City of Grande Prairie
City of Grande Prairie annual City Scrub returns in April
The City of Grande Prairie is encouraging residents to help clean up their city over April.Grande Prairie's City Scrub is set to run April 2-30, with residents asked to spend 20 minutes picking up litter in parks, neighbourhoods and public spaces.The City is giving away free cleaning supplies at several facilities incl...
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Wanted Wednesday
Wanted individual known to visit Grande Prairie
RCMP in Alberta is searching for a wanted individual, Jan-Anne August, known to frequent areas in the peace region. She is known to attend Grande Prairie, and Clairmont as well as different parts of central and southern Alberta.In the RCMP's Wanted Wednesday post, they say if you do see August, do not approach and call...
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Peace Region
City of Grande Prairie
City of Grande Prairie annual City Scrub returns in April
The City of Grande Prairie is encouraging residents to help clean up their city over April.Grande Prairie's City Scrub is set to run April 2-30, with residents asked to spend 20 minutes picking up litter in parks, neighbourhoods and public spaces.The City is giving away free cleaning supplies at several facilities incl...
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GPPS
GPPS Community Standards Unit apprehends Canada-wide wanted man
The Grande Prairie Police Service's newly established Community Standards Unit has successfully apprehended a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant.On the morning of March 26, GPPS officers on patrol observed a traffic violation involving a taxi in the downtown area and initiated a traffic stop, where a male passenger ex...
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Wanted Wednesday
Wanted individual known to visit Grande Prairie
RCMP in Alberta is searching for a wanted individual, Jan-Anne August, known to frequent areas in the peace region. She is known to attend Grande Prairie, and Clairmont as well as different parts of central and southern Alberta.In the RCMP's Wanted Wednesday post, they say if you do see August, do not approach and call...
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GPLT
The Complete Works of William Shakspere runs at Grande Prairie Live Theatre Mar. 27-Apr. 12
The next show in Grande Prairie Live Theatre's current season is a hilarious celebration of one the greatest playwrights in history. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, follows a troupe of actors as they attempt to perform all of The Bard's classic comedies and tragedies in less then two hours, resultin...
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GPREP
Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership launches social media accounts
The Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership now has a direct source for residents to receive emergency updates. GPREP has launched social media accounts on Facebook and X(previously Twitter), under the name @gprepalerts, to provide timely, accurate information during wildfires, floods and other large-scale emerge...
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RCMP Major Crimes Unit
Homicide in Carcajou under investigation
Alberta's Major Crimes Unit has taken over a murder investigation from Manning RCMP and is seeking information from the public. After receiving a report about a deceased individual on March 16 at 2:25 p.m. Mounties located a vehicle on Range Road 224 in Carcajou, with a dead male inside. They were identified as 38-year...
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Local Sports
RBC
AJHL Community Ambassador Award nominations released
As the Grande Prairie Storm busted out their brooms to celebrate their first-round sweep of the Lloydminster Bobcats on Wednesday night, one of their own was selected for a prestigious league award. Grande Prairie Storm forward Will Harris was selected as GP's nomination for the RBC AJHL Community Ambassadors Award, wh...
Mar 27, 2025
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Local Hockey
Storm sweep Bobcats, advance to Round 2
The Grande Prairie Storm have advanced to the next round of AJHL Playoffs after sweeping their series with Lloydminster Wednesday night on the road. The Storm beat the Bobcats 4-3 in overtime thanks to a goal from forward Tomis Marinkovic at 13:23, which was his second of the night. Now they await their next match-up i...
Mar 27, 2025
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Local Hockey
Storm win Game 3 over Bobcats, chance to sweep series
The Grande Prairie Storm are on a hot streak in the first round of playoffs. On Tuesday night, the Storm put another in the win column over the Lloydminster Bobcats with a 2-1 victory in Game 3.The win gives the boys a 3-0 series lead and the chance to sweep and advance to the next round if they win tonight (Wednesday)...
Mar 26, 2025
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Agriculture
Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry as it faces Chinese tariffs
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has announced support for the country's agriculture sector as it deals with tariffs imposed by China. The federal agriculture department says in a news release that the current payment cap under AgriStability, a program that works similarly to crop insurance, will double to $6 million f...
Mar 23, 2025
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Agriculture
Province says legislative changes will mean more agriculture waste going to the biogas industry
The provincial government is going to make changes to some legislation it says will help support the biogas industry.The changes to the Agricultural Operation Practices Act, if approved, would allow organic waste produced by agriculture operations to be sent to biogas plants.The province says in a news release that 3.4...
Mar 19, 2025
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AVOID ROLLOVERS AND FALLS
Agricultural Safety Week: Slow down and make a plan
This year, March 16-22 marks Agricultural Safety Week in Canada, an annual national event aimed at highlighting the importance of farm safety. "Canadian Agricultural Safety Week is a good time to remind those working on farms and ranches about the importance of farm health and safety measures to keep operations sa...
Mar 19, 2025
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Alberta
KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE THREE
One-time funding added for reading, writing and math screening supports
Alberta's government is providing one time funding of $7.5 million to help make sure schools have the resources and staff needed to conduct the additional reading, writing and math screenings it began this year. This is in addition to the $10 million allocated for reading, writing and math support this next school year...
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COMES TO KANANASKIS IN JUNE
Alta. temporarily adjusting reservist leave to improve G7 Summit security
The Government of Alberta has issued a temporary regulation enabling Alberta-based Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) reserves to take reservist leave to support security measures at the G7 Summit planned for June in Kananaskis. On March 27, Matt Jones, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Trade, and Alberta's Military Liaison Justi...
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INTERSECTION SAFETY, ROAD UPGRADES
Alberta introducing new fund for traffic safety following changes to photo radar guidelines
Alberta's government has launched a new $13 million Traffic Safety Fund for municipalities to upgrade local roads and intersections that pose demonstrated safety risks. The move comes just ahead of April 1, when a new Automated Traffic Enforcement Technology Guideline goes into effect. This guideline limits ATE jurisdi...
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Provincial Funding
Alberta putting $19M toward municipal flood and drought prevention
EDMONTON - Alberta's government is putting $19 million toward municipal flood and drought prevention projects as part of its new budget.Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz says eight municipalities as well as two Indigenous communities are to receive the grant funding.She says the money will help build a new berm along...
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Canada
Estate of late Savoura founder sues helicopter company in 2019 deadly Quebec crash
MONTREAL - A United States helicopter company is facing a $50-million lawsuit in the 2019 crash that killed the founder of a Quebec greenhouse farming company and his teenage son. The estate of Stéphane Roy, the late founder and ex-CEO of Savoura, has launched a lawsuit against Robinson Helicopter Company Inc. i...
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Vancouver abortion and reproductive health clinic to shut after 35 years
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver abortion and reproductive health clinic that has operated for more than three decades is shutting its doors due to funding uncertainty. The Elizabeth Bagshaw Clinic says the facility's lease is set to run out this summer, and relocating and investing in a new site "did not make sense" ...
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Ottawa posts $26.8 billion deficit for April-to-January period
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $26.8 billion for the April-to-January period of its 2024-25 fiscal year. The result compared with a deficit of $25.7 billion for the same period a year earlier. According to the Finance Department's monthly fiscal monitor, revenue for the 10-month period to...
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CP NewsAlert: Mark Carney set to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump this morning
OTTAWA - A White House official says Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump this morning. More to come. Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press
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Wintry conditions hitting much of Canada, commuter chaos and power outages possible
A blast of wintry weather across a swath of Canada is expected to disrupt commutes and bring possible power outages as a long line of warnings stretch from Edmonton to the shores of Lake Ontario. Environment Canada says the bulk of the notices are made up of snowfall warnings and in southern Ontario they turn into free...
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In the news today: Day 2 of tariff talks for PM, premiers, and RCMP, crime and AI
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney to host meeting with premiers today For the second day in a row, Liberal Leader Mark Carney has been pulled away from campaigning to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. Carney, in his role as prime minister, will...
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World
Vance and wife tour US military base in Greenland after diplomatic spat over uninvited visit
NUUK, Greenland (AP) - Vice President JD Vance, his wife and other senior U.S. officials visited an American military base in Greenland on Friday in a trip that was scaled back after an uproar among Greenlanders and Danes who were irked that the original itinerary was planned without consulting them. The revised trip t...
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South Carolina inmate chooses to die by firing squad like the last condemned inmate before him
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A second South Carolina death row inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets. Mikal Mahdi chose the firing squad Friday. His execution is scheduled for April 11. Mahdi was convicted for killing a police officer with a gun he stole...
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Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to lift an order barring deportations under wartime law
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court for permission to resume deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law, while a court fight continues. The emergency appeal to the high court follows a rejection of the Republican administration's plea to...
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