"Up to 20 minutes"
Overnight construction to cause delays along 116th St
Overnight paving work will cause delays on 116 Street.The City says crews will be paving along 116 Street, between 100 Avenue and 132 Ave from 7 p.m. till 7 a.m. both today (Thursday, Sept. 17) and tomorrow (Friday, Sept. 18).The road will remain open during construction, but the City "strongly encourages" re...
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Peace Regional Energy Alliance
PREA releases statement supporting nuclear energy MOU
The Peace Regional Energy Alliance is supporting a memorandum of understanding between Alberta, the Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.The MOU aims to advance collaboration on nuclear energy technologies by establishing a unified framework to share information, evaluate nuclear generation, and explore enhanced reg...
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Peace Region
"Up to 20 minutes"
Overnight construction to cause delays along 116th St
Overnight paving work will cause delays on 116 Street.The City says crews will be paving along 116 Street, between 100 Avenue and 132 Ave from 7 p.m. till 7 a.m. both today (Thursday, Sept. 17) and tomorrow (Friday, Sept. 18).The road will remain open during construction, but the City "strongly encourages" re...
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Peace Regional Energy Alliance
PREA releases statement supporting nuclear energy MOU
The Peace Regional Energy Alliance is supporting a memorandum of understanding between Alberta, the Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.The MOU aims to advance collaboration on nuclear energy technologies by establishing a unified framework to share information, evaluate nuclear generation, and explore enhanced reg...
11h ago
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Town of Sexsmith
Town of Sexsmith implementing safety upgrades to Benville Ballpark Diamonds
The Town of Sexsmith is making safety improvements to two baseball diamonds at the Benville Ballpark.Diamond #1 is being moved and reoriented to allow for a new backstop and extended outfield fences, while Diamond #2 will receive an additional five feet of fencing on the outfield fence to keep balls within the play are...
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"enhance safety and wellness measures."
GP Police to upgrade holding cells at 99th St. detachment
The Grande Prairie Police Service is preparing to take over policing jurisdiction of Grande Prairie as of Oct. 21.As part of that process, GPPS has announced that once they move into the 99th Street detachment, they will be upgrading holding cells to "enhance safety and wellness measures."Biometric monitoring...
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Court
Updates on five court cases
Stolen semi incident leads to one-year jail sentence Alberta Justice says the person charged after a report of a stolen semi being driven erratically has been given a 365-day jail sentence. Rory Jordan Serna of Myrnam, Alberta, pleaded guilty to charges of possession of stolen property over $5,000 and flight from a pea...
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City of GP
Public Safety Communications Centre relocated ahead of GPPS takeover
The City of Grande Prairie's Public Safety Communications Centre has moved out of City on 99th.This was done in preparation for the Grande Prairie Police Service to officially take over policing jurisdiction from the RCMP on Oct. 21. As part of this move, the City says the PSCC has been relocated to a new space designe...
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Local Sports
Community
Sexsmith sportswoman passes away at 61
A well-known figure around curling rinks in the Peace Country has passed away. An obituary posted to the Oilver's Funeral Home website says Marcy Balderston died at the family home near Sexsmith on Sept. 14. She was 61. The obituary says Balderston was part of five provincial curling championships, plus one national ch...
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Hockey
PWHL player to help teach at Beaverlodge hockey camp
Some young hockey players in Beaverlodge will be getting some instruction from a professional on Saturday. The Beaverlodge Girls Hockey social media page says that Dayle Ross will be with the other players at its Female Hockey Development Day. Ross is from Spirit River and will soon be going into her second season wit...
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Local Sports
GPCC AGM, NWJHL, Wolves soccer, auto racing this weekend
GPCCThe Grande Prairie Curling Centre will hold its annual general meeting and awards on Saturday.Start time will be 6:30 p.m.NWJHLThe Northwest Junior Hockey League exhibition season continues on Friday.Fort St. John in Sexsmith starts at 7 p.m. Beaverlodge at the County Kings will get going at 8 p.m.Saturday, Slave L...
Sep 11, 2026
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Agriculture
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
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Agriculture
September 1 crop report says just over three per cent of the crop harvested in the Peace
The September 1 crop report from the province and AFSC says that 3.3 per cent of the major crops in the Peace had been harvested by that date. The five-year average for the same time is 13.3 per cent completion; the 10-year average is 9.2 per cent. The report also says that 12.3 per cent of the dry peas, 6.3 per cent o...
Sep 09, 2026
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Saddle Hills County
Saddle Hills County celebrates local volunteers with appreciating dinner
Saddle Hills County has celebrated local volunteers with its Annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner.On Aug. 27, 19 volunteers were recognized for their outstanding contributions with the theme Roots Run Deep-Years of Service, Generations of Impact.Volunteer recognition recipients included:Bree Hamilton for her outstandin...
Sep 03, 2026
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Alberta
all preventable
Life and death: Alberta RCMP warn 2026 could be worst for traffic fatalities in a decade
If numbers keep pace, 2026 could be the worst in a decade for traffic fatalities, warn Alberta RCMP.Mounties are therefore urging motorists to make safer choices on the roads.As of Aug. 31, Alberta RCMP had recorded 192 such deaths, compared with 144 by that point of 2025.There are typically 82 more between September a...
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more tourism opportunities
Part of Canmore area's Mount Lady MacDonald designated 'all-season resort area'
An area of Crown land on Mount Lady MacDonald, near Canmore, has been designated an 'all-season resort area' by the provincial government.By doing so, the government says it is opening the door for Albertans to enjoy more outdoor spaces year-round.They add that it could help create 1,750 new jobs and $238 million in vi...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta independence leaders say their efforts won't end with referendum vote
Leaders in Alberta's independence movement say the fight for provincial separation doesn't end with the referendum vote in October. Albertans will vote in about five weeks on whether to remain in Canada or embark on a journey toward a binding vote on secession. Premier Danielle Smith has said that a vote to remain in C...
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Oct. 19, referendum
Elections Alberta says over 500K mail-in referendum ballots requested so far
Elections Alberta says it has now seen more than 500,000 requests for mail-in ballots for the Oct. 19 referendum. The agency is expecting a record voter turnout, and the number of mail-in ballot requests has continued to climb since the application period opened, totaling just over 509,000 to date. Elections Alberta al...
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Canada
In the news today: Carney caucus meeting, BC election speculation, IKEA affordability
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... PM Carney to deliver remarks at caucus meeting in Ottawa today Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to address his Liberal caucus in Ottawa today. The Liberal caucus...
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Clutch moments galore, on friends' epic road trip from Vancouver to Arctic and back
VANCOUVER - When Jaden Konishi rolled his 1986 Porsche 944 into Vancouver after an 8,000-kilometre road trip to the Arctic Circle, he had a surplus of new memories but no clutch. It had died about 3,000 kilometres earlier, somewhere in the Yukon's Tomb...
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Premier Eby will speak to local politicians amid snap election speculation
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby will speak to local politicians at their annual convention today just as he contemplates disrupting their upcoming municipal elections with his own provincial vote. The premier's annual speech to delegates...
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Von der Leyen's pitch for EU security council involves Canada, but it's not clear how
OTTAWA - A proposed new European security forum would include Canada, Britain and Ukraine as partners - but defence experts here say it's not clear what the council, or Ottawa's involvement, ultimately would look like. European Commission President Urs...
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PM Carney to deliver remarks at caucus meeting in Ottawa today
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to address his Liberal caucus in Ottawa today. The Liberal caucus retreat comes just before the fall sitting of the House of Commons gets underway on Monday. Among the Liberals' first bills of the sitting wil...
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Canadian Medical Association updates code of ethics to address racism, discrimination
OTTAWA - The Canadian Medical Association has updated its code of ethics to clarify how doctors are expected to address racism and discrimination in health care. The CMA says the updates give physicians clearer guidance on providing culturally safe, tr...
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World
Alabama carries out execution of Jeffery Lee for 1998 double murder at pawnshop
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama executed a man by lethal injection on Thursday for a 1998 double murder, three months after a judge's ruling blocked the state from putting him to death with nitrogen gas. Jeffery Lee, 49, was pronounced dead a...
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Postal Service chief says work stopped on computer system key to Trump effort to limit mail voting
WASHINGTON (AP) - The top official at the U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that the agency has stopped work on developing a controversial computer system that was central to President Donald Trump's effort to limit mail voting after the Supreme Court ...
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The driver who slammed into an LA bus before a news helicopter crash is charged with murder
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An SUV driver was under the influence of drugs when she swerved into the wrong lane, blew a red light and slammed into a Los Angeles city bus, killing two riders, prosecutors said Thursday as they charged her with murder. ...
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