Alberta Health Service
AHS addressing ED disruptions at Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital
Alberta Health Service says most advisories issued for the Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital Emergency Department are due to temporary clinical personnel.The ED says the advisories are done as a last resort, and plans are always put in place to ensure support for residents through surrounding healthcare centres like the G...
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City of Grande Prairie
Infrastructure Minister Martin Long tours Grande Prairie courthouse
The Minister of Infrastructure visited the Grande Prairie courthouse Wednesday, Aug. 19.Mayor Jackie Clayton and Minster Martin Long toured the facility with MLAs Nolan Dyck and MLA Ron Wiebe while they discussed infrastructure priorities to support the community and region.The city says the courthouse is an integral p...
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Peace Region
Alberta Health Service
AHS addressing ED disruptions at Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital
Alberta Health Service says most advisories issued for the Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital Emergency Department are due to temporary clinical personnel.The ED says the advisories are done as a last resort, and plans are always put in place to ensure support for residents through surrounding healthcare centres like the G...
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City of Grande Prairie
Infrastructure Minister Martin Long tours Grande Prairie courthouse
The Minister of Infrastructure visited the Grande Prairie courthouse Wednesday, Aug. 19.Mayor Jackie Clayton and Minster Martin Long toured the facility with MLAs Nolan Dyck and MLA Ron Wiebe while they discussed infrastructure priorities to support the community and region.The city says the courthouse is an integral p...
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Court
OHS charges company over $300K in penalties for 2023 worker death near Spirit River
A Calgary-based oil and gas company has pleaded guilty in Grande Prairie court to one count under the Occupational Health and Safety Act stemming from a fatal incident nearly three years ago. Birchcliff Energy Ltd. was charged for failing to ensure the health and safety of a worker, after a worker died after they fell ...
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City of GP
No injuries reported from Wednesday's gas leak
The City of Grande Prairie is thanking residents for following directions and avoiding the area while crews dealt with yesterday's gas leak (Wednesday, Aug. 19).The Grande Prairie Fire Department responded to the area of 93 Street and 101 Ave at 12:38 p.m. yesterday at the request of ATCO, for a potential gas leak.Once...
Aug 20, 2026
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ASIRT
Investigation closed on Valleyview RCMP incident dating back to 2023
ASIRT has concluded an investigation into an incident involving Valleyview RCMP dating back to Oct. 29th, 2023, and has decided not to lay charges against the responding officer.According to their report, RCMP received a call from a driver saying another vehicle "travelling at a high speed, cut him off, and an occ...
Aug 20, 2026
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Northwestern Polytechnic
NWP Skilled Trades Training Centre opens Aug. 26
Northwestern Polytechnic's new Skilled Trades Training Centre is set to open next week.Effective Aug. 26, the 40,000-square-foot facility will be able to provide students with modern, industry-aligned training environments that support hands-on learning.Between the courses offered at the new centre and at NWP's main ca...
Aug 19, 2026
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Local Sports
GP Reds
15U AA Reds best in the west with WCBA championship win
The 15U AA Grande Prairie Reds have captured the Western Canada Baseball Association championship this past weekend in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.The Reds dominated the WBCA, going undefeated and claiming the title with a 10-7 victory over a local squad, the Sask Sun Devils.The Reds have now ended their magical season...
Aug 18, 2026
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Chuckwagons
WPCA season closes in spectacular fashion at Rocky Mountain House
The curtain has officially closed on the 2026 professional chuckwagon racing season following Sunday (August 16) afternoon's final heat.This years Kirk's Trail Tire Series Champion is Jason Glass, who also broke the track record down in Rocky Mountain House with a time of 1:11.20. Glass' winning time was 1.05 seconds f...
Aug 17, 2026
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Local Sports
Cowboys, Centaurs playoffs and horse racing this weekend
FootballThe Peace Country Cowboys will visit the Calgary Gators for an Alberta Football League semi-final game on Saturday.Kick-off will be at 5 p.m.These same two teams met in the final last year.RugbyThe Centaurs' men's rugby team visits the Nor'westers for a playoff game Saturday in Edmonton.The game will start at 2...
Aug 14, 2026
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Agriculture
Crop Report
Major crop yields to be 9 per cent above 5-year average in Peace
Persistent rains across the province have hampered crop development to many regions, but done the opposite in the south by bringing some relief to heat stressed fields. In the latest Alberta Crop Report by AFSC, they say 12 per cent of provincial major crops (canola and peas) are flowering and 88 per cent are podding. ...
Aug 19, 2026
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Agriculture
Local Food Week August 10 to 16
This is Alberta Local Food Week. The province calls this a chance to "meet local farmers and entrepreneurs who work to put nutritious food on our plates, and to show support for all things grown, made and harvested in Alberta." The government says people can mark the occasion in several ways. These include vi...
Aug 12, 2026
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Farm Safety
BeGrainSafe Week on this week
August 10 to 16 is BeGrainSafe Week. The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association says the week was started in 2017 after an increase in deaths from being trapped in grain. The association says in a news release that from 2011 to 2020, 27 people died on Canadian farms from asphyxiation by grain or soil. The association...
Aug 10, 2026
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Alberta
Redwater, Sturgeon County
Firing line of fury for Alberta's technology minister at AI data centre town hall
Alberta's technology minister faced a firing line of fury at the government's second town hall on its plan for artificial intelligence data centres. Nate Glubish was peppered with profanity from audience members at the Thursday event in Redwater, north of Edmonton, in Sturgeon County. Tech giant Meta announced plans to...
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Environment
Alberta launches next round in fight against invasive species
Alberta's government says it is relaunching a task force to defend the province from aquatic invasive species, including invasive mussels and fish.The re-established provincial task force will be led by Eric Bouchard, MLA for Calgary-Lougheed, and will bring together partners to strengthen Alberta's approach to aquatic...
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$3.2 Million
Alberta government aiming to strengthen early intervention supports
The Alberta government says it is investing more than $3 million to help families access supports before a crisis happens.Provincial officials say grant applications are now open for Family Resource Network programs to provide prevention and early intervention services that support Alberta families, including children ...
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CTIP Grant
Alberta government investing $5.5 million toward human trafficking prevention efforts
The Alberta government has announced an investment of $5.5 million to help combat and prevent human trafficking, while supporting victims and survivors across the province.Provincial officials point out that human trafficking is a violation of fundamental human rights that exploits vulnerable individuals, strips them o...
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Canada
'Shameful': Canada, U.K., Australia rebuke Israel for decision on aid workers' deaths
OTTAWA - Canada, Australia and the U.K.'s foreign ministries are denouncing Israel's decision not to pursue criminal charges over a military strike that killed humanitarian aid workers in 2024. In a joint statement today, the three countries say the de...
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Montreal to provide police with body cameras and new powers
MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada says police in the city will soon be equipped with body cameras as well as new powers to do their job. The mayor says the city plans to adopt a rule banning insults toward city employees, including poli...
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In the news today: Trump tariff looms, LGBTQ+ monument opens, Alberta cave rescue
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Deadline looms as Trump's 50 per cent tariffs set to kick in just after midnight U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff threat on $28 billion worth of Canadi...
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Rescuers use new tech to save caver trapped vertically in Alberta's 'Psych Squeeze'
A caver has been rescued after being trapped vertically underground at the Rat's Nest Cave in Canmore, Alta., in an operation that deployed volunteer-built underground radio technology for the first time. Search and Rescue Alberta says the man became p...
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LeBlanc, Charette to meet with U.S. trade rep with hours to go on tariff deadline
OTTAWA - Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Canada's chief negotiator Janice Charette are set to meet with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington this morning as the clock ticks down on the latest tariff deadline. Initially ...
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Statistics and federal policy on crime have changed, but the politics remain the same
OTTAWA - New tough-on-crime laws and statistics showing falling crime rates aren't likely to change how Canadians currently feel about crime or whether it's used as a political wedge between parties, some national pollsters say. David Coletto, CEO of A...
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World
Lindsey Clancy's defense rests at trial over whether postpartum psychosis drove her to kill her kids
BOSTON (AP) - The defense rested its case Friday in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after eliciting more testimony about her mental state before she strangled her three young children. Prosecutors then began calling rebuttal witnesses bef...
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Court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas court on Friday slashed a $50 million judgment to $1.5 million against Infowars founder Alex Jones over falsely calling 2012 school shooting a hoax. The ruling does not affect a $1.4 billion judgement against ...
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An attacker with a sword wounds several people at a school in Sweden
BERLIN (AP) - An attacker with a sword wounded several people Friday at a school in central Sweden, and police later arrested a suspect, officials said. The attack took place at the Brinell School in the city of Fagersta, northwest of th...
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