City of Grande Prairie
City of Grande Prairie mailing property tax notices
The City of Grande Prairie's property tax notices are now in the mail.Residents will have until June 30 to make their payments either in full or using the City's TIPP program to pay month-to-month.Property owners who don't receive their notices within two weeks are asked to contact the City's tax department at 780-538-...
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Maskwa Medical Center
Ground breaks for Maskwa Medical Center May 20
Construction for the Maskwa Medical Center officially starts next week with a public groundbreaking ceremony.Located next to Grande Prairie Regional Hospital, the Center is being designed to expand access to quality, community-centered care for residents of Grande Prairie and the surrounding region."This center an...
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Peace Region
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...
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Energy Business
Whitecap-Veren deal closes
CALGARY The $15-billion deal to combine of Whitecap Resources Inc. and Veren Inc. has closed, creating Canada's seventh largest oil and gas producer. The new company is operating under the Whitecap name and management team. It is now the biggest landholder in the Montney and Duvernay shale regions in B.C. and Alberta, ...
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City of Grande Prairie
City of Grande Prairie mailing property tax notices
The City of Grande Prairie's property tax notices are now in the mail.Residents will have until June 30 to make their payments either in full or using the City's TIPP program to pay month-to-month.Property owners who don't receive their notices within two weeks are asked to contact the City's tax department at 780-538-...
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Health Advisory
More potential exposures to measles in Grande Prairie
Two more places in Grande Prairie have had potential exposures to measles. Alberta Health Services has been advised that a person with a confirmed case in the North Zone was in public settings while infectious. People that were in the following locations during the specified dates and times, may have been exposed to me...
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Community
LaPrairie Group of Companies announces passing of President & CEO
Crane rental company LaPrairie Group of Companies has announced the passing of their president and CEO Scott LaPrairie.Scott passed away earlier this spring, after a battle with cancer.LaPrairie calls Scott a gifted leader who grew a one-crane, two-man operation into 800 employee business in a variety of industry secto...
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Maskwa Medical Center
Ground breaks for Maskwa Medical Center May 20
Construction for the Maskwa Medical Center officially starts next week with a public groundbreaking ceremony.Located next to Grande Prairie Regional Hospital, the Center is being designed to expand access to quality, community-centered care for residents of Grande Prairie and the surrounding region."This center an...
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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...
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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
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...
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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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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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Alberta
Provincial Politics
Alberta cabinet minister Ric McIver resigns post as Speaker vote looms
Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver has resigned from cabinet amid speculation he will run for the vacant position of Speaker of the house.Premier Danielle Smith says she's grateful for McIver's commitment and hard work in serving Albertans.She says Tourism Minister Joseph Schow will take on McIver's portfoli...
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expanding labour pool a key driver
Alberta reaches 5 million people, according to StatsCan
According to Statistics Canada, Alberta has now reached five million people.You can see StatsCan's live population tracker here.Alberta hit four million in October 2013, it was summarized by an economic post by ATB Financial's Mark Parsons on Monday.Based on the medium-growth projection from Alberta Treasury Board and ...
May 12, 2025
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Alberta cancels planned increase to industrial carbon tax
The Government of Alberta says it is helping to keep industries competitive and defend jobs with its latest move.The province has announced that it is freezing the industrial carbon tax, which is currently set at $95 per tonne of emissions.It was scheduled to rise to $110 per tonne in 2026 and eventually reach $170 per...
May 12, 2025
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PROVINCE
Union representing Alberta provincial employees begins historic strike vote
Thousands of Alberta government workers started voting Thursday on whether or not to strike.The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees said in a statement its employees have not seen a significant wage increase in decades and are being impacted by rising costs of living. AUPE said the province offered 11.5 per cent over...
May 10, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: PM meeting cabinet today; election reforms could remix regions
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney meeting with new cabinet today Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with his new cabinet this morning. The meeting is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. on Parliament Hill. Carney shook up his cabinet Tuesday by moving...
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No more blue wall, red wall: How electoral reform could stop regional election sweeps
OTTAWA - A change to Canada's electoral system would have delivered a very different House of Commons this year - one without the monolithic regional strongholds held by both major federal parties - according to an analysis for The Canadian Press. One seasoned political observer in Alberta says shattering those party f...
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Prime Minister Carney holds his first meeting with new cabinet this morning
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with his new cabinet this morning. The meeting is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. on Parliament Hill. Carney shook up his cabinet Tuesday by moving some key players into new positions and promoting 24 new faces in a move meant to signal change at the top. While some...
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Woman expected to face more questions from prosecutors in hockey players' trial
A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is expected to face more questions from prosecutors today. Defence lawyers finished cross-examining the woman Tuesday, and the Crown now has the opportunity to follow up on any topics raised in that process. This ...
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B.C. opioid rules were to reduce overdoses. But they cut cancer patients' pain meds
Rule changes designed to reduce opioid overdose deaths in British Columbia in 2016 inadvertently harmed cancer and palliative-care patients by reducing their access to pain killers, a new study has found. The study published this week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal describes the impact of a practice standa...
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Canadian youth struggle with making friends and bullying: UNICEF report
A global study from UNICEF suggests many Canadian kids are unhappy, with social struggles such as bullying and difficulty making friends among the sources of their anguish. UNICEF's 19th Report Card suggests one in five youth in Canada face frequent bullying, one in five are lonely and one in four struggle to make frie...
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World
Russia convicts a prominent election monitoring activist and sentences him to 5 years in prison
A court in Moscow on Wednesday convicted one of the leaders of a prominent independent election monitoring group on charges of organizing the work of an "undesirable" organization and sentenced him to five years in prison. Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of Russia's leading election watchdog Golos, has rejected...
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Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 48 people, including 22 children, hospitals say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - At least 22 children were killed in Gaza overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday in a punishing series of Israeli airstrikes on homes in northern Gaza, according to local hospitals. The strikes killed at least 48 people in total, the Indonesian Hospital in Jabaliya reported. The strikes c...
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Federal grand jury indicts Wisconsin judge in immigration case, allowing charges to continue
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, allowing the case against her to continue. The arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan escalated a clash between President Donald Trump's administration and local authori...
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