Want to cut back on alcohol? You may see conflicting advice on low-risk drink limits
TORONTO - As some people try to cut down their drinking and embrace Dry January, they may look to Canada's health agencies for guidance - and find some conflicting advice. This week, the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research launched a website where users can calculate their health risks - including cancer, hea...
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Holy Family Catholic School Division
North Peace Navigators supplying tickets to HFCRD students
As a special holiday gift for Holy Family Catholic School Division, the North Peace Navigators are giving away free tickets to the entire student body. Students are invited to attend their Saturday, January 11 match-up against the Fairview Flyers, set for 8 pm at the Baytex Energy Centre. In the release, HFCRD Superint...
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Peace Region
Holy Family Catholic School Division
North Peace Navigators supplying tickets to HFCRD students
As a special holiday gift for Holy Family Catholic School Division, the North Peace Navigators are giving away free tickets to the entire student body. Students are invited to attend their Saturday, January 11 match-up against the Fairview Flyers, set for 8 pm at the Baytex Energy Centre. In the release, HFCRD Superint...
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MD of Greenview
MD of Greenview hosting Grant Portal info sessions
The Municipal District of Greenview is hosting information sessions this month to educate residents on their new Greenview Grant Portal.The session will be open to all non-profit organizations and will cover topics like navigating the Portal, and the application & reporting processes.The sessions are happening in V...
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Construction
Aquatera Utilities crews conducting work on 97 Ave
A lane closure has been put in effect by Aquatera Utilities in Grande Prairie. One lane of 97 Avenue, between 100 and 101 Street is closed while crews work; no exact lane was specified in the release or what work is being completed. However, drivers are still asked to be mindful of all signage and construction crews in...
Jan 02, 2025
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Football
St. Joe's all-stars highlight Senior Bowl Team North roster
Two high school football players from Grande Prairie have been selected to represent Team North in the 2025 Alberta Senior Bowl. Celtic's receiver Dylan Morin and Corner Thomas Lee were chosen for the squad, along with fellow St. Joe's running back and Whitecourt native Alex Hiemstra. All three seniors will now suit up...
Jan 02, 2025
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Saddle Hills County
Hamlet of Woking dog licenses reminder
Saddle Hills County is reminding Woking residents that current dog licenses have expired as of December 31, 2024.The licenses can be renewed by completing an application on the County website.Owners can incur penalties if unlicensed pets are found running at large.
Jan 02, 2025
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Community Event
Return of the Grande North Winter Fest
The Grande North Winter Fest will once again take over Grande Prairie City Centre next week. Mayor Jackie Clayton invites all to "embrace one of the coldest months of the year," with several family-fun activities planned at three different hubs; Muskoseepi Park, the Montrose Cultural Centre, and Bonnett's Ene...
Jan 02, 2025
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Football
St. Joe's all-stars highlight Senior Bowl Team North roster
Two high school football players from Grande Prairie have been selected to represent Team North in the 2025 Alberta Senior Bowl. Celtic's receiver Dylan Morin and Corner Thomas Lee were chosen for the squad, along with fellow St. Joe's running back and Whitecourt native Alex Hiemstra. All three seniors will now suit up...
Jan 02, 2025
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AJHL
Grande Prairie Storm gearing up for the back half of the season
The Grande Prairie Storm have wrapped up play for 2024 with great success on the season so far.So far the Storm are 18-9-1-1 and second in the north division, which has led them to be in the CJHL top 20 rankings every week for the first time.The success is attributed to a more "old school, professional" play ...
Dec 26, 2024
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Local Sports
Local hockey teams wrap up 2024 portion of seasons
Ice action for local hockey teams will be halted for nearly two weeks for Christmas and New Year's break. GP StormThe AJHL's Grande Prairie Storm went on a three game road trip for their last games of 2024. They kicked off in Calgary Friday, losing 3-1 to the Canucks. The Storm went to Canmore on Saturday and lost to t...
Dec 23, 2024
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Agriculture
Agriculture
Walter Paszkowski Farm Leadership Award applications open until January 10
Alberta Canola says applications are open for its Walter Paszkowski Farm Leadership Award. One canola farmer in Alberta will be given $5000 bursary to participate in the National Farm Leadership Program for 2025.It is meant to develop leaders and is meant to fit into what a release from Alberta Canola calls a "hec...
Dec 20, 2024
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Agriculture
AFSC deadlines approaching
AFSC has a bunch of deadlines coming up by the end of the year.December 20 is the last day to submit requests for loan disbursements.The last day to buy livestock price insurance is December 19 while December 23 is the last day to request a claim. Online requests for revolving loan funding must be in by 6 a.m. on Chris...
Dec 19, 2024
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Agriculture
Grande Prairie man enters Agribition competition for first time at age 82, winds up third
A Grande Prairie man recently received a lot of attention for being the oldest competitor at a competition at Regina's Canadian Western Agribition.Gordon Frentz is 82. He wound up finishing third in Agribition's chore team competition."How I came to want to go there is I've been watching it on YouTube for the last...
Dec 16, 2024
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Alberta
Over 670,000 Visitor Interactions
Alberta Parks reports high visitor numbers, satisfaction levels in 2024
The province says 2024 marked a very successful year for Alberta Parks. This past year, more than 228,000 camping reservations were processed in Alberta, and the province says that over 2.3 million people stayed overnight at reservable camping spaces. Amongst those who have attended provincial parks and campsites in th...
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'We've done the impossible': Calgarians get back personalized 1988 Olympic bricks
CALGARY - Some people say it with flowers. Some with an engagement ring. For Keith Beggs, it was a brick surrounded by mortar and placed at Calgary's Olympic Plaza that showed his true intent for the woman who would become his wife. "She was saying, 'Are we serious or not?' So I said, 'I know, I'll buy a brick,'&q...
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Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi to seek Edmonton riding nomination
Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says he's seeking the party's nomination to run as a candidate in Edmonton.The Edmonton-Strathcona seat became vacant after former NDP leader and premier Rachel Notley resigned her seat effective Dec. 30.Before taking the helm of the Opposition NDP, Nenshi served as mayor of Calgary for...
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honouring recipients
Nominations now open for Minister's Seniors Service Awards
The provincial government has opened nominations for the Minister's Seniors Service Awards.Since 1998, the awards have celebrated not only individuals but organizations for their work in helping Alberta's seniors through volunteerism and philanthropy. Over that time, they've recognized nearly 200 people and organizatio...
Jan 02, 2025
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Canada
Liberal caucus to meet Wednesday as calls mount for Trudeau to resign
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's Liberal caucus will meet on Wednesday as calls from MPs mount for the prime minister to step down. Two Liberal MPs told The Canadian Press that the meeting will take place in Ottawa with the option for attendees to participate virtually. The meeting was convened on the same day that Manitoba M...
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Canada pausing applications for parent, grandparent permanent residency sponsorships
OTTAWA - Canada will not accept new parent and grandparent permanent residency sponsorship applications until further notice, according to a ministerial directive. The directive published in the Canada Gazette states the government remains committed to family reunification but will focus on processing applications rece...
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Pierre Poilievre outlines goals, strategy, key players in Jordan Peterson interview
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre gave a lengthy interview to psychologist and media personality Jordan Peterson, touching on his vision for Canada and how he plans to implement it. Here's what we learned from the interview, which was recorded on Dec. 21 and released Friday: Election now Poilievre has no qu...
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Two more charged in brazen killing of daughter-in-law of late Montreal Mafia boss
MONTREAL - Montreal police say two more people have been arrested in the brazen daytime killing of a 39-year-old woman in front of her beauty salon in May 2023. Claudia Iacono, 39, was the daughter-in-law of the late Moreno Gallo, a reputed mob boss who was killed in 2013 in Acapulco, Mexico, after being deported from ...
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Yukon told of 'potential leak' from toxic pond at failed Eagle Gold mine
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says it has been told there is a "potential leak" in a containment pond holding toxic water at the Eagle Gold mine, where millions of tonnes of contaminated rock were spilled last year. It says that receivers PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. informed the government and the First N...
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Rise in number of unhoused people seeking shelter in Montreal ERs as temperatures dip
MONTREAL - Montreal health authorities say a growing number of people experiencing homelessness are taking refuge in the city's emergency rooms to stay out of the freezing cold. Officials say the city's downtown superhospital known as the CHUM, and hospitals in the southwest are reporting a rise in homeless people in t...
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World
New Orleans attacker had suspected bomb materials at home, reserved truck weeks ago, officials say
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The man killed by New Orleans police after ramming a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers had suspected bomb-making materials at his home and reserved the vehicle used in the deadly attack more than six weeks earlier, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Friday. Federal ...
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Soldier who died by suicide in Las Vegas told ex-girlfriend of pain and exhaustion after Afghanistan
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The highly decorated Special Forces soldier who died by suicide in a Cybertruck explosion on New Years Day confided to a former girlfriend - who had served as an Army nurse - that he faced significant pain and exhaustion that she says were key symptoms of traumatic brain injury. Matthew Livelsberger, 3...
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Soldier who died in Las Vegas explosion left note saying it was to be a wakeup for country's ills
A soldier who died in an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck at the Trump hotel in Las Vegas left a note saying it was stunt to serve as "wakeup call" for the country's ills, investigators said Friday. Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old Green Beret from Colorado Springs, Colorado, apparently harbored no ill will...
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