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J.D.A. Ventures Ltd. become new naming partner for County Sportsplex
The County of Grande Prairie is renaming the County Sportsplex, thanks to a new partnership with JDA Ventures Ltd.County Reeve Bob Marshall says naming sponsorships are essential to the sustainability and enhancement of community facilities and that the JDA County Sportsplex will play a vital role in bringing people to...
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Maternity & Community Health Centre
Newly renovated La Crete Health Centre set to open in 2027
The Alberta Government says it's "underscoring its dedication to meeting the health care needs of communities across the province," after a recent announcement. On Tuesday, February 25, the province announced that its La Crete Maternity and Community Health Centre project is now entering its construction phas...
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Peace Region

Frostival 2025
County of Grande Prairie cancels Frostival 2025
Frostival 2025 has been cancelled.Due to warmer temperatures and icy conditions, the County of Grande Prairie has decided to cancel the event at Hommy Campground.The county says safety is its top priority and the current conditions do not meet their standards for safe outdoor activities.The county is apologizing for an...
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County of Grande Prairie
J.D.A. Ventures Ltd. become new naming partner for County Sportsplex
The County of Grande Prairie is renaming the County Sportsplex, thanks to a new partnership with JDA Ventures Ltd.County Reeve Bob Marshall says naming sponsorships are essential to the sustainability and enhancement of community facilities and that the JDA County Sportsplex will play a vital role in bringing people to...
2h ago
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Maternity & Community Health Centre
Newly renovated La Crete Health Centre set to open in 2027
The Alberta Government says it's "underscoring its dedication to meeting the health care needs of communities across the province," after a recent announcement. On Tuesday, February 25, the province announced that its La Crete Maternity and Community Health Centre project is now entering its construction phas...
8h ago
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Community
Rising membership leads to expansion plans for the Golden Age Centre
A rise in memberships has prompted the Golden Age Centre to look at an expansion project worth over $2.3 million.Manager Elaine Jobin say the plan is to add 3300 square feet to the north side of the building."The reason we are doing it (is) we are sitting up over 750 members, which is a record here.""So,...
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City Centre
Annual Grande Prairie DownTown Association award winners
The DownTown Association handed out its two annual awards during a ceremony yesterday. (Wednesday, February 26) This year Sam Sushi was recognized with the Art Oullette Award, as according to the Downtown Association, they "created an inviting and vibrant atmosphere that brilliantly showcases the unique character ...
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RCMP
Grande Prairie RCMP sharing rough estimation of January 2025 police events
The Grande Prairie RCMP have shared a snapshot of the offences taking place in the city and rural areas. The detachment has released its rough crime statistics for the first month of 2025. The Mounties' rough estimates show the total number of police events in the city have been reduced, going from 2385 in January of 2...
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Local Sports

Local Sports
Storm, NPHL for Wednesday
StormThe Storm have a host game Wednesday against Bonnyville.Face off will be at 7 p.m. The second-place Storm are three points up on third-place Lloydminster, with two games in hand, and ten points back of first-place Whitecourt with one game in hand.NPHLIn the North Peace Hockey League playoffs Tuesday night, Manning...
Feb 26, 2025
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Local Sports
Storm, NWJHL, NPHL from the weekend
StormThe Storm picked up two points on a weekend road swing, even though they lost all three games.Grande Prairie dropped 6-5 decision in a shootout Friday in Camrose, before losing 2-1 Saturday and 4-3 in a shootout Sunday in Drumheller.The second-place Storm are three points up on third-place Lloydminster, with two g...
Feb 24, 2025
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Local Sports
Hockey, archery, artistic swimming, ski hills this weekend
StormAfter dropping a home game to Lloydminster on Tuesday, the Storm will be on the road this weekend, starting Friday night in Camrose. Puck drop is at 7 p.m.Grande Prairie then heads south to Drumheller for games on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's game will face off at 7 p.m., Sunday's at 2 p.mThe Storm are 10 point...
Feb 21, 2025
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Agriculture

Agriculture
Nine beef research projects to share $6 million in funding
Results Driver Agriculture Research, Alberta Beef Producers and the Beef Cattle Research Council say that $6 million will go into beef research projects in Alberta.Nine projects will get funding. The list includes $2.1 million to expand disease surveillance work done in feedlots, $1.1 million to study how trace mineral...
Feb 21, 2025
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Agriculture
Local ag. society wins provincial award
The Grande Prairie Regional Agricultural and Exhibition Society has earned a provincial award.They are one of four winners of the Alberta Agricultural Societies Innovation Awards.The Grande Prairie organization, along with the Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition, are being saluted for putting together the annual Indig...
Feb 14, 2025
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Agriculture
New farm crisis line now available
The National Farmer Wellness Network Crisis Line is now available to producers who may be struggling with their mental health.The initiative from the Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing officially started on February 4.It is being called in a news release "a transformative initiative designed to address the...
Feb 12, 2025
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Alberta

NINTH RED TAPE REDUCTION BILL
Alberta continues reducing red tape
The Government of Alberta has tabled its ninth red tape reduction bill in an effort to continue reducing regulatory burdens for Albertans and businesses. The province says that since 2019, it's eliminated more than 209,000 regulatory requirements and implemented hundreds of red tape reduction initiatives, generating a ...
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February 27 Budget
U.S. tariffs, possible tax cuts expected to dominate Alberta budget
The looming threat of U.S. tariffs along with a potential tax cut are expected to dominate Alberta's budget today. Finance Minister Nate Horner says addressing affordability is a prime concern, but the uncertainty surrounding tariffs makes the budget more challenging. By legislation, the province can't run a budget def...
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Alberta to have peace officers tag team with police on fentanyl crackdown
The Alberta government says roughly 800 peace officers will team up with 34 police forces across the province to crack down on fentanyl.It comes following threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, who has demanded that Canada get tough on fentanyl or face tariffs on Canadian goods.Officials say the measure comes in res...
Feb 26, 2025
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Justice minister orders new trial for Alberta man convicted of murder in 1991
OTTAWA - The federal justice minister has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of second-degree murder in Alberta more than three decades ago. Roy Allan Sobotiak was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Susan Kaminsky, who disappeared in 1987. The office of Justice Minister Arif Virani says the minister ...
Feb 26, 2025
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Canada

B.C. to require Canadian-made biofuels to meet standards for gas, diesel
British Columbia's energy minister says the province will soon require Canadian-made products to fulfil renewable fuel standards for gasoline and diesel. Adrian Dix says B.C.'s requirement of five-per-cent renewable fuel content for gasoline must be met with Canadian-made fuel starting Jan. 1, 2026. He says the provinc...
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Montreal-area mayors outraged as Quebec tables bill to expand hazardous landfill
MONTREAL - Montreal-area mayors are denouncing the Quebec government's decision to force the City of Blainville to cede a piece of land for the expansion of a hazardous waste disposal site. Blainville Mayor Liza Poulin described the government's move as scandalous, inexplicable, and incomprehensible. Quebec's natural r...
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Trudeau calls idea of banning Trump from Canada 'irresponsible'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rejecting NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's call for the federal government to bar U.S. President Donald Trump from coming to Canada for the G7 summit this June. At an event in Montreal today, Trudeau said he sees the idea of banning Trump as an "irresponsible" approach to g...
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CP NewsAlert: Quebec minister Éric Caire resigns over auto board scandal
QUÉBEC - A long-serving minister in Quebec's Coalition Avenir Québec government has resigned amid a scandal over the auto insurance board's online platform. Quebec Premier François Legault says Cybersecurity and Digital Technology Minister Éric Caire had become a distraction. More coming. Th...
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Quebec man sentenced for 3D-printed guns, online hate speech against Jews
MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges including hate speech against Jews and the 3D printing of firearms. Pascal Tribout, 38, was sentenced Wednesday at the courthouse in St-Jérôme, north of Montreal. He pleaded guilty in December to possession ...
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Ukrainians express fear and worry as Urkraine-Russia war enters fourth year
KYIV - The memorials fade but the memories remain and the emotions burn hot as Ukraine enters its fourth year of war. In Kyiv's St. Michael's Square, the Memory Wall of the Fallen Defenders of Ukraine had been a focal point in the war with Russia. But at the third anniversary mark of the invasion earlier this week, it ...
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World

Iowa Senate OKs bill removing gender identity protections, sending change to the House
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Senate approved a bill Thursday that will strip gender identity protections from the state's civil rights code, sending the proposal to the Iowa House for possible final approval. The Senate's passage came only about a week after the bill was introduced. It raced through the legislative...
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Mexico sends drug lord Caro Quintero and 28 others to the US as officials meet with Trump team
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico has sent drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, to the United States with 28 prisoners requested by the U.S. government, a Mexican government official and other sources confirmed Thursday. It comes as top Mexican officials are in Washington tryi...
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British PM Starmer extends state visit invitation to Trump from King Charles, and Trump accepts
WASHINGTON (AP) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday extended a state visit invitation to President Donald Trump on behalf of King Charles. Trump accepted the invitation, which came at the start of a face-to-face meeting between Trump and Starmer at the White House. Starmer called the invitation for a seco...
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