Potential Postal Strike
Property Tax Payment alternatives provided by the City of Grande Prairie
As property tax season is upon us, the City of Grande Prairie is making residents aware that any mailed payments may be delayed due to a potential postal strike. "To avoid any potential issues or delay's," residents are encouraged to make payments through a number of alternatives: Online Payments: • Cred...
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City of Grande Prairie
City of Grande Prairie site tours and other projects as part of Bear Creek Dam Feasibility Study
Several key initiatives centered around the Bear Creek Dam will be unfolding soon.The City of Grande Prairie will be undertaking projects aimed at planning for the asset's future, including a feasibility study, opportunities for public input, and structural upgrades.A survey is available online until June 22 for the pu...
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Peace Region
Potential Postal Strike
Property Tax Payment alternatives provided by the City of Grande Prairie
As property tax season is upon us, the City of Grande Prairie is making residents aware that any mailed payments may be delayed due to a potential postal strike. "To avoid any potential issues or delay's," residents are encouraged to make payments through a number of alternatives: Online Payments: • Cred...
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Crime
Four arrests made for drug-related activity in Grande Prairie
Mounties in Grande Prairie have been busy conducting proactive patrols in areas with higher likelihoods of criminal activity recently.As a result of this work, four people have been arrested on two separate files.On May 8, 2025, the Grande Prairie Crime Reduction Unit stopped a Ford F-150 with faulty equipment and RCMP...
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City of Grande Prairie
City of Grande Prairie site tours and other projects as part of Bear Creek Dam Feasibility Study
Several key initiatives centered around the Bear Creek Dam will be unfolding soon.The City of Grande Prairie will be undertaking projects aimed at planning for the asset's future, including a feasibility study, opportunities for public input, and structural upgrades.A survey is available online until June 22 for the pu...
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Road Work
New pavement being layed on Township Road 732
Construction on Township Road 732 is set to begin today (Thursday, May 15).The County of Grande Prairie will be working between Highway 2 and Range Road 53 to add a new layer of pavement.While the work is ongoing, speed will be reduced in the construction zone, and traffic will be a single, alternating lane.(Photo cred...
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Chris Warkentin
MP Warkentin appointed to Chief Opposition Whip
The member of Parliament for Grande Prairie has been appointed to a new role.Chris Warkentin has been appointed Chief Opposition Whip, in addition to his responsibilities as MP, and will work with the Shadow Cabinet to ensure Canadian's concerns are heard.It is an honour to represent the residents of the Peace Country ...
May 14, 2025
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Faust RCMP
Stolen vehicle investigation leads to assault with a weapon charges laid
Faust RCMP and Lakeshore Police made a pair of arrests on Monday, May 12, after conducting a stolen vehicle investigation. According to Mounties, this began Saturday, May 10, when a stolen vehicle involved in their investigation was spotted. Officers from the Faust detachment then attempted a traffic stop, however, the...
May 14, 2025
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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
Stealth Cycling Club
Stealth Cycling looks for Peace region members
Stealth Cycling, a new cycling club, has now come to Grande Prairie and is welcoming members.Club President of Stealth Cycling, Alexander Philipp, says he worked with local cyclist Wilf Marquis to make an Edmonton-Peace region-based club after meeting at a race a couple of years ago. "We just like riding our bikes...
May 13, 2025
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Grande Prairie Storm
Storm coach up for CJHL Coach of the Year
Grande Prairie Storm head coach Chris Schmidt is one of the six nominees for CJHL Coach of the Year.Schmidt says it is an honour to be up for any award."It's been a good year. A lot of good kids. They've worked hard and they've kind of bought into what we're trying to do here.""That always makes it enjoy...
May 09, 2025
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Community
3D Children's Society fund raiser on Friday
The 3D Children's Society Ball Hockey & Soccer Tournament is set for today (Friday, May 9) at CKC Field.It will start at 8:30 a.m. Local school kids will be raising money to help other kids and families dealing with serious medical issues. The day will also include food trucks, a silent auction and a raffle.The fun...
May 09, 2025
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Agriculture
Agriculture
Farm groups calling for action from new federal cabinet
Two farm groups have sent out releases welcoming the new federal cabinet.In its release, the Grain Growers of Canada is urging the Liberal government to take quick action on three things: settling trade relationships with the U.S. and China, removing the carbon tax on all farm activities, and putting out a formal rever...
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Agriculture
Seeding progress ahead of five year average in the Peace says first crop report of 2025
The first crop report of the year from Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation and AFSC, dated May 6, says just under 10 per seeding had been done by that date.The five year average for the same date is four per centThe most progress had been made in planting spring wheat, with just over 24 per cent in the ground. Just unde...
May 13, 2025
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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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Alberta
Provincial Politics
Onion Lake Cree Nation to proceed with legal challenge of Alberta sovereignty act
Alberta's bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a First Nation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier's flagship sovereignty act.Danielle Smith has said her Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act is needed to push back on what the province believes is unconstitutional f...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta government amends referendum bill in effort to placate First Nations' concern
Alberta's government has made 11th-hour changes to controversial proposed legislation declaring that no separation referendum question could threaten First Nations' existing treaty rights.Premier Danielle Smith's government is working to considerably lower the threshold to allow for citizen-initiated referendums, inclu...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta's personal information protection law ruled partly unconstitutional
Parts of Alberta's personal information protection legislation have been ruled unconstitutional.But a judge is upholding an order to stop an American facial recognition company from collecting images of Albertans.The company, Clearview AI, scrapes the internet for images of people and adds them to a database, which it ...
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Alberta would see major changes
No more blue wall, red wall: How electoral reform could stop regional election sweeps
A change to Canada's electoral system would have delivered a very different House of Commons this year - one without the monolithic regional strongholds held by both major federal parties - according to an analysis for The Canadian Press.One seasoned political observer in Alberta says shattering those party fortresses ...
May 14, 2025
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Canada
Conservative MP working to stop B.C. ostrich cull as farm's supporters gather
Conservative MP Scott Anderson says he's trying to stop the Canadian Food Inspection Agency from killing a flock of hundreds of ostriches on a farm in his riding, after a Federal Court ruling this week that the cull could proceed. Anderson says he visited Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood in southeast B.C. on Wednesda...
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B.C. winner of record $80M lottery jackpot quits job, vows to give back to community
VANCOUVER - The winner of what the B.C. Lottery Corp. says is the biggest jackpot ever awarded to a single person in Canada says the $80 million prize is "life-changing." Justin Simporios from Surrey, B.C., says his priority is to give back to the community, pay off his sister's medical school debt and help h...
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Prosecutors seek prison for men guilty of human smuggling in Manitoba border deaths
FERGUS FALLS - U.S. attorneys have filed sentencing submissions for two men convicted after a family froze to death while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba. A Minnesota jury found Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel guilty of human-smuggling charges after the parents and two children from India were...
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DEA threat assessment points to fentanyl 'super laboratories' in Canada
WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration's latest threat assessment says fentanyl "super laboratories" in Canada are a growing source of concern. U.S. President Donald Trump has used cross-border traffic in the deadly drug to justify hitting imports of Canadian goods with tariffs. The an...
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Partner of Quebec man who received MAID after bedsores says hospital ignored her
MONTREAL - The partner of a man who received a medically assisted death after developing a severe bedsore in a Quebec hospital says medical staff didn't listen to her. Sylvie Brosseau spoke outside the Montreal courtroom where a coroner is holding hearings into the death of her partner Normand Meunier. Brosseau says Me...
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Almost half of Canadians say Carney 'stood up' for country in Trump meeting: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests nearly half of Canadians think Prime Minister Mark Carney "stood up" for Canada in his recent face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. The Leger poll says 48 per cent of poll respondents think Carney "clearly stood up for Canada's interests" in his meeting ...
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World
Autopsies misclassified in-custody deaths that were actually homicides, Maryland officials say
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 in-custody police deaths that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a comprehensive review of such cases spurred by widespread concerns about the former state medical examiner's testimony in the ...
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DeSantis signs a bill making Florida the 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water system
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure Thursday prohibiting local governments from adding fluoride to their water systems, making it the second state in the country after Utah to implement a statewide ban on the mineral. DeSantis signed the bill at a public event in Dade City...
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he is sending a delegation to Istanbul for peace talks with Russia
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday he will send a team headed by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to the Turkish city of Istanbul for peace talks with a Russian delegation. Zelenskyy told a news conference in the Turkish capital Ankara that the Russian delegation doesn't include &...
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