Entertainment
Grande Prairie dancer to grace Juno Awards stage Sunday
Justice Walker, a Grande Prairie native, will be one of many talented performers broadcasted live from the 2025 Juno Awards being held in Vancouver on March 30.Walker is of Indigenous descent and was born and raised in the Swan City. She has been dancing since a young age, starting under the guidance of Omarla Cooke as...
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City of Grande Prairie
City of Grande Prairie annual City Scrub returns in April
The City of Grande Prairie is encouraging residents to help clean up their city over April.Grande Prairie's City Scrub is set to run April 2-30, with residents asked to spend 20 minutes picking up litter in parks, neighbourhoods and public spaces.The City is giving away free cleaning supplies at several facilities incl...
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Peace Region
Entertainment
Grande Prairie dancer to grace Juno Awards stage Sunday
Justice Walker, a Grande Prairie native, will be one of many talented performers broadcasted live from the 2025 Juno Awards being held in Vancouver on March 30.Walker is of Indigenous descent and was born and raised in the Swan City. She has been dancing since a young age, starting under the guidance of Omarla Cooke as...
13h ago
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City of Grande Prairie
City of Grande Prairie annual City Scrub returns in April
The City of Grande Prairie is encouraging residents to help clean up their city over April.Grande Prairie's City Scrub is set to run April 2-30, with residents asked to spend 20 minutes picking up litter in parks, neighbourhoods and public spaces.The City is giving away free cleaning supplies at several facilities incl...
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GPPS
GPPS Community Standards Unit apprehends Canada-wide wanted man
The Grande Prairie Police Service's newly established Community Standards Unit has successfully apprehended a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant.On the morning of March 26, GPPS officers on patrol observed a traffic violation involving a taxi in the downtown area and initiated a traffic stop, where a male passenger ex...
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Wanted Wednesday
Wanted individual known to visit Grande Prairie
RCMP in Alberta is searching for a wanted individual, Jan-Anne August, known to frequent areas in the peace region. She is known to attend Grande Prairie, and Clairmont as well as different parts of central and southern Alberta.In the RCMP's Wanted Wednesday post, they say if you do see August, do not approach and call...
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GPLT
The Complete Works of William Shakspere runs at Grande Prairie Live Theatre Mar. 27-Apr. 12
The next show in Grande Prairie Live Theatre's current season is a hilarious celebration of one the greatest playwrights in history. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, follows a troupe of actors as they attempt to perform all of The Bard's classic comedies and tragedies in less then two hours, resultin...
Mar 27, 2025
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GPREP
Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership launches social media accounts
The Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership now has a direct source for residents to receive emergency updates. GPREP has launched social media accounts on Facebook and X(previously Twitter), under the name @gprepalerts, to provide timely, accurate information during wildfires, floods and other large-scale emerge...
Mar 27, 2025
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Local Sports
RBC
AJHL Community Ambassador Award nominations released
As the Grande Prairie Storm busted out their brooms to celebrate their first-round sweep of the Lloydminster Bobcats on Wednesday night, one of their own was selected for a prestigious league award. Grande Prairie Storm forward Will Harris was selected as GP's nomination for the RBC AJHL Community Ambassadors Award, wh...
Mar 27, 2025
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Local Hockey
Storm sweep Bobcats, advance to Round 2
The Grande Prairie Storm have advanced to the next round of AJHL Playoffs after sweeping their series with Lloydminster Wednesday night on the road. The Storm beat the Bobcats 4-3 in overtime thanks to a goal from forward Tomis Marinkovic at 13:23, which was his second of the night. Now they await their next match-up i...
Mar 27, 2025
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Local Hockey
Storm win Game 3 over Bobcats, chance to sweep series
The Grande Prairie Storm are on a hot streak in the first round of playoffs. On Tuesday night, the Storm put another in the win column over the Lloydminster Bobcats with a 2-1 victory in Game 3.The win gives the boys a 3-0 series lead and the chance to sweep and advance to the next round if they win tonight (Wednesday)...
Mar 26, 2025
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Agriculture
Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry as it faces Chinese tariffs
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has announced support for the country's agriculture sector as it deals with tariffs imposed by China. The federal agriculture department says in a news release that the current payment cap under AgriStability, a program that works similarly to crop insurance, will double to $6 million f...
Mar 23, 2025
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Agriculture
Province says legislative changes will mean more agriculture waste going to the biogas industry
The provincial government is going to make changes to some legislation it says will help support the biogas industry.The changes to the Agricultural Operation Practices Act, if approved, would allow organic waste produced by agriculture operations to be sent to biogas plants.The province says in a news release that 3.4...
Mar 19, 2025
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AVOID ROLLOVERS AND FALLS
Agricultural Safety Week: Slow down and make a plan
This year, March 16-22 marks Agricultural Safety Week in Canada, an annual national event aimed at highlighting the importance of farm safety. "Canadian Agricultural Safety Week is a good time to remind those working on farms and ranches about the importance of farm health and safety measures to keep operations sa...
Mar 19, 2025
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Alberta
10,000 RESIDENTS AIDED
Government of Alberta reports successful first year of Navigation and Support Centres
After just over one year of existence, Alberta's Navigation and Support Centres have helped more than 10,000 residents access supports and services, the government reports. Navigation and Support Centres act as a one-stop shop for vulnerable residents to access a wide range of supports in one place, including financial...
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Provincial Politics
Collegiate schools and dual-credit programs see investments in Budget 2025
If passed, Alberta's Budget 2025 would provide more than $100 million over three years for school boards to grow career education programs, including funding for more collegiate and dual-credit programs across the province. Career education programs let students gain credits toward graduation while gaining hands-on exp...
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KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE THREE
One-time funding added for reading, writing and math screening supports
Alberta's government is providing one time funding of $7.5 million to help make sure schools have the resources and staff needed to conduct the additional reading, writing and math screenings it began this year. This is in addition to the $10 million allocated for reading, writing and math support this next school year...
Mar 27, 2025
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COMES TO KANANASKIS IN JUNE
Alta. temporarily adjusting reservist leave to improve G7 Summit security
The Government of Alberta has issued a temporary regulation enabling Alberta-based Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) reserves to take reservist leave to support security measures at the G7 Summit planned for June in Kananaskis. On March 27, Matt Jones, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Trade, and Alberta's Military Liaison Justi...
Mar 27, 2025
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Canada
Federal Politics
Canada, U.S. to negotiate new economic, security relationship after election, Carney says
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada and the United States will begin comprehensive negotiations for a "new economic and security relationship" immediately after the Canadian election following a Friday morning phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump.In a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office,...
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Fight on in southern Alberta to save Tyra the mega-popular tourist-luring dinosaur
CALGARY - Tyra the Tyrannosaurus, the lovable landmark that towers over the Drumheller skyline in the heart of the Canadian Badlands, is facing an extinction-level event. The 25-metre-high attraction -- billed as the World's Largest Dinosaur, and the backdrop to hundreds of thousands of tourist photos over a quarter of...
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B.C. Premier David Eby walking back tariff bill after 'anxiety' from stakeholders
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government is walking back a key portion of its controversial tariff response law, admitting the proposed legislation "didn't get the balance right." He says the legislation known as Bill 7 needs appropriate "safeguards" after a wave of critici...
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Vancouver police deploying big presence to 'maintain order' at anti-Tesla protests
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say they are investigating 28 anti-Tesla incidents and will deploy more than 130 extra officers to "maintain order" at protests targeting the electric carmaker this weekend. The force says in a statement that the incidents targeting Tesla are suspected to be politically motivated ...
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Canada's most wanted: Quebec street gang leader arrested in Rome hideout
MONTREAL - Canada's most wanted fugitive has been arrested in Italy after more than a year at large. Dave (Pik) Turmel, alleged by police to be the head of Quebec street gang Blood Family Mafia, was arrested in Rome on Thursday after local police were tipped off about his presence in the Italian capital. Quebec City po...
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Estate of late Savoura founder sues helicopter company in 2019 deadly Quebec crash
MONTREAL - A United States helicopter company is facing a $50-million lawsuit in the 2019 crash that killed the founder of a Quebec greenhouse farming company and his teenage son. The estate of Stéphane Roy, the late founder and ex-CEO of Savoura, has launched a lawsuit against Robinson Helicopter Company Inc. i...
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World
Myanmar earthquake death toll jumps to nearly 700, according to government, state-run media reports
BANGKOK (AP) - The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has jumped to nearly 700, according to the government, state-run media reported Saturday. MRTV reported that 694 people have now been found dead and another1,670 injured, with 68 others injured, according to a statement from the military-...
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Voice of America wins in court, for now, as judge blocks Trump administration from firing staff
NEW YORK (AP) - The Voice of America can't be silenced just yet. A federal judge on Friday halted the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the eight-decade-old U.S. government-funded international news service, calling the move a "classic case of arbitrary and capricious decision making." Judge James P...
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US Naval Academy ends affirmative action in admissions
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service institution, a response to an executive order by President Donald Trump, according to federal court documents made public Friday. The change in policy was made in February by Vice Adm. Yv...
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