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Peace Region

Canada
60th anniversary for the Canadian flag on February 15
The Canadian flag is making a milestone this year.This Flag Day, February 15, will mark 60 years since the Maple Leaf flag first flew on Parliament Hill.According to the federal government's website, the Union Jack was Canada's first flag.The Canadian Red Ensign was then used, but there were two different designs.One w...
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Community
Family rallying to help kids after their mom and grandmother died in a crash near Red Earth Creek
The family has started a fundraiser to help two kids after their mother and grandma died in a crash near Red Earth Creek.The family says Megan Briand and her mom Corinne Fitzgerald were on their way home from buying groceries when their vehicle was hit by another vehicle being operated by an impaired driver. Two people...
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Holy Family Catholic Regional Division
HFCRD organizing Cyber Awareness Week activities Feb. 18-21
Holy Family Catholic Regional Division will be running cyber security lessons for students next week.HFCRD is participating in Cyber Awareness Week, educating students and families about cyber security, safe online practices and digital citizenship.Throughout the week, student will participate in activities designed to...
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Environment
Four earthquakes in northeastern B.C. this week
Since Saturday, February 8, northeastern British Columbia has experienced four seismic events. The first reported quake on February 8, at a 4.1 magnitude, 62 km W of Fort St. John. Earthquakes Canada says there was no reports of it being felt or damages, and is suspected to have been induced. It was 7 km deep in the ea...
Feb 14, 2025
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MD of Greenview
MD of Greenview hosting extra Grant Portal info session
The Municipal District of Greenview is hosting an additional information session next week to educate Grovedale residents on their new Greenview Grant Portal.The extra session is being held Tuesday after an earlier one was affected by weather in January.It will be open to all non-profit organizations and will cover top...
Feb 14, 2025
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City Facilities
City of Grande Prairie Family Day operations
Monday, February 17 is Family Day across Canada.To celebrate the holiday, the City of Grande Prairie is once again hosting its annual Family Day event on Sunday, February 16.From noon to 5 p.m., residents will have free access to the Eastlink Centre and all its amenities, with several activities planned: Fieldhouse act...
Feb 14, 2025
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Alberta

Provincial Politics
Alberta cabinet minister calls for health minister to be removed amid scandal
One of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's cabinet ministers is calling for Health Minister Adriana LaGrange to be moved out after allegations of high-level corruption surrounding contracts.Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie, in a memo this week obtained and reported on by CBC, says LaGrange and the top civil servant i...
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Alberta Caribou habitats near Grande Cache to be restored
The Alberta government is teaming up with the Aseniwuche Winewak Nation to restore caribou habitats in the province.The government says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the First Nation to help advance caribou recovery in west-central Alberta.Alberta's minister of environment and protected areas says ca...
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Alberta car theft trends suggest organized crime, say police
Police in Alberta say car theft trends show sophisticated organized crime operations have moved from east to west in recent years.Équité (ek-wit-AY') Association says Alberta has the highest per capita vehicle theft rate, but police are recovering fewer stolen cars.Police say it's a hallmark sign that org...
Feb 14, 2025
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Provincial Politics
Alberta Energy Regulator names former oil and gas CEO as top executive
Alberta's energy watchdog has chosen a former oil and gas company CEO as its new boss.Rob Morgan, who most recently led Strathcona Resources Ltd., is to take the helm starting Tuesday, the Alberta Energy Regulator said in a release Thursday.Morgan is an engineer with four decades of oil and gas industry experience, the...
Feb 13, 2025
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Canada

Demonstrators accuse Amazon of union-busting at rally in Montreal, call for boycott
MONTREAL - Demonstrators gathered in Montreal today to protest Amazon's decision to shutter its seven warehouses in Quebec, including what was Canada's only unionized Amazon facility. Confédération des syndicats nationaux, the labour group organizing the demonstration, is calling for a boycott of the e-co...
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Quebec City police investigating killing of 62-year-old man; three arrested
MONTREAL - Quebec City police are investigating the city's first homicide of the year after a 62-year-old man was found dead Friday. Police were called to the scene in the city's Beauport borough at around 2:25 p.m. and found a man with at least one gunshot wound. Attempts were made to resuscitate the man who was trans...
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Mark Carney's leadership campaign says it's raised $1.9M
OTTAWA - A spokesperson for Mark Carney's leadership campaign says they've raised more than $1.9 million so far in donations from over 11,000 people. The Liberal leadership hopefuls are required to submit biweekly reports to the chief electoral officer and Carney's team says their latest report was submitted this week ...
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to speak at 'Canada First' rally in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is set to address Conservative party supporters this afternoon at a rally in downtown Ottawa. The event is being branded as a "Canada First" rally and the party is asking people to wear red and white to honour the Canadian flag on its 60th anniversary. U.S. President Donald Trump's t...
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Ottawa a 'winter wonderland' with Winterlude and a fully-open canal
OTTAWA - David Wilson and Jackie Eckholm dreamt of attending Winterlude and skating on the Rideau Canal after their last visit to Ottawa nine years ago. When the Chicago couple saw on the news in January that the city's iconic Rideau Canal Skateway had been opened to the public, they immediately booked their trip to Ca...
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Ontario NDP leader off to Thunder Bay after northern debate, Green leader in Muskoka
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles is set to make campaign stops in Thunder Bay today, fresh off an election debate held specifically to discuss northern issues. Stiles is expected to visit a local market and doughnut shop before making an announcement at an education centre. Neither Progressive Conservative Leader Doug F...
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