Missing Person
Grande Prairie RCMP looking for missing person
Grande Prairie RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating a missing person.Twenty-two-year-old Kirk Walker-Goodswimmer of no fixed address was last seen in Grande Prairie on May 9.Kirk is described as 5'11", 150 pounds, blonde hair, brown eyes and a medium complexion.Mounties says there is concern for Kirk'...
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Potential Postal Strike
Property Tax Payment alternatives provided by the City of Grande Prairie
As property tax season is upon us, the City of Grande Prairie is making residents aware that any mailed payments may be delayed due to a potential postal strike. "To avoid any potential issues or delay's," residents are encouraged to make payments through a number of alternatives: Online Payments: • Cred...
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Peace Region
Missing Person
Grande Prairie RCMP looking for missing person
Grande Prairie RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating a missing person.Twenty-two-year-old Kirk Walker-Goodswimmer of no fixed address was last seen in Grande Prairie on May 9.Kirk is described as 5'11", 150 pounds, blonde hair, brown eyes and a medium complexion.Mounties says there is concern for Kirk'...
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Energy Business
BC First Nations buying share of Enbridge pipeline system
Enbridge Inc. has signed a deal to sell a minority stake in its Westcoast natural gas pipeline system to a group of 36 First Nations in B.C. Under the agreement, the Stonlasec8 Indigenous Alliance Limited Partnership will invest $715 million for a 12.5 per cent stake in the system. The Westcoast natural gas pipeline sy...
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Energy Business
Strathcona Resources selling Montney assets
Strathcona Resources Ltd. has signed a series of three agreements to sell its assets in the Montney region valued at a total of $2.84 billion. The company says once the deals are complete it will be a pure-play heavy oil company. Strathcona says Arc Resources Ltd. will acquire its Kakwa asset in a deal valued at $1.7 b...
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Potential Postal Strike
Property Tax Payment alternatives provided by the City of Grande Prairie
As property tax season is upon us, the City of Grande Prairie is making residents aware that any mailed payments may be delayed due to a potential postal strike. "To avoid any potential issues or delay's," residents are encouraged to make payments through a number of alternatives: Online Payments: • Cred...
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Crime
Four arrests made for drug-related activity in Grande Prairie
Mounties in Grande Prairie have been busy conducting proactive patrols in areas with higher likelihoods of criminal activity recently.As a result of this work, four people have been arrested on two separate files.On May 8, 2025, the Grande Prairie Crime Reduction Unit stopped a Ford F-150 with faulty equipment and RCMP...
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City of Grande Prairie
City of Grande Prairie site tours and other projects as part of Bear Creek Dam Feasibility Study
Several key initiatives centered around the Bear Creek Dam will be unfolding soon.The City of Grande Prairie will be undertaking projects aimed at planning for the asset's future, including a feasibility study, opportunities for public input, and structural upgrades.A survey is available online until June 22 for the pu...
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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
Stealth Cycling Club
Stealth Cycling looks for Peace region members
Stealth Cycling, a new cycling club, has now come to Grande Prairie and is welcoming members.Club President of Stealth Cycling, Alexander Philipp, says he worked with local cyclist Wilf Marquis to make an Edmonton-Peace region-based club after meeting at a race a couple of years ago. "We just like riding our bikes...
May 13, 2025
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Grande Prairie Storm
Storm coach up for CJHL Coach of the Year
Grande Prairie Storm head coach Chris Schmidt is one of the six nominees for CJHL Coach of the Year.Schmidt says it is an honour to be up for any award."It's been a good year. A lot of good kids. They've worked hard and they've kind of bought into what we're trying to do here.""That always makes it enjoy...
May 09, 2025
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Community
3D Children's Society fund raiser on Friday
The 3D Children's Society Ball Hockey & Soccer Tournament is set for today (Friday, May 9) at CKC Field.It will start at 8:30 a.m. Local school kids will be raising money to help other kids and families dealing with serious medical issues. The day will also include food trucks, a silent auction and a raffle.The fun...
May 09, 2025
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Agriculture
Agriculture
Farm groups calling for action from new federal cabinet
Two farm groups have sent out releases welcoming the new federal cabinet.In its release, the Grain Growers of Canada is urging the Liberal government to take quick action on three things: settling trade relationships with the U.S. and China, removing the carbon tax on all farm activities, and putting out a formal rever...
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Agriculture
Seeding progress ahead of five year average in the Peace says first crop report of 2025
The first crop report of the year from Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation and AFSC, dated May 6, says just under 10 per seeding had been done by that date.The five year average for the same date is four per centThe most progress had been made in planting spring wheat, with just over 24 per cent in the ground. Just unde...
May 13, 2025
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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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Alberta
Amid allegations
Calls for Adriana LaGrange to resign continue in Red Deer
A group of approximately 100 to 125 Albertans made the trip to Adriana LaGrange's office in Red Deer on Thursday calling on her to resign as Minister of Health.Organized by Public Interest Alberta, a non-profit organization focused on public interest issues, the group travelled by bus to Red Deer with residents from Ed...
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Supporting Local
Travel Alberta and AGLC invite Albertans to "Raise a Glass to Alberta" this summer
Travel Alberta and Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) have partnered to launch "Raise a Glass to Alberta". It's described as a spirited campaign running from May 5 to June 15 that invites Albertans to toast the province's vibrant craft beverage scene while supporting local producers and exploring the ...
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not a full coal mine approval
Alberta Energy Regulator approves coal exploration at Grassy Mountain
A coal mining company will be able to get a better understanding of coal deposits on a mountain in Crowsnest Pass.The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has approved three permits for Northback Holdings as it looks to potentially develop a coal mine on the Grassy Mountain.They say they are satisfied that the Australia-base...
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Provincial Politics
Onion Lake Cree Nation to proceed with legal challenge of Alberta sovereignty act
Alberta's bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a First Nation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier's flagship sovereignty act.Danielle Smith has said her Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act is needed to push back on what the province believes is unconstitutional f...
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Canada
Inquest rules B.C. student's overdose death accidental, recommends naloxone training
BURNABY - A coroner's jury in British Columbia has recommended high schools provide resuscitation training and demonstrations of how to use naloxone after ruling that the overdose death of a University of Victoria student last year was accidental. The inquest found 18-year-old Sidney McIntyre-Starko died of brain injur...
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Canada hasn't done enough to stop exploitation of foreign workers: Amnesty
A representative for Amnesty International Canada says the country isn't doing enough to stop the exploitation of temporary foreign workers brought in on visas that keep them tied to one employer. Ketty Nivyabandi, the group's English section secretary-general, says being at the mercy of one employer allows migrant wor...
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Conservative MP working to stop B.C. ostrich cull as farm's supporters gather
Conservative MP Scott Anderson says he's trying to stop the Canadian Food Inspection Agency from killing a flock of hundreds of ostriches on a farm in his riding, after a Federal Court ruling this week that the cull could proceed. Anderson says he visited Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood in southeast B.C. on Wednesda...
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B.C. winner of record $80M lottery jackpot quits job, vows to give back to community
VANCOUVER - The winner of what the B.C. Lottery Corp. says is the biggest jackpot ever awarded to a single person in Canada says the $80 million prize is "life-changing." Justin Simporios from Surrey, B.C., says his priority is to give back to the community, pay off his sister's medical school debt and help h...
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Prosecutors seek prison for men guilty of human smuggling in Manitoba border deaths
FERGUS FALLS - U.S. attorneys have filed sentencing submissions for two men convicted after a family froze to death while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba. A Minnesota jury found Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel guilty of human-smuggling charges after the parents and two children from India were...
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DEA threat assessment points to fentanyl 'super laboratories' in Canada
WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration's latest threat assessment says fentanyl "super laboratories" in Canada are a growing source of concern. U.S. President Donald Trump has used cross-border traffic in the deadly drug to justify hitting imports of Canadian goods with tariffs. The an...
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World
Florida executes suspected serial killer once eyed for possible link to the OJ Simpson case
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A suspected serial killer once scrutinized for a possible link to the O.J. Simpson case that riveted the nation in the 1990s was executed Thursday in Florida for the murder of a woman found dead in a Tampa motel room. Glen Rogers, 62, received a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke a...
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Military commanders will be told to send transgender troops to medical checks to oust them
WASHINGTON (AP) - Military commanders will be told to identify troops in their units who are transgender or have gender dysphoria, then send them to get medical checks in order to force them out of the service, officials said Thursday. A senior defense official laid out what could be a complicated and lengthy new proce...
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Autopsies misclassified in-custody deaths that were actually homicides, Maryland officials say
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 in-custody police deaths that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a comprehensive review of such cases spurred by widespread concerns about the former state medical examiner's testimony in the ...
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