Budget 2025
Province to boost school employment opportunities if Budget 2025 passes
New investments from Alberta's 2025 budget could mean employment expansions for Alberta Schools.If passed, Budget 2025 would work to address enrolment pressure on schools brought on by population growth, with almost 89,000 students enrolling since 2020.A $1.1-billion investment over three years would allow school autho...
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City of Grande Prairie
City Hall hosting virtual information session on clean energy financing for contractors
The City of Grande Prairie is inviting local contractors to attend a virtual information session later this month on energy-efficient upgrades.The session, presented by the city and Alberta Municipalities, is centered around the Clean Energy Improvement Program and explaining how it can help a contractor's clients fina...
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Peace Region
City of Grande Prairie
City Hall hosting virtual information session on clean energy financing for contractors
The City of Grande Prairie is inviting local contractors to attend a virtual information session later this month on energy-efficient upgrades.The session, presented by the city and Alberta Municipalities, is centered around the Clean Energy Improvement Program and explaining how it can help a contractor's clients fina...
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AJHL Player of the week
Storm net-minder listed in AJHL weekly awards
A member of the Grande Prairie Storm has once again been selected as a top player of the week in the AJHL, this time alongside two Calgary Canucks. Storm net-minder Nicholas Jones is the Defensive Player of the Week as he posted a 2-0 record from March 3-9, pushing Grande Prairie to a three-game win streak. Both games ...
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PRSD
PRSD raising Treaty 8 and Metis flags in recognition of Truth and Reconciliation
Peace River School Division is restating their commitment to Truth and Reconciliation with flag-raising ceremonies March 12 & 13.The Treaty 8 flag and the Metis flag will be raised at Fairview Jr./Sr/ High School today at 12:30 p.m., at E.E. Oliver Elementary School today at 1:45 p.m., and at the PRSD Central Opera...
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber surveying members on air transportation in Grande Prairie
The Grande Prairie & District Chamber of Commerce is surveying its members on air transportation.The chamber says this is part of its advocacy effortsChair Jon Anderson says many people here see that the Grande Prairie Airport has a chance to be a gateway to the northwest."Certainly, we would love to have more...
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Forestry Business
Canfor reports smaller loss in fourth quarter
Canfor is reporting a $45.9 million loss for the fourth quarter of 2024.That compares to $559.7 million in the three previous months.The company says there was a price increase for lumber during the fourth quarter.There was also a three cent drop for the Canadian dollar versus the US dollar. Home construction went up a...
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weather warning
Snowfall warnings out for County of Grande Prairie, MD of Greenview
The County of Grande Prairie and Municipal District of Greenview are under snowfall warnings. Environment Canada is forecasting a long period of snowfall will start the morning of Wednesday March 12. The weather office says we could see 15 to 25 centimetres by the time it tapers off on Thursday. Visibility may be reduc...
Mar 11, 2025
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Local Sports
AJHL Player of the week
Storm net-minder listed in AJHL weekly awards
A member of the Grande Prairie Storm has once again been selected as a top player of the week in the AJHL, this time alongside two Calgary Canucks. Storm net-minder Nicholas Jones is the Defensive Player of the Week as he posted a 2-0 record from March 3-9, pushing Grande Prairie to a three-game win streak. Both games ...
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Local Hockey
AJHL, NWJHL, and NPHL from the weekend
Hockey leagues around the Peace Region are gearing up or already well into playoff season. Grande Prairie StormThe AJHL's Grande Prairie Storm won both games at home over the weekend. The Storm hosted the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, winning 5-1 Friday night and 6-2 on Saturday evening.Grande Prairie sits second in the No...
Mar 10, 2025
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Local Sports
Local athletes racking up accomplishments
Peace Country athletes have been busy recording some notable accomplishments lately. The following is a list by sport.CurlersTwo teams from the Peace are playing at high school curling provincials in Brooks this weekend.The girl's team from Charles Spencer High School won the gold medal at zone playdowns.The Fairview J...
Mar 08, 2025
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Agriculture
Agriculture
Ag ministers say Team Canada tariffs approach will continue as GGC expresses concern about trade war
Federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers says they will continue with a Team Canada approach in dealing with US tariffs. The ministers met in Ottawa on Thursday as part of what a release from the federal agriculture department calls "ongoing discussions related to the impacts and potential respons...
Mar 11, 2025
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Canadian canola farmers to feel impact from damaging Chinese tariffs
OTTAWA - Canadian farmers could take a big hit from China's sudden retaliatory tariffs that take aim at canola, pork and other food commodities. Chris Davison, president of the Canola Council of Canada, said the tariffs are prohibitively high and the fallout will be felt across his industry. He said China is a top mark...
Mar 08, 2025
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Peace Country Classic Agri-Show
Final day of Peace Country Classic Agri-Show, skijoring cancelled
Evergreen Park says the skijoring that was set to be the final event at the Peace Country Classic Agri-Show on Saturday has been cancelled.Park officials say in a news release that the track is unsafe for horses after the recent freeze/thaw weather conditions.The rest of the Horse Program events, the Youth Livestock Pr...
Mar 08, 2025
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Alberta
Provincial Politics
Alberta government tables proposed changes to Wildlife Act
New legislation tabled by Alberta's government would make hunting in a wheelchair legal while also permitting kids as young as 12 to use guns to hunt without adults around.Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen says his new bill will also approve new types of hunting and trapping equipment and remove a requirement tha...
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Budget 2025
Province to boost school employment opportunities if Budget 2025 passes
New investments from Alberta's 2025 budget could mean employment expansions for Alberta Schools.If passed, Budget 2025 would work to address enrolment pressure on schools brought on by population growth, with almost 89,000 students enrolling since 2020.A $1.1-billion investment over three years would allow school autho...
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RCMP
Alberta RCMP reminding drivers to fasten their seatbelts
Alberta RCMP is reminding motorists that wearing a seatbelt saves lives.In 2024, the Alberta RCMP handed out almost 3,000 tickets due to seatbelt-related offences and are now offering tips for drivers to keep in mind.Always wear a seatbelt when in a vehicle, and ensure it is securely fastened before the vehicle is in m...
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Bank of Canada cuts its key interest rate to 2.75% as tariffs roil economy
The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point as it warns trade uncertainty is already hurting the Canadian economy. The move marks the central bank's seventh consecutive interest rate cut and brings its key rate down to 2.75 per cent. While inflation has been well-behaved and the economy was pi...
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Canada
In the news today: Tariff talks in Washington and G7 foreign ministers in Quebec
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Ministers, premier to meet with Lutnick in D.C. Canadian officials are set to meet with the U.S. commerce secretary in Washington today - days after a dust-up with U.S. President Donald Trump that ended with Ontario pausing its su...
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Canadian ministers, Ontario premier to meet with Lutnick as tariff fight continues
WASHINGTON - Canadian officials are set to meet with the U.S. commerce secretary in Washington today - days after a dust-up with U.S. President Donald Trump that ended with Ontario pausing its surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman...
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Mountain biking groups 'stretched thin' with trail work as popularity grows
VANCOUVER - The outdoors were a refuge for many during the pandemic as people hit their local trail networks to mountain bike, hike, run and walk, but advocates in British Columbia say the value of trails isn't reflected in the level of support they receive. Deanne Cote, executive director of the North Shore Mountain B...
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Trump family fortune began in a Canadian brothel-hotel
In one of history's little-known ironies, the Maple Leaf country pushing back against Donald Trump's annexation bid is also host to a tiny, remote restaurant and brothel that helped launch the U.S. president's family fortune more than 100 years ago. To find it, look west. Way west. On a quiet, remote trail in British C...
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G7 foreign ministers start talks in Quebec, as Joly pushes back on U.S. coercion
LA MALBAIE, Que. - A major foreign-policy summit is underway in Quebec today, with the Liberals welcoming foreign ministers from the U.S., Europe and Japan. The Group of Seven ministerial meeting is taking place in the Charlevoix region, just as Canada seeks support against damaging American tariffs. The leaders are se...
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New poll suggests 40% of Canadians fear losing their jobs due to Trump's tariffs
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests that 40 per cent of Canadians are worried about losing their jobs as many businesses scale back hiring plans in response to the trade war with the United States. The Leger poll, which sampled more than 1,500 Canadian adults from March 7 to March 10, suggests that more than half of workers i...
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World
Russia says it has retaken Kursk's biggest town from Ukraine as US awaits Putin's ceasefire response
Russian forces have driven the Ukrainian army out of the biggest town in Russia's Kursk border region, officials claimed Thursday, as U.S. officials sought the Kremlin's response to a proposed 30-day ceasefire in the three-year that Ukraine has endorsed. The Ukrainian army's seven-month foothold in Kursk has been under...
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Kuwait frees a group of jailed Americans, including contractors held on drug charges
WASHINGTON (AP) - Kuwait has released a group of American prisoners, including veterans and military contractors jailed for years on drug-related charges, in a move seen as a gesture of goodwill between two allies, a representative for the detainees told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The release follows a recent v...
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Congo government and M23 rebel group will hold peace talks on March 18, mediator Angola says
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Congo's government and the M23 rebel group will participate in peace talks on March 18, Angola said Wednesday. A statement from Angolan President João Lourenço's office said they would begin "direct peace negotiations" in the Angolan capital, Luanda. Angola has acted as a m...
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