Crime
Peace River man charged for stealing fire truck in southern Alberta
Mounties in Vulcan, AB, have arrested one person and another is still at large following the theft of two fire trucks from a fire hall. On Sunday, April 20, at around 11:30 p.m., RCMP responded to a notification of a commercial alarm from the Champion Fire Hall, and while on route, saw two fire trucks travelling at a h...
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United Way Alberta Northwest
United Way Alberta Northwest hosting 80's Retro Nite April 26
United Way Alberta Northwest is holding a throwback to the 80s Saturday as a fundraising event for hungry school students.The 80s Retro Nite will feature food, a live auction and raffle and live music from the Party Darts as attendees celebrate the 80s and raises funds for the Grande Prairie Public School Division nutr...
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Peace Region
RCMP
High Level armed robbery on a youth under investigation
High Level RCMP is asking for the public's help identifying a suspect who robbed a youth at gunpoint on Sunday, April 20. Mounties said a youth was riding his bike at the Spirit of the North Community School grounds when a male suspect approached him and pointed a suspected firearm at the head of the youth, and demande...
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Crime
Peace River man charged for stealing fire truck in southern Alberta
Mounties in Vulcan, AB, have arrested one person and another is still at large following the theft of two fire trucks from a fire hall. On Sunday, April 20, at around 11:30 p.m., RCMP responded to a notification of a commercial alarm from the Champion Fire Hall, and while on route, saw two fire trucks travelling at a h...
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United Way Alberta Northwest
United Way Alberta Northwest hosting 80's Retro Nite April 26
United Way Alberta Northwest is holding a throwback to the 80s Saturday as a fundraising event for hungry school students.The 80s Retro Nite will feature food, a live auction and raffle and live music from the Party Darts as attendees celebrate the 80s and raises funds for the Grande Prairie Public School Division nutr...
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Elections
Elections Canada shares initial early voting figures for 2025 Federal Election
Elections Canada has released preliminary numbers for how many people have already voted in the 2025 Federal Election.Current numbers show 7,280,975 people are estimated to have voted early to elect a new Prime Minister, exceeding the 5,852,391 early voters in the previous Federal Election in 2021.In Alberta, 815,131 e...
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Chamber of Commerce
Grande Prairie and District Chamber of Commerce hosting Spring Business Showcase
The Grande Prairie and District Chamber of Commerce are holding their mini-trade show tonight, April 24.The Spring Business Showcase gives attendees the opportunity to make new business connections while exploring the over 30 booths, networking with fellow businesspeople and enjoying complimentary snacks and door prize...
Apr 24, 2025
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Community
City of Grande Prairie recognizing April 23-24 as Holocaust Remembrance Day
Today is being recognized as Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as Yom HaShoah. The City of Grande Prairie is acknowledging the day as one for us to remember and mourn the approximately six million Jewish people killed during the holocaust and to honour the resilience of the survivors. The day is observed on the 27t...
Apr 24, 2025
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Federal Election 2025
Canada's Choice
Candidate Profile: Arnold Viersen (CPC) - Peace River-Westlock
This is a candidate profile for the April 28, 2025 federal election.All candidates have been asked the same four questions, and were given a 600-word limit.Responses are unedited for grammar and spelling, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of EverythingGP and Pattison Media.Canadians head to the polls on April...
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2025 Federal Election
Peace River-Westlock riding in need of poll workers
Elections Canada is still looking for election poll workers for the Peace River-Westlock riding. Elections Canada says about 150 workers are needed to operate the polling stations on Election Day (Monday, April 28). Interested residents can visit Election Canada's website and click on jobs to apply, or contact the elec...
Apr 23, 2025
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unofficial results
Advance voter turnout up 25%, says Elections Canada
Advance polling in Canada's 2025 federal election is now over.Voters technically had until 6 p.m. Tuesday to vote, but had to do so on the final day at an Elections Canada office (not a regular polling station). Voters could also apply today to cast a ballot by mail.Otherwise, voters will have to cast their ballot on E...
Apr 23, 2025
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Local Sports
2025 IIHF U18 Men's Championship
Local GP hockey product representing Canada at U18's
A Grande Prairie-born hockey player will defend Canada's gold at the 2025 IIHF U18 Men's Championship in Texas. Lukas Sawchyn, who along with his brother Gracyn, plays for the Edmonton Oil Kings, and will don the red and white when Canada takes on Slovakia today, at 2 p.m. PT (Thursday, April 24)Most recently, Sawchyn ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Local Sports
Storm swept by Canucks in AJHL Championship
The Grande Prairie Storm lost Game 4 of the AJHL Finals last night at home to the Calgary Canucks 7-3.With that, the Canucks won the 2024-2025 Inter Pipeline Cup AJHL Finals with a series sweep.It isn't over for the Storm though, they go on to play in the Centennial Cup which starts May 8 in Calgary.
Apr 24, 2025
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Storm
AJHL final starts Good Friday with the Storm at the Canucks
The Grande Prairie Storm will be hunting for more than brightly coloured eggs and chocolate bunnies in Calgary on Easter weekend.The Alberta Junior Hockey League final starts on Good Friday in the Stampede City. Face-off time between the Storm and Calgary Canucks will be at 7 p.m.The Storm are 8-0 so far in the playoff...
Apr 18, 2025
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Agriculture
Agriculture
Clear Hills Agricultural Trade Show on this weekend
The 28th Clear Hills Agricultural Trade Show is set for Saturday.It will go from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Dave Shaw Memorial Complex in Hines Creek.Besides the trade show, there will be wagon rides, spring fair exhibits, an arts & crafts display and a kid's talent show.There will be a pancake breakfast to start t...
Apr 11, 2025
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Provincial Politics
Alberta's agriculture minister in Washington to discuss importance of free trade
Minister of Agriculture RJ Sigurdson will represent Alberta in Washington, D.C. on Monday to engage in important discussions on how agriculture is beneficial on both sides of the North American border. "I want every ag producer and processor in our province to know that we have your back and will continue to advoc...
Apr 07, 2025
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Northwestern Polytechnic
NWP's Bee Diagnostic Centre receives grant
Northwestern Polytechnic has received funding to advance research examining a parasite that targets honeybee colonies.NWP's National Bee Diagnostic Centre has received a $195,300 grant from non-profit Results Driven Agriculture Research to fund research into Varroa mite and the viruses it carries.Over the next two year...
Apr 03, 2025
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Alberta
PROTECT YOUR DATA
Information and Privacy Commissioner reminds of privacy options amidst 23andMe bankruptcy filing
In light of 23andMe filing for bankruptcy in a U.S. court last month, Alberta's Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod is reminding residents to protect their personal information. She says genetic information is one of the most sensitive types of personal information, as human genome processing can include ...
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PROVINCIAL
Ag societies, facing tough economy, receive $7.4M boost from Alberta government
Alberta's seven regional agricultural societies are receiving a one-time cash injection of over $7 million to face challenging economic conditions and plan ahead.Lethbridge and District Exhibition, Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede, Grande Prairie Regional Ag and Exhibition, and Red Deer's Westerner Park are among t...
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Provincial Politics
Former Alberta cabinet minister calls government health contract probe 'whitewashing'
A former Alberta cabinet minister says an investigation called by Premier Danielle Smith's government into multimillion-dollar health contracts looks like a ``whitewashing'' exercise. Peter Guthrie, now an Independent member of the legislature, says in a public letter, that among other problems, the terms of the third-...
Apr 24, 2025
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Medical
Primary Care Alberta launches New Parent and Newborn phone line
Primary Care Alberta's phone line for new parents has become a provincial service.The New Parent and Newborn Line was launched last month to allow parents and caregivers to contact registered nurses to get expert advice for the first two months after their baby's birth.Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange says the line ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Canada
Yukon politicians threaten contempt over mine manager's refusal to answer questions
Yukon politicians could hold an official with the company managing the cleanup of a disaster at the Eagle Gold mine in contempt of Parliament after its officials refused to answer questions in front of the legislature. Debate on a contempt motion in the Yukon legislature was adjourned until Monday after days of duellin...
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Pace of rent increases slows, but housing costs still rising in Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The pace of rent increases in Metro Vancouver slowed last year compared with 2023 and the rental stock is growing, but the regional district says homelessness continues to rise and the wait-list for social housing grows. Metro Vancouver has released its annual housing data, showing rent increases slowed to ...
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Quebec government says 'Go Habs Go!' expression is part of province's identity
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has stepped in to defend the phrase "Go Habs Go!" French-language Minister Jean-François Roberge says the slogan is part of the DNA and identity of Quebec and has been used for decades to support the Montreal Canadiens NHL hockey team. His statement today comes after Mo...
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Poilievre pushes crime crackdown in Saskatoon, Carney talks tariffs in a steel town
OTTAWA - Leaders are hitting the hustings as election day approaches, with Liberal Leader Mark Carney focusing on U.S. tariff threats in a steel town and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre campaigning on his crime platform in Saskatoon. Carney visited the Algoma Steel factory in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., this morning t...
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Canada's envoy to Vatican: Pope Francis funeral will unite a rare range of humanity
OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to the Holy See says the Vatican will be the capital of the world Saturday during the funeral of Pope Francis, who earned the respect of vastly different people. Joyce Napier says Canadian dignitaries will be in Rome alongside heads of state from around the globe, at a gathering of a range ...
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CP NewsAlert: Court declares mistrial in hockey players' sexual assault case
LONDON - An Ontario judge has declared a mistrial in the sexual assault case of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. The ruling means a new trial will be held for Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote, who have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault. McLeod has...
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World
Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal murder charge in killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO
NEW YORK (AP) - Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty against him. Mangione, 26, stood with his lawyers as he entered the plea, leaning forward toward a microphone ...
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Public viewings of Pope Francis' body have ended after 3 days
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Three days of public viewing of Pope Francis' body by ordinary mourners and statesmen alike ended Friday. Francis died on Monday at age 88 after suffering a stroke. The Vatican said that around 250,000 mourners filed through St. Peter's Basilica over the three days to pay their last respects as Fran...
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Driver convicted of first-degree murder in case of Colorado teens who threw fatal rock at car
The last of three friends accused of killing a driver in Colorado by throwing a rock through the windshield of her car was convicted of first-degree murder Friday. The teens were driving around suburban Denver throwing rocks at passing cars when one struck and killed 20-year-old Alexa Bartell, in a crime prosecutors cl...
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