RCMP
Fort St. John RCMP reporting toxic drugs circulating area
Fort St. John RCMP are alerting the public that there appears to be a toxic drug being distributed in the area. Between April 3 and April 9, Mounties were called to the scene of three sudden deaths where the cause was believed to be consistent with an opioid overdose. This comes after health advisory for the Northern H...
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RCMP
Spirit River RCMP take wanted man into custody
Spirit River RCMP are advising the public that a wanted individual they had been searching for, is now in custody. Forty-one-year-old Kyle Dale Hudson was brought before a justice of the peace and remanded into custody for 18 offences; 15 were related to the Woking search and another three stemmed from Grande Prairie. ...
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Peace Region
RCMP
Fort St. John RCMP reporting toxic drugs circulating area
Fort St. John RCMP are alerting the public that there appears to be a toxic drug being distributed in the area. Between April 3 and April 9, Mounties were called to the scene of three sudden deaths where the cause was believed to be consistent with an opioid overdose. This comes after health advisory for the Northern H...
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PWPSD
Medical emergency at Hythe Regional led to hold & secure
A hold and secure was put into effect this morning (Thursday, April 10) at Hythe Regional School. According to PWPSD, the hold and secure was put in place to help assist EMS with transporting a student to the hospital, who was having a medical emergency PWPSD says the family is aware of the emergency and told the distr...
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Grande Prairie Storm
Storm and Canucks to meet in AJHL final
The Alberta Junior Hockey League final will start on Good Friday in Calgary The Grande Prairie Storm will visit the Canucks for Game 1 on April 18. Face-off time will be 7 p.m. Game 2 will be played in Calgary Saturday, April 19 while Game 3 be played in Grande Prairie on Tuesday, April 22. The Storm advanced with a fo...
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RCMP
Spirit River RCMP take wanted man into custody
Spirit River RCMP are advising the public that a wanted individual they had been searching for, is now in custody. Forty-one-year-old Kyle Dale Hudson was brought before a justice of the peace and remanded into custody for 18 offences; 15 were related to the Woking search and another three stemmed from Grande Prairie. ...
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Town of Grimshaw
Grimshaw Transfer Station switches to summer hours
The Grimshaw Transfer Station is now operating on its summer hours.The station will be open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays.Click here for a breakdown of what materials are accepted at the transfer station.
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RCMP
Fatal vehicle rollover on Highway 674 Wednesday night
One man has passed away following a vehicle rollover in the County of Grande Prairie. Grande Prairie RCMP say on Wednesday April 9, at 9:30 p.m., officers responded to a report of a single vehicle rollover on Highway 674 and Range Road 43. Emergency responders were able to get the lone occupant out of the vehicle and S...
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Federal Election 2025
People's Party of Canada
Candidate Profile: Shawn McLean (PPC) - Grande Prairie
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.Advance voting days are April 18, 19,...
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New Democratic Party
Candidate Profile: Jennifer Villebrun (NDP) - Grande Prairie
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.Advance voting days are April 18, 19...
Apr 07, 2025
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Peoples Party of Canada
Vicky Bayford: People's Party of Canada candidate for Yellowhead
Vicky Bayford, the People's Party of Canada (PPC) candidate for Yellowhead, is motivated by a desire to bring change and restore Canada's strength.A lifelong Albertan, Bayford was born in Fort McMurray, raised in Calgary, and now lives in Innisfail. She has worked in the oil and gas sector for much of her career, speci...
Apr 07, 2025
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Local Sports
Local Hockey
Storm sweep Wolverines, advance to AJHL Finals
The Grande Prairie Storm are the North Division Champions after a series sweep of the Whitecourt Wolverines on Tuesday night.The Storm were able to get a 6-5 win on a power play 17 seconds into overtime to defeat the Wolverines in four games and advance to the AJHL Finals. There were over 2,100 people in attendance at ...
Apr 09, 2025
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Hockey
Player originally from Grande Prairie up for WHL award
A player originally from Grande Prairie is one of the finalists for the Rookie of the Year Award in the Western Hockey League.Lukas Sawchyn recorded 15 goals and 55 points in his first season with the Edmonton Oil Kings, putting him fifth in scoring among rookies in the WHL.He was third on the team in points and second...
Apr 08, 2025
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Local Hockey
Storm win Game 3, chance to sweep series Tuesday night
The Grande Prairie Storm beat the Whitecourt Wolverines 4-3 on Monday night in their AJHL North Division finals series. The Storm lead the series 3-0.Goal scorers included: Max Leduc, Chayse Laurie, Matthew Gillard, and Home Team Star of the Game Chase Christensen.The Storm have a chance to sweep, yet again, tonight (T...
Apr 08, 2025
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Agriculture
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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Agriculture
Farmland values continue to increase says FCC
Farm Credit Canada says the national average increase in farmland value was up 9.3 per cent in 2024.That was lower the one from 2023, but still ahead of the five-year average of 8.6 per cent and the 10-year average of 9.1 per cent.The increase for Alberta came in at 7.1 per cent. Saskatchewan had the highest increase a...
Apr 02, 2025
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Alberta
FRIENDS OF MEDICARE RESPONDS
Cancer care, tissue and organ donations to fall under Acute Care Alberta later this year
Cancer care, as well as organ and tissue donation and transplantation, will soon be overseen by Acute Care Alberta, the latest move in the Government of Alberta's efforts to overhaul health care. The government says the move will occur later this year and that the specialized focus "will ensure the best care in th...
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Ethnocultural Grant Program
Province continues to fund program that supports multicultural initiatives
The Government of Alberta's Ethnocultural Grant Program continues to support multicultural initiatives across the province.In the most recent intake for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the province says the program provided nearly $5 million in funding to 140 community groups to support initiatives that fostered intercultur...
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NATIONAL TOURISM WEEK
Alberta continues to celebrate "unprecedented" tourism growth
According to the provincial government, data from the first three quarters of 2024 shows Alberta's tourism industry revenues have grown 10 per cent year-over-year, putting it on the path to a second record-breaking year for annual visitor spending. In 2023, Alberta's annual visitor expenditures reached $12.7 billion, s...
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Provincial Politics
Premier Smith hopes to strengthen ties in eastern Canada
Premier Danielle Smith is heading to Montreal and Ottawa from April 9 to 11 to explore avenues to enhance interprovincial and international trade and investment ties.While in Montreal, officials say Premier Smith will be focused on building connections and opportunities between Alberta and Quebec in meetings with Quebe...
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Canada
Federal police in B.C. bust fentanyl labs, seize chemicals and equipment
SURREY - Federal police in British Columbia say three drug labs were dismantled last month in the Lower Mainland cities of Pitt Meadows, Mission and Aldergrove, as part of an investigation launched in 2023. RCMP say officers also arrested two suspects, including someone described as a "chemist," but no charge...
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Legault cites capacity amid outcry from Haitian community over asylum seeker comments
MONTREAL - Premier François Legault says Quebec doesn't have the capacity to take in more immigrants amid a surge in the number of asylum seekers arriving at the province's border with the United States. Legault told reporters today in Sherrington, Que., that the sheer numbers are stretching Quebec's social secu...
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Saskatchewan premier says MLA terrorist remark wrong and 'very, very inappropriate'
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says one of his legislature members made inaccurate and "very, very inappropriate comments" by calling federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh a terrorist. But Moe says Humboldt-Watrous MLA Racquel Hilbert has publicly apologized and retracted the remark. He says the programs ...
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Supreme Court confirms order for new murder trials in attack on woman's parents
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed an order for new first-degree murder trials for an Ontario woman and three others who were convicted in an attack on her parents. Jennifer Pan was sentenced in 2015 to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years for first-degree murder, and life for attempted ...
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Statistics Canada data shows drop in Canadians making return trips from U.S.
OTTAWA - New travel numbers suggest Canadians made fewer return trips from the United States last month compared to the same time last year, with a sharp decline in trips by car. Statistics Canada says the number of Canadians returning from the U.S. by car was down almost 32 per cent compared to March 2024, the third c...
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In the news today: Federal rivals campaign in GTA, tariffs targeting Canada unchanged
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney, Poilievre campaigning in the GTA today The Liberals and Conservatives will be campaigning in the Greater Toronto Area today. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is set to make an announcement in Brampton, Ont., in the morning and m...
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World
Judge halts Trump administration from ending humanitarian parole for people from four countries
BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday said she will halt the Trump administration from ending a program that allowed hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to temporarily live in the United States. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani that she will issue a stay on the program, which wa...
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Judge allows requirement that everyone in the US illegally must register to move forward
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with a requirement that everyone in the U.S. illegally must register with the federal government, in a move that could have far-reaching repercussions for immigrants across the country. In a ruling Thursday, Judge Trevor Neil McFadde...
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Six people have died in a helicopter crash in the Hudson River in New York City, an AP source says
NEW YORK (AP) - A helicopter crashed Thursday into the Hudson River just off Manhattan, killing six people, officials said. The fire department said it received a report of a helicopter in the water at 3:17 p.m. A official told The Associated Press that six people were aboard, and all were dead. Videos posted on social...
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