ED Closure
Spirit River Emergency Complex without on-site doctor Mar. 15-16
Due to a clinical personnel shortage and an inability to secure physician coverage, Alberta Health Services is advising that the Central Peace Health Complex will be without an on-site doctor in their emergency department for 24-hours.There is no doctor in the ED from 8:00 a.m. Mar. 15 until 8:00 a.m. Mar. 16.Nursing s...
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Rural Issues
Four Peace Country municipalities sending resolutions to the RAM spring convention
Resolutions from four municipalities in the Peace Country will be up for discussion at the Rural Municipalities of Alberta spring convention.It will run from March 16 to 18 in Edmonton.The County of Grande Prairie is bringing forth a resolution called Equitable Electricity Distribution Pricing Model.It asks the associa...
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Peace Region
ED Closure
Spirit River Emergency Complex without on-site doctor Mar. 15-16
Due to a clinical personnel shortage and an inability to secure physician coverage, Alberta Health Services is advising that the Central Peace Health Complex will be without an on-site doctor in their emergency department for 24-hours.There is no doctor in the ED from 8:00 a.m. Mar. 15 until 8:00 a.m. Mar. 16.Nursing s...
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Rural Issues
Four Peace Country municipalities sending resolutions to the RAM spring convention
Resolutions from four municipalities in the Peace Country will be up for discussion at the Rural Municipalities of Alberta spring convention.It will run from March 16 to 18 in Edmonton.The County of Grande Prairie is bringing forth a resolution called Equitable Electricity Distribution Pricing Model.It asks the associa...
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Grande Prairie Police Service
GPPS' third recruit class and sixth experienced officers class graduate
Grande Prairie Police Service's third class of recruits has graduated.The 10 officers were honoured at a ceremony at Bonnetts Energy Centre Friday, Mar. 13, with local dignitaries, friends and family in attendance. (Image Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel Leigh) GPPS Chief Dwayne Lakusta says the recruits were a di...
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Agriculture
Peace County Classic Agri-Show wrapping up Mar. 14
Saturday, Mar. 14 is the last day of the 2026 Peace Country Classic Agri-Show.The 40th annual event brings together farmers, ranchers, families, and businesses as they showcase farming and agriculture businesses, equipment and lifestyle.It's happening at the TARA Centre at Evergreen Park Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:0...
Mar 14, 2026
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RCMP
One of two men charged after Woking assault wanted after not showing up in court
Spirit River RCMP say that one of the two men charged after an alleged assault in Woking is now wanted after not showing up in court.Kyle Dale Hudson, 45 years old and from Woking, was due in Grande Prairie court on March 12 on assault and uttering threats counts. Mounties say he did not show up as scheduled, and a war...
Mar 14, 2026
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Power Outage
Planned power outage in Teepee Creek on Sunday
The County of Grande Prairie says there will be a planned power outage in Teepee Creek on Sunday, March 15.The county says ATCO will be connecting the power to the new Teepee Creek Firehall.The outage is expected to last from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.The water will also be off during the outage.Anyone with questions can cont...
Mar 14, 2026
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Local Sports
Local Sports
Hockey, ski hills this weekend
StormThe Storm host Drayton Valley Friday at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday at 6:00 p.m. to close out the regular season.More on the Storm can be found here.NWJHLThe Northwest Junior Hockey League final continues this weekend. La Crete will be in Fort St. John Friday, Saturday and Sunday.The Lumber Barons lead the series 2-0.G...
Mar 13, 2026
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GP Storm
Storm giving thanks to fans as they lead Alberta Jr. A in attendance
The Grande Prairie Storm led all Alberta Junior A teams in attendance this season, their third season in a row leading the AJHL. With still two home games left in the regular season, the Storm's total attendance sits at 36,376, with an average of 1,455 fans; that is 2,765 more than Lloydminster, which came in second in...
Mar 12, 2026
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Local Hockey
Canucks advance in NPHL, Storm win again in Devon
NPHLDawson Creek has advanced to the North Peace Hockey League final.The Canucks beat visiting Spirit River 5-2 Tuesday night to take the series in seven games. It was the first time the home team won a game in the series.Dawson Creek will be home to Manning Saturday in Game 1 of the Campbell Cup final. Face-off at 8:3...
Mar 11, 2026
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Agriculture
Rural Issues
Four Peace Country municipalities sending resolutions to the RAM spring convention
Resolutions from four municipalities in the Peace Country will be up for discussion at the Rural Municipalities of Alberta spring convention.It will run from March 16 to 18 in Edmonton.The County of Grande Prairie is bringing forth a resolution called Equitable Electricity Distribution Pricing Model.It asks the associa...
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Agriculture
Peace County Classic Agri-Show wrapping up Mar. 14
Saturday, Mar. 14 is the last day of the 2026 Peace Country Classic Agri-Show.The 40th annual event brings together farmers, ranchers, families, and businesses as they showcase farming and agriculture businesses, equipment and lifestyle.It's happening at the TARA Centre at Evergreen Park Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:0...
Mar 14, 2026
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Agriculture
Province offering incentives to vet. clinics to hire students
The provincial government says it is putting $250,000 over two years into an idea meant to get veterinary students to stay in rural Alberta.This money is for the Veterinary Student Recruitment and Retention Pilot Grant Program. It is intended to get rural clinics to hire summer students and to get those students to pra...
Mar 13, 2026
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Alberta
Provinciall Politics
First recall petition against Opposition NDP politician withdrawn; Elections Alberta
Elections Alberta says a recall petition against a member of Alberta's Opposition NDP has been withdrawn. The petition against education critic Amanda Chapman came late last year after more than a dozen similar campaigns were launched against members of the governing United Conservative caucus. Elections Alberta says t...
Mar 13, 2026
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Agriculture
Province offering incentives to vet. clinics to hire students
The provincial government says it is putting $250,000 over two years into an idea meant to get veterinary students to stay in rural Alberta.This money is for the Veterinary Student Recruitment and Retention Pilot Grant Program. It is intended to get rural clinics to hire summer students and to get those students to pra...
Mar 13, 2026
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Education
Alberta teachers fail to get court injunction on back-to-work law that ended strike
A judge has denied an injunction application from Alberta teachers against legislation that forced them back to work and ended a provincewide strike last fall. Justice Douglas Mah says the Alberta Teachers' Association failed to prove issues in the case are so serious and pressing that the law should be put on hold whi...
Mar 13, 2026
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Provincial Politics
Alberta orders third-party review of Calgary's ongoing water rationing woes
The Alberta government has ordered a sweeping third-party investigation into Calgary's ongoing water main problems, which have again forced residents to ration their use. Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams says the probe will be headed by David Goldie, a former chair of Alberta's energy regulator. Goldie will have...
Mar 13, 2026
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Canada
Years of training keep Artemis II crew mission-ready, researcher says
MONTREAL - Despite the delays for the NASA's Artemis II mission around the moon and back, a space medicine researcher says the crew, which includes Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, are physically ready for when the time comes to launch. "They've been...
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Multi-brawl game that drew 572 penalty minutes a 'black eye' on N.L. hockey: official
ST. JOHN'S - A Newfoundland junior hockey league executive says a recent game that involved three on-ice brawls and resulted in 572 penalty minutes is a "black eye" and an "embarrassment" to the sport in St. John's. Boyd Hillier, vice-president of the ...
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Poilievre announces auto plan aiming for tariff-free access to U.S. market
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has unveiled a new auto plan that aims to secure tariff-free access to the U.S. market. Poilievre said at an announcement in Windsor on Sunday he expects U.S. President Donald Trump to agree to the plan bec...
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Maple 2.0: Quebec syrup-makers turn to automation and expansion as demand grows
ROXTON POND - Visitors to the main building of the Côté et fils maple farm in Quebec's Eastern Townships region will be greeted by a wall of screens with the views from dozens of security cameras, showing an array of tubes and troughs filling up with...
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Carney, Nordic leaders pledge to deepen ties amid world economic coercion
OSLO - The prime ministers of Canada and Nordic countries have agreed to continue work to defend Arctic sovereignty and to deepen economic ties as technology and international trade are increasingly used as a "coercive tool." Prime Minister Mark Carn...
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PM's office mum on Conservative Order of Canada petition for Don Cherry
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's office wouldn't weigh in on a push by the federal Conservatives to award the Order of Canada to controversial hockey commentator Don Cherry. Audrey Champoux, a spokesperson for Carney, declined to say whether the p...
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World
Formula 1 calls off April races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia due to Iran war
SHANGHAI (AP) - Formula 1 and its governing body FIA canceled Grand Prix races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia on safety grounds related to the Iran war. Both countries have been struck during Iran's response after the United States and Isra...
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Another 3 members of Iran's women's soccer team decide against staying in Australia as refugees
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Another three members of the Iran's women's soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to their homeland, an Australian government minister said on Sunday. The departure ...
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Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96
BERLIN (AP) - Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world's most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died. He was 96. Habermas' publisher,...
Mar 14, 2026
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