Wildfires
New wildfires in GPFA
As of 1:30 p.m. on April 19, there is an out of control wildfire (GWF007) in the Grande Prairie Forest Area. The fire is estimated at 1.50 hectares and is located south of Highway 49, about 35 km southwest of Spirit River.A fire also broke out on the south side of the Dunvegan bridge (GWF005) on Friday, April 18. It is...
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RCMP
Grande Prairie RCMP search for a suspect with a stolen credit card
Grande Prairie RCMP are trying to identify a suspect who allegedly used a credit card without the owner's permission. At the end of March, Mounties were made aware of this incident and noted two transactions totalling $336.67 made by the suspect, without the knowledge of the card owner. Pictures of the suspect were obt...
Apr 19, 2025
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Peace Region
Wildfires
New wildfires in GPFA
As of 1:30 p.m. on April 19, there is an out of control wildfire (GWF007) in the Grande Prairie Forest Area. The fire is estimated at 1.50 hectares and is located south of Highway 49, about 35 km southwest of Spirit River.A fire also broke out on the south side of the Dunvegan bridge (GWF005) on Friday, April 18. It is...
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Missing person
Missing teen in Grande Prairie
The Grande Prairie RCMP are seeking public assistance in finding 17-year-old Dumkenechukwu Nwaigwe.He wsa last heard from on April 17, 2025. Mounties are concerned for Dumkenechukwu's wellbeing and would like to speak with him. He is described as:5'8" tallBlack hairBrown eyesDumkenechuckwu was last seen wearing a ...
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RCMP
Grande Prairie RCMP search for a suspect with a stolen credit card
Grande Prairie RCMP are trying to identify a suspect who allegedly used a credit card without the owner's permission. At the end of March, Mounties were made aware of this incident and noted two transactions totalling $336.67 made by the suspect, without the knowledge of the card owner. Pictures of the suspect were obt...
Apr 19, 2025
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"Applications now being accepted for Fall 2025"
NWP launches remote BEd program for Fort Vermillion students
Northwestern Polytechnic has partnered with the Fort Vermillion School Division to "bridge education opportunities in the north." A new deal between the two schools will now give the first remote cohort of Fort Vermillion students access to NWP's new four-year Bachelor of Elementary Education degree (BEd). NW...
Apr 19, 2025
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Missing Person
Missing woman in Grande Prairie
Mounties in Grande Prairie are asking for the public's assistance in locating 42-year-old Amanda Nugent. Nugent was last seen in Grande Prairie on March 10, 2025, and police are concerned for her wellbeing and would like to speak with her. She is described as:Medium complexion5'7" tall130 poundsBlack hairBrown eye...
Apr 18, 2025
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County of Grande Prairie
County of Grande Prairie Council approves final 2025 budget
County of Grande Prairie Council has approved the final budget for 2025.It calls for a 2.4 per cent municipal tax increase. The county says that works out to $57.85 a year or $4.82 a month for a residential property worth $575,000."This year's increase in the municipal portion of taxes will help ensure our program...
Apr 17, 2025
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Federal Election 2025
Liberal Party of Canada
Candidate Profile: Maureen McLeod (Liberal) - 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 17, 2025
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Federal Election
Business confidence, pipelines, housing among the topics covered in Chamber federal forum
All six federal election candidates in the Grande Prairie riding took part in an election forum hosted by the Grande Prairie & District Chamber of Commerce on Zoom Tuesday night. All candidates went two or three at a time answering questions that had been submitted, before all candidates were asked to respond to qu...
Apr 16, 2025
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Rhinoceros Party
Candidate Profile: Donovan Eckstrom (Rhino) - 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 14, 2025
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Local Sports
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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Local Sports
D3 Junior and High School Rodeo and Cowgirl Triathlon in Grande Prairie this weekend
Evergreen Park is hosting a plethora of rodeo events this Easter weekend. The Alberta High School Rodeo D3 Freedom Rodeo is happening Friday through Sunday for Junior High and High School contestants. There will be bareback riding, bareback steer, barrel racing, breakaway roping, tied down roping, ribbon roping, saddle...
Apr 17, 2025
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Local Sports
Player originally from Grande Prairie included in NHL Central Scouting rankings
NHL Central Scouting has released its final ranking for the 2025 NHL Draft and a player originally from Grande Prairie is included.Lukas Sawchyn in ranked 69th among North American skaters, up from 119th in the mid-term rankings.Sawchyn is a forward with the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Hockey League.The Oil Kings...
Apr 17, 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
Provincial Politics
Former Alberta minister details allegation Premier Smith purposely misled cabinet
An outspoken member of Alberta's legislature, booted from the United Conservative Party caucus, is airing more detailed allegations of what he calls government deception over a health-care contract scandal.Former cabinet minister Peter Guthrie is accusing Premier Danielle Smith and Health Minister Adriana LaGrange of d...
Apr 17, 2025
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'Freedom Convoy' organizer asks for stay of proceedings after guilty verdict
OTTAWA - "Freedom Convoy" organizer Chris Barber has asked for a stay of proceedings, two weeks after an Ontario judge found him and Tamara Lich guilty of mischief for their roles in the 2022 mass protest in Ottawa. According to a news release from the non-profit helping his defence, Barber is arguing the pro...
Apr 17, 2025
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WHAT TO KNOW
Here's what to know about advance voting in Canada's 2025 federal election
Advance voting for the 2025 federal election gets underway this long weekend.Canadians who are at least 18 years old can vote at their assigned polling station anytime from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on April 17, 18, 19 or 20. ---Where to voteThere are two ways to know where to advance vote. Those who are registered ahead of tim...
Apr 17, 2025
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Provincial Politics
Alberta pauses some of its fight-back plan against the U.S. amid tariff dispute
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is pausing the procurement policy it announced more than a month ago to fight U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally says since the province's retaliatory measures were first announced in early March, Trump's administration has put a hold o...
Apr 17, 2025
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Canada
New Brunswick group hopes to foster pride in basketball's Canadian roots
ST. STEPHEN - The rise in patriotism prompted by a hostile U.S. president is renewing focus on everything Canada has given the world, and a small New Brunswick mill town wants people to know the sport of basketball belongs on that list. A brick building nestled between an empty lot and a sports bar in St. Stephen, N.B....
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Day 3 of advance polls finds Liberals in Ottawa, NDP, Conservatives in BC
OTTAWA - Canadians continue to head to the polls in advance voting today as federal leaders find themselves out West and in the capital. Both NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre remain in British Columbia on Sunday, where they will both make announcements. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is sch...
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Connor, Scheifele use their smarts to make Jets soar
WINNIPEG - Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele go together like laces and hockey skates. The Jets' top-line duo each had a goal and two assists to boost Winnipeg to a 5-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Saturday's Game 1 opening-round playoff match. Scheifele threaded a pass to set up Connor's one-timer with 1:36 remain...
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Frozen pastries recalled in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba and N.S.: CFIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning consumers across multiple provinces that two brands of frozen pastries have been recalled due to salmonella concerns. The federal authority says Sweet Cream brand and D. Effe T. brand frozen pastries in the apollini mignon, mini lobster tail, Apollo K2, big lobstertail, sf...
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First Nations Health Authority backs harm reduction on B.C. overdose anniversary
WEST VANCOUVER - Deaths from toxic drugs may have dipped, but now is not the time to pull back on life-saving measures, especially given "misinformation" in the public discourse, the top doctor at British Columbia's First Nations Health Authority said Monday. Dr. Nel Wieman said First Nations continue to be d...
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Australia celebrates end to 'Vegemite-gate' after product back on shelves in Toronto
Canada and Australia have shaken hands to end a potential diplomatic dust-up over a yeast-based spread that many Aussies like on toast and crackers. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese thanked Prime Minister Mark Carney and his team on Saturday for helping end "Vegemite-gate" and ensuring a Toronto caf...
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World
JD Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday after flap over migration
VATICAN CITY (AP) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday as the pontiff recovers from pneumonia. Vance's motorcade entered Vatican City through a side gate and parked near Francis' hotel residence while Easter Mass was being celebrated in St. Peter's Square. Francis, who has great...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announces an Easter ceasefire in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared an Easter ceasefire in the 3-year-old conflict in Ukraine. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia has pushed Ukrainian forces from one of their last remaining footholds in Russia's Kursk region, off...
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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in the last 48 hours, Palestinians say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - More than 90 people have been killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes in the last 48 hours, Gaza's Health Ministry said Saturday. The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants. The dead include at least 15 people killed overnight, among them women and children, some of ...
Apr 19, 2025
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