RCMP
Grande Prairie RCMP investigating theft from community mail boxes
Grande Prairie RCMP are seeking anyone who might have witnessed or have video footage of a series of suspected mail thefts.Between April 11 and April 23, Mounties have received multiple reports of thefts from Canada Post community mailboxes where unknown suspects allegedly broke into the boxes and stole the mail inside...
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City of Grande Prairie
City extends Barrier-Free Grant deadline
The City of Grande Prairie is extending the application deadline for its Barrier-Free Grant program.The initiative aims to provide financial support to commercial property and business owners undertaking accessibility improvement projects.The grant offers a matching grant covering 50 per cent of project costs up to $20...
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Peace Region
RCMP
Grande Prairie RCMP investigating theft from community mail boxes
Grande Prairie RCMP are seeking anyone who might have witnessed or have video footage of a series of suspected mail thefts.Between April 11 and April 23, Mounties have received multiple reports of thefts from Canada Post community mailboxes where unknown suspects allegedly broke into the boxes and stole the mail inside...
1h ago
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City of Grande Prairie
City extends Barrier-Free Grant deadline
The City of Grande Prairie is extending the application deadline for its Barrier-Free Grant program.The initiative aims to provide financial support to commercial property and business owners undertaking accessibility improvement projects.The grant offers a matching grant covering 50 per cent of project costs up to $20...
2h ago
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2025 Federal Election
Time for reflection coming for NDP says Grande Prairie candidate
The NDP candidate in Grande Prairie says it is time for the party to reflect on how the campaign went.The New Democrats were reduced to seven seats in the House of Commons from 25 after Monday's vote.Jennifer Villebrun says part of that reflection should look at things that should have been done differently."But I...
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RCMP
Grande Prairie RCMP investigating armed robberies
Grande Prairie RCMP say a male youth has been arrested after three separate reports of armed robberies.All three happened over Monday and Tuesday, April 28 and 29.One was at the Curry Flames restaurant in the south part of Grande Prairie.The other two were at Circle K stores. Mounties did not give specific locations.Po...
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Wildfires
Wildfire danger level at high for GPFA
Alberta Wildfire has upgraded the wildfire danger level in the Grande Prairie Forest Area to high. This was done as the area experiences dry grass and vegetation, mixing with forecasted strong winds, which would make it challenging to suppress a fire. At this time, a fire advisory does remain in effect, and anyone recr...
16h ago
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Missing Persons
RCMP ask for help locating missing Grande Prairie man
Grande Prairie RCMP are asking for the public's help locating a missing man. Forty-four-year-old Dustin Fleming of no fixed address was last seen in Muskoseepi Park on April 15, and Mounties are worried for his well-being. Fleming is described as:Pale complexion5'11196 poundsNeon Purple hairBlue eyesAnyone with informa...
16h ago
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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
2025 IIHF U18 Men's Championship
Local GP hockey product representing Canada at U18's
A Grande Prairie-born hockey player will defend Canada's gold at the 2025 IIHF U18 Men's Championship in Texas. Lukas Sawchyn, who along with his brother Gracyn, plays for the Edmonton Oil Kings, and will don the red and white when Canada takes on Slovakia today, at 2 p.m. PT (Thursday, April 24)Most recently, Sawchyn ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Local Sports
Storm swept by Canucks in AJHL Championship
The Grande Prairie Storm lost Game 4 of the AJHL Finals last night at home to the Calgary Canucks 7-3.With that, the Canucks won the 2024-2025 Inter Pipeline Cup AJHL Finals with a series sweep.It isn't over for the Storm though, they go on to play in the Centennial Cup which starts May 8 in Calgary.
Apr 24, 2025
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Storm
AJHL final starts Good Friday with the Storm at the Canucks
The Grande Prairie Storm will be hunting for more than brightly coloured eggs and chocolate bunnies in Calgary on Easter weekend.The Alberta Junior Hockey League final starts on Good Friday in the Stampede City. Face-off time between the Storm and Calgary Canucks will be at 7 p.m.The Storm are 8-0 so far in the playoff...
Apr 18, 2025
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Agriculture
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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Northwestern Polytechnic
NWP's Bee Diagnostic Centre receives grant
Northwestern Polytechnic has received funding to advance research examining a parasite that targets honeybee colonies.NWP's National Bee Diagnostic Centre has received a $195,300 grant from non-profit Results Driven Agriculture Research to fund research into Varroa mite and the viruses it carries.Over the next two year...
Apr 03, 2025
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Alberta
celebrating outstanding service
Nominations open for Stars of Alberta Volunteer Awards
You can now nominate someone for the 2025 edition of the Stars of Alberta Volunteer Awards.The Stars of Alberta Volunteer Awards celebrate out-of-this-world individuals who give their time, energy and talents to make life better for others, according to the province.These prestigious awards celebrate the incredible imp...
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on carney, opposition, and 'lip service'
Alberta NDP's Nenshi reacts to election results
Naheed Nenshi, leader of the Alberta NDP, congratulated Mark Carney Tuesday for his becoming prime minister."It's now time to set aside the divisive battles and come together to serve Canada in a time when the nation is under existential threat," Nenshi said."For Alberta, this means working together with...
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Provincial Politics
Province to update the Water Act
Alberta's government says it is exploring opportunities to make more water available by updating the Water Act - and wants to hear from Albertans.According to provincial officials, demand for water is rising and Alberta is looking at ways to make more water available for farmers, ranchers, businesses and growing commun...
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Smith wants to 'reset the relationship' between Alberta and Ottawa
As the 45th federal election comes to a close, Alberta's premier says the status quo relationship between her province and the Canadian government cannot continue.Danielle Smith congratulated Liberal Mark Carney on his projected win Monday night.Smith has been dissatisfied with how former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...
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Canada
Economy shrunk 0.2% in February, StatCan estimates 1.5% annualized growth for Q1
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the Canadian economy contracted in February but early signs suggest moderate growth in March. The agency says real gross domestic product decreased 0.2 per cent in February. That was driven by a 0.6 per cent decline for goods-producing industries, with mining, quarrying, and oil and gas ...
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In the news today: Deadlines near for Hudson's Bay and its leases
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... As deadlines near for Hudson's Bay and its leases, there are glimmers of hope Two deadlines that will determine the fate of Hudson's Bay are coming this week, but hope may already be on the horizon. Anyone interested in buying Can...
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'Still fresh in minds': Vietnamese community marks 50 years since fall of Saigon
EDMONTON - Seventy-year-old Tan Hoang vowed he would never return to Vietnam after fleeing the country with his family on a makeshift wooden boat. Officers in Vietnam remind him of the communist soldiers who once stormed and captured Saigon, the former South Vietnam capital now called Ho Chi Minh City. The fall of Saig...
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A family of three migrants from Colombia among Vancouver festival victims
VANCOUVER - More of the dead are being identified in the attack where an after an SUV drove down a street crowded with people at a Vancouver festival. Police also say that 10 people remain in hospital, including a 22-month-old boy who is in serious condition. DANIEL SAMPER, GLITZA MARIA CAICEDO AND THEIR DAUGHTER GLITZ...
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Democrat lawmakers celebrate Carney's Liberal win, most Republicans remain silent
WASHINGTON - Democrat lawmakers in the United States applauded the Liberals' election win under Mark Carney on Tuesday - while most Republican lawmakers stayed silent about an election campaign that turned into a rebuke of U.S. President Donald Trump's taunts and tariffs. "I congratulate Prime Minister Mark Carney...
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CP NewsAlert: Liberals projected to finish just shy of majority in razor-close race
OTTAWA - The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting Prime Minister Mark Carney will lead a minority Liberal government. Elections Canada has nearly wrapped up counting all the ballots in what turned out to be a razor-close race that will leave the Liberals three seats short of winning a majority. Recounts in some r...
18h ago
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World
Israel says it carried out operation against gunmen attacking Druze fighters in Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Israel said Wednesday that it carried out an attack in Syria on a group targeting members of a minority sect as a new round of clashes left at least 11 people dead, most of them members of the country's security forces. The clashes on the edge of the town of Sahnaya, south of the capital Damascus...
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The US government has a new policy for terminating international students' legal status
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government has begun shedding new light on a crackdown on international students, spelling out how it targeted thousands of people and laying out the grounds for terminating their legal status. The new details emerged in lawsuits filed by some of the students who suddenly had their status can...
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Wisconsin high court suspends Milwaukee judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities. The FBI took Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan into custody on Friday morning at the county courthouse. She faces federal charges of concealing an individual to prevent his discovery ...
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