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, resulting...
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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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Peace Region
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, resulting...
13h ago
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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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RCMP
High Prairie RCMP arrest two suspects in I&P Mechanic break-in, third suspect to be identified
High Prairie RCMP are reporting that two suspects have been arrested in connection to a series of break and enters in the High Prairie area.On March 15, a break-and-enter at I&P Mechanic was recorded by camera, allowing Mounties to identify two of the three suspects.Thirty-three-year-old Chelsie Courtney Lamouche o...
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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...
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Town of Fox Creek
Town of Fox Creek launches Mycological Research project to reduce wildfire risk
The Town of Fox Creek has launched an initiative aimed at reducing wildfire fuels. The Fox Creek Mycological Research project uses local wood-decomposing fungi to accelerate decomposition in fire-prone areas and diseased trees before the wood becomes fuel for wildfires. This should result in keeping the forest floor hy...
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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...
20h ago
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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...
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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...
15h ago
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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...
17h ago
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Canada
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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Canadian police partner with AI in arms race against criminals. But at what cost?
VANCOUVER - In one corner of the battle are criminals using artificial intelligence to generate child sexual abuse material - and in the other, AI is being used to help hunt down the offenders. The rise of artificial intelligence has kicked off an arms race between perpetrators and police in Canada. The RCMP's National...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney hosting a meeting with Canada's premiers today
OTTAWA - 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 meet virtually with Canada's premiers today to discuss the country's response to Trump's latest duties. The president signe...
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UBC scientists invent stir stick that detects drugged drinks
VANCOUVER - Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they're gearing up to start "real-world testing" of a stir stick that can detect if a drink has been spiked with drugs. The university says in a news release that the device called "Spikeless" was developed in its faculty of applied s...
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'Wrong direction': B.C. Chamber of Commerce latest group to decry tariff bill
Proposed legislation in British Columbia to give the cabinet sweeping powers to respond to threats from foreign governments amid Canada's tariff fight is getting more pushback from businesses as the Greens meet with the government about their concerns. BC Chamber of Commerce President Fiona Famulak says in a letter to ...
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Canada's greenhouse gas emissions edge down in 2023, among lowest totals since 1990s
A national tally of Canada's climate progress indicates greenhouse gas emissions fell slightly in 2023 and are now about eight per cent lower than they were in 2005. Canada's official greenhouse gas inventory indicates emissions dropped by one per cent from 2022 to 2023, with emissions largely flat across major industr...
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World
King Charles III seen in public one day after hospitalization for cancer treatment side effects
King Charles III was seen in public on Friday for first time since his brief hospitalization for the side effects from his cancer treatment. Charles waved to people as he left his residence at Clarence House in London by car Friday morning. The king canceled his engagements for Thursday afternoon and Friday after his b...
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Strong earthquake rocks Thai capital of Bangkok, prompting evacuations from swaying buildings
BANGKOK (AP) - A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the Thai capital Friday, causing buildings to sway. The U.S. Geological Survey and Germany's GFZ center for geosciences said the midday temblor was a shallow 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), with an epicenter in neighboring Myanmar, according to preliminary reports repo...
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Another federal judge blocks Trump policy banning transgender troops in the military
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A U.S. judge in Washington state has blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump's order banning transgender people from serving in the military - the second nationwide injunction against the policy in as many weeks. The order Thursday day from U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Settle in Tacoma ...
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