Missing Persons
Peace Regional RCMP search for a missing man
Peace Regional RCMP are asking for the public's help with locating a 61-year-old man. Darin Walter Overholt was last seen in the Peace River area on April 29, around 11 p.m. on 100 Avenue in Peace River. Another possible sighting was reported on May 3 at 11:30 a.m., around 100 Street. He is described as: Light complexi...
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County of Grande Prairie
County Council highlights from May 5 meeting
County of Grande Prairie Council met on Monday to discuss a number of agenda items, including paving contracts being awarded and a provincial grant application for a regional FireSmart Coordinator position. FireSmart Coordinator position applicationCounty Council directed Administration to apply for the Forest Resource...
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Peace Region
Missing Persons
Peace Regional RCMP search for a missing man
Peace Regional RCMP are asking for the public's help with locating a 61-year-old man. Darin Walter Overholt was last seen in the Peace River area on April 29, around 11 p.m. on 100 Avenue in Peace River. Another possible sighting was reported on May 3 at 11:30 a.m., around 100 Street. He is described as: Light complexi...
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RCMP
Parents encouraged to discuss misdialing 911 with their children
Peace Regional RCMP is reminding residents to monitor their children when using their old phones, as 911 services still work. Mounties say they've recently responded to over 20 calls to 911 where dispatchers have reported "the sounds of very young children playing in the background and a child saying they wanted t...
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Town of Grimshaw
Town of Grimshaw celebrates volunteers at National Volunteer Week event
As part of National Volunteer Week last Thursday, the Town of Grimshaw held an event recognizing the contributions of volunteers.Mayor Wendy Walk kicked off the event at the Grimshaw Legion by sharing her appreciation for the volunteers that help make Grimshaw a close-knit community.The event saw members of the Grimsha...
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County of Grande Prairie
County Council highlights from May 5 meeting
County of Grande Prairie Council met on Monday to discuss a number of agenda items, including paving contracts being awarded and a provincial grant application for a regional FireSmart Coordinator position. FireSmart Coordinator position applicationCounty Council directed Administration to apply for the Forest Resource...
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Grande Prairie RCMP
Grande Prairie RCMP arrest Dawson Creek resident following discovery of illegal drugs
Grande Prairie RCMP arrested a Dawson Creek resident on Saturday after reports of a vehicle with a stolen license plate.On May 3, Mounties received a call regarding the vehicle, later determined to be stolen, with a stolen plate, in the area of Crystal Ridge.Upon arrival, officers saw a male suspect get into the vehicl...
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Grande Prairie Regional Hospital
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital relaunches urology services
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital has fully re-launched its urology services.The local urology program has been closed since 2022, but can now be offered again thanks to the arrivals of urologic surgeon Dr. Sai Vangala, urologist and uro-oncologist Dr. Ahmed Kotb, and general urologist Dr. Oguz Ozcan.Urology is a surgic...
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Federal Election 2025
2025 Federal Election
Conservative incumbent Chris Warkentin holds on to Grande Prairie seat
Incumbent Conservative Chris Warkentin won his seventh straight federal election Monday, taking over 80 per cent of the vote in the Grande Prairie riding. Speaking at his election party, Warkentin says he is thankful for the support of residents in the Peace Region and says he will continue to represent their needs in ...
Apr 29, 2025
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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...
Apr 24, 2025
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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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Local Sports
Swimming
Piranhas hosting swim meet this weekend
The Grande Prairie Piranhas will host their Northern Lights Swim Meet Friday through Sunday at the Eastlink CentreA post on the city's website says 400 athletes and fans will be at the competition.The meet will mean that some facilities will not be available to the public at times.On Friday, the diving boards are unava...
May 02, 2025
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Local Sports
Local players part of national championship hockey team
Two players from Grande Prairie are part of a national hockey champion.Defender Madeline Renfree and forward Reanna Loberg were both with the Edmonton Junior Oilers U18 AAA team that won the Esso Cup on Sunday, April 27.The Oilers beat a team from Saskatoon 7-3 in the final, scoring all seven of their goals in the firs...
May 01, 2025
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Football
Elks players to give instruction to local football players
Some local football players have a chance to get some instruction from some CFL players this weekend.The Edmonton Elks are bringing their EE Hometown Tour to the Crosslink County Sportsplex Friday and Saturday. There will be camps for local players aged 11-18. The camps for minor football players will start at 6 p.m. o...
Apr 30, 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
RCMP TIPS
Reduce your risk of auto-related theft this summer
The Alberta RCMP are sharing tips to help residents prevent theft of, and from, their vehicles this summer. In 2024, police recorded 8,272 auto thefts in Alberta RCMP jurisdiction, plus 5,998 thefts from vehicles. Of this total, 643 auto thefts and 502 thefts from vehicles occurred in May alone. RCMP report that trucks...
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Data 2 Action
Alberta RCMP works with partners to introduce new community response teams to fight drug crimes
The Alberta RCMP has introduced new community response teams in an effort to tackle drug crimes.To address the concerns of fentanyl, the RCMP has implemented quick response crime reduction teams designed to take on a variety of issues. The community response teams focus on outreach to improve safety, reduce victimizati...
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updated with comments from province
Alberta teachers reject proposed agreement
Educators in Alberta could be in a position to potentially strike in the weeks ahead.The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) says voter turnout for a new proposed deal with the province and school boards reached a new record, with nearly 36,000 members casting ballots.Approximately 62 per cent of teachers voted to reje...
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Alberta's Republican and Independence parties join forces, react to Smith and separatism
The Republican Party of Alberta and The Independence Party of Alberta (TIP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in an effort to advance and unify an independence movement in Alberta. Representatives of the Republican Party of Alberta say the MOU consolidates political momentum behind their party as the chan...
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Canada
Permanent memorial being considered after Vancouver festival crash, organizer says
VANCOUVER - The chair of the group that organized a festival in Vancouver where 11 people were killed says talks are underway to set up a permanent memorial near the site of the tragedy. RJ Aquino with Filipino BC says he has seen strangers leave as friends after bonding over grief at the memorial site along the fence ...
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Highlights from PM Carney's meeting with Trump in Washington
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump met Tuesday in Washington for their first face-to-face discussion of U.S.-Canada relations and Trump's ongoing trade war. Here are some highlights from the meeting, which Carney described as both "wide-ranging" and "constructive." C...
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Danielle Smith dismisses Doug Ford's warning against separatist threats from Alberta
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging her Ontario counterpart Doug Ford to mind his own business when it comes to talk of separating from Canada. Smith announced this week that she doesn't want Alberta to leave Canada but, if enough residents sign a petition asking for a referendum on it, she'll make sure...
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Fact-checking Carney's first face-to-face meeting with Trump
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday in their first face-to-face meeting since Carney's Liberal party won the most seats in the April 28 election. Since returning to office in January, Trump has threatened and imposed broad-based tariffs and talked about wanting to ma...
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Quick quotes: Reaction to Carney meeting Trump to talk trade, security
OTTAWA - The world was watching when Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday. Here's a sample of what politicians and other prominent figures are saying: --- "It sounds like the prime minister and the president had a very productive meeting ... Hopefully, through th...
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Federal Politics
In first face-to-face meeting, Carney tells Trump Canada will 'never' be for sale
In their first face-to-face meeting today, Prime Minister Mark Carney told U.S. President Donald Trump that Canada will ``never'' be for sale.When reporters questioned Trump in the Oval Office on his past comments about making Canada a U.S. state, Trump taking a tone very different from the one he's used in past months...
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World
India fires missiles across the frontier with Pakistan, killing at least 1 child, officials say
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory in at least three locations early Wednesday, killing at a child and wounding two other people, Pakistani security officials said. India said it was striking infrastructure used by militants. The strikes came amid soari...
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Civil rights lawsuit filed in Florida deputy's killing of US Airman Roger Fortson
The family of a U.S. airman who was fatally shot by a Florida sheriff's deputy inside his own home in 2024 filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday over his killing. The complaint filed in a Pensacola courthouse alleges that Deputy Eddie Duran used excessive and unconstitutional deadly force when he shot Senior Air...
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Conservative leader Merz overcomes historic defeat to become Germany's chancellor
BERLIN (AP) - Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany's next chancellor, drawing applause and a palpable sense of relief in the parliament chamber after a historic loss in the first round of voting threatened the new government's promises of stability. No other postwar candidate for Ger...
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