ for Tumbler Ridge
Mounties in Fort St John are inviting the public to come out and join them tomorrow (Saturday, Feb. 14) for a fundraiser BBQ in support of the Tumbler Ridge tragedy.The fundraiser will be located at the Fort St. John RCMP detachment (10712 100th Street) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Suggested donation amount is $100, or whatev...
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Forestry Business
West Fraser reports fourth quarter loss
West Fraser says it recorded a loss of $715 million in the fourth quarter of last year.The company reported earnings of $1.165 billion.West Fraser says in a news release that the last three months of 2025 were what it calls "another challenging period."Those challenges included higher lumber duties and tariff...
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Peace Region
Community
Fort St. John RCMP hosting fundraiser BBQ for Tumbler Ridge
Mounties in Fort St John are inviting the public to come out and join them tomorrow (Saturday, Feb. 14) for a fundraiser BBQ in support of the Tumbler Ridge tragedy.The fundraiser will be located at the Fort St. John RCMP detachment (10712 100th Street) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Suggested donation amount is $100, or whatev...
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Forestry Business
West Fraser reports fourth quarter loss
West Fraser says it recorded a loss of $715 million in the fourth quarter of last year.The company reported earnings of $1.165 billion.West Fraser says in a news release that the last three months of 2025 were what it calls "another challenging period."Those challenges included higher lumber duties and tariff...
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Tumbler Ridge
Educators sending advice to parents after Tumbler Ridge shootings
Education officials have been sending parents letters, offering advice on how to talk to their kids about the shootings in Tumbler Ridge.A letter from the principal of the Bridge Network Outreach School in Grande Prairie offers a list of things parents can do if their children have questions.That includes validating fe...
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County of Grande Prairie
County of Grande Prairie releases 2025 Citizen Satisfaction Survey results
The County of Grande Prairie has released the results of their 2025 Citizen Satisfaction Survey.The survey results were presented to County council on Thursday, Feb, 12, after the survey was conducted online late last year.Highlights from the survey show that 95 per cent of County residents believe their quality of lif...
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Holiday hours
Family Day long weekend facility hours
The City of Grande Prairie is adjusting facility hours of operation for Family Day.On Monday, Feb. 16, multiple facilities will be closed or on reduced hours:Closed:City HallCity Service CentreBonnetts Energy CentreMontrose Cultural CentreGrande Prairie MuseumDave Barr Community CentreKeyera PlaceCedar PointOpen 12:00 ...
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Homicide investigation
Grande Prairie RCMP seeking witnesses of fatal shooting
After a fatal shooting in the area of 96 Street and 112 Ave yesterday (Wednesday, Feb 11) in Grande Prairie, RCMP are asking for the public's help locating witnesses.Mounties say they would like to speak with the occupants of a large "dump truck" with a white cab and silver box as they "may have witnesse...
Feb 12, 2026
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Local Sports
Ski Hills
Local ski hills busy this long weekend
Local ski hills will be open on Monday for Family Day. NItehawkBig Country and REWIND Radio will present Family Day Monday at Nitehawk. The hill will be open from noon-5 p.m. Tube Zone sessions are available from noon-1:30, 2-3:30 and 4-5:30.There will be deals on rentals and lift tickets.There will also be a live DJ, ...
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Local Hockey
Local hockey update for Thursday
NWJHLPeace River has joined the Wheat Kings in the second round of the Northwest Junior Hockey League playoffs.The Navigators beat Dawson Creek 6-2 Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep.The other two series will resume Friday.La Crete will be in Sexsmith. The Lumber Barons lead 2-0Fort St. John travels to Fair...
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Local Hockey
NWJHL, NPHL update for Wednesday
There is one game in the Northwest Junior Hockey League playoffs Wednesday night.Dawson Creek travels to Peace River. The Navigators lead the best-of-five series 2-0.Last night, Fort St. John beat visiting Fairview 7-3 to take a 2-1 series lead. Game 4 Friday in Fairview.In the North Peace Hockey League last night, Fal...
Feb 12, 2026
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Agriculture
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
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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
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Wild Boars
More than 100 wild pigs caught under Wild Boar Program says Alberta government
The province says professional trappers caught 108 wild pigs under Alberta's Wild Boar Control Program in 2025.A release from the province says there were 72 reports made through the Squeal on Pigs! online reporting system.On December 1 last year, the province brought in charges meant to control wild pigs.Those include...
Feb 07, 2026
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Alberta
Energy/Environment
Alberta government announces new technology to power province's energy future
Alberta's government announced this week it is investing $28 million into new technologies to help increase energy production while decreasing environmental impacts.Through the industry-funded TIER program, provincial officials say they are investing $28 million to support six projects using technologies that are expec...
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Border officers seize one tonne drugs at Coutts
A trio of major drug seizures was recently made at a southern Alberta border crossing. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says its officers seized a combined 1,010 kilograms of cocaine, methamphetamine, suspected heroin, and dode (opium poppies) from three commercial trucks late last year.The first incident occur...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta's Smith says she hasn't signed separatist petition, or any other
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has not signed a petition currently gathering signatures for a referendum to pull the province out of Confederation. Smith says she hasn't signed any petitions because the process is meant to be driven by citizens. The push for a vote on Alberta becoming its own country is now in...
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Warning from Better Business Bureau
Romance Scams = Investment Scams
Prior to Valentine's Day, the Better Business Bureau of Alberta and East Kootenay is warning that criminals posing as prospective romantic partners are defrauding people through investment scams."Romance scams are investment scams," says Mary O'Sullivan-Andersen, President and CEO of The Better Business Bure...
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Canada
Federal public servants seek legal advice as they face job cuts
OTTAWA - Several law firms in Ottawa say they're getting an influx of calls from federal workers looking to learn what their options are and how to negotiate or push back against the cuts. Malini Vijaykumar, a partner at Nelligan Law, says unionized em...
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LeBlanc to lead large trade mission to Mexico next week
OTTAWA - The minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade is leading a large delegation to Mexico next week as Ottawa looks to diversify its trade links in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to abandon a critical continental trade...
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Freeland violated law by answering questions about byelection: elections commissioner
OTTAWA - The Commissioner of Canada Elections said former Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland unintentionally violated the Elections Act by answering reporters' questions about a 2024 Toronto byelection at two government-organized press conferences. A report ...
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What we know about the victims in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting
TUMBLER RIDGE - Details have emerged about the eight people killed and two seriously injured in the mass shooting at a high school and a home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Here's what is known: Zoey Benoit, 12 Lori Hayer says on social media that she got an a...
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Quebec political, business leaders backing Montreal's bid to host NATO defence bank
MONTREAL - Montreal has become the latest Canadian city to put its name forward to become the global headquarters for the proposed International Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB). Quebec Premier François Legault and other government official...
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MPs agree to fast-track study of budget bill, with confidence vote to follow
OTTAWA - MPs have agreed to fast-track a committee study of the government's main budget bill, setting the stage for what could be a final vote on the legislation by the end of the month. Government House leader Steven MacKinnon introduced a motion aft...
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World
New Jersey man found guilty of killing brother and his family, then lighting fires to cover it up
A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of killing four relatives in what prosecutors said was a murder and arson plot spawned by a soured business relationship between the man and his younger brother. Paul Caneiro, 59, was found guilty on ...
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Feds open a perjury probe into ICE officers' testimony about the shooting of a Venezuelan man
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month, as all charges were dropped against two Venezuelan men. Immigration and ...
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Brazilian au pair gets 10-year sentence for scheme to kill lover's wife and another man
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - An au pair who schemed with her employer-turned-lover to kill his wife and another man received a 10-year sentence on Friday. Prosecutors had recommended immediate release for Juliana Peres Magalhães in exchange for h...
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