Northwestern Polytechnic
NWP CEO signs Memorandum of Understanding with northern Alberta post-secondary institutions
Northwestern Polytechnic's president and CEO has signed a memorandum of understanding with five other northern Alberta post secondary schools.Dr. Vanessa Sheane was in Fort McMurray Friday to sign the MOU alongside representatives from Keyano College, Lakeland College, Northern Lakes College and Portage College.The agr...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney's government terminates consumer carbon price
The Liberal government is immediately ending the consumer carbon price and made the change official during Prime Minister Mark Carney's first cabinet meeting this afternoon.Carney says people who have been getting a rebate on the carbon price will get one final payment for the next quarter in April.He signed an order-i...
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Peace Region
Northwestern Polytechnic
NWP CEO signs Memorandum of Understanding with northern Alberta post-secondary institutions
Northwestern Polytechnic's president and CEO has signed a memorandum of understanding with five other northern Alberta post secondary schools.Dr. Vanessa Sheane was in Fort McMurray Friday to sign the MOU alongside representatives from Keyano College, Lakeland College, Northern Lakes College and Portage College.The agr...
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Community
Documentary 'Intersections of Identity' premieres at NWP Mar. 14
A documentary about individuals facing homelessness in Alberta will have it's Grande Prairie premiere today. Intersections of Identity, a documentary by Damian Abrahams, will be shown at Northwestern Polytechnic.It explores the lived experiences of individuals facing homelessness in both rural and urban Alberta, and fo...
Mar 14, 2025
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City of Grande Prairie
City of Grande Prairie opens applications for 2026 Community Group Funding
Applications are now open for the City of Grande Prairie's Community Group Funding Cycle.The program is a City funding stream for programs and services run by community groups that benefit the community and residents.The stream was updated for the next funding cycle with increased parameters for capital requests, and t...
Mar 14, 2025
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City Hall
Residential snow removal to start Friday in Grande Prairie
City Hall says a two week rotation of snow removal will start in the Arbour Hills, Gateway, Royal Oaks and Westgate areas today (Friday, March 14).The city says these are the usual areas done following its Week A-Week B schedule that sees residential areas cleared the day before garbage pickup day. The plowing will con...
Mar 14, 2025
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Town of Fox Creek
Town of Fox Creek launching a new wildfire mitigation initiative
The Minister of Forestry and Parks will be in Fox Creek Friday, March 14.Todd Loewen is visiting the town as it launches its new wildfire management initiative that uses mushrooms to reduce wildfire fuels.Loewen will be joined by Fox Creek municipal officials and key stakeholders from the region for the event.A news co...
Mar 14, 2025
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PWPSD
PWPSD appoints new Wembley Elementary principal
The Peace Wapiti Public School Division has announced a new principal at Wembley Elementary School for the 2025-2026 school year.Theresa Simmonds will be taking the reigns as temporary principal after serving as principal of Bonanza school since 2009.(Photo Credit: Peace Wapiti Public School Division)Simmonds says her ...
Mar 14, 2025
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Local Sports
Local Sports
Hockey, swim meet, ski hills for this weekend
StormThe Grande Prairie Storm will host the Lloydminster Bobcats for the final two games of the regular season this weekend, games that will also be a playoff preview.The games this weekend will go Friday starting at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday at 6:00 p.m.The Storm will also host the Bobcats to open the playoffs on March 2...
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Grande Prairie Storm
Storm players, coach nominated for league awards
Several members of the Grande Prairie Storm are among the League Award Finalists for the Alberta Junior Hockey League. Tomas Marinkovic is up for the Top Forward Award. Logan Cunningham has been nominated for Outstanding Defenceman. Nicholas Jones is among the finalists for Top Goaltender. Chris Schmidt is up for Coach...
Mar 13, 2025
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AJHL Player of the week
Storm net-minder listed in AJHL weekly awards
A member of the Grande Prairie Storm has once again been selected as a top player of the week in the AJHL, this time alongside two Calgary Canucks. Storm net-minder Nicholas Jones is the Defensive Player of the Week as he posted a 2-0 record from March 3-9, pushing Grande Prairie to a three-game win streak. Both games ...
Mar 12, 2025
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Agriculture
Farm Safety Week
Federal government announces grant for farm safety organization ahead of Canadian Agricultural Safety Week
The federal government has announced a grant for the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association.The $1,607,291 over three years is meant to help find ways to reduce injuries and improve farm safety through things like on-farm resources, training programs and awareness campaigns.A news release from the federal government ...
Mar 14, 2025
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Agriculture
Federal money coming to Peace Region projects
The federal government has made some funding announcements related to agriculture recently and some of the money is coming to the to the Peace.One of the announcements is $116 million to 119 projects across the country under the Agricultural Clean Technology Program.Seven farms in five different communities in the Peac...
Mar 13, 2025
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Agriculture
Ag ministers say Team Canada tariffs approach will continue as GGC expresses concern about trade war
Federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers says they will continue with a Team Canada approach in dealing with US tariffs. The ministers met in Ottawa on Thursday as part of what a release from the federal agriculture department calls "ongoing discussions related to the impacts and potential respons...
Mar 11, 2025
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Alberta
Prevent the spread
Measles outbreak identified in northern Alberta
The Government of Alberta is alerting the public of a measles outbreak in the northern part of the province in an effort to halt further spread of the disease.As of March 13, health officials have confirmed six cases in the province but were all a part of the same household. Despite that, it raises concerns about the p...
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PROVINCIAL POLITICS
Premier Smith says Carney should immediately call election
Premier Danielle Smith says new prime minister Mark Carney should immediately call a general election as she argued his cabinet remains as hostile to Alberta as the one assembled by his predecessor. "I am extremely concerned that this cabinet includes most of same ministers responsible for the most damaging govern...
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Community
Alberta Premier acknowledging Mar. 14 as Hindu Festival of Colours 'Holi'
Alberta's Premier is acknowledging today as Holi the Hindu traditional Festival of Colours.Danielle Smith says the celebration marks the arrival of spring and is a way for participants to reconnect with their community.Smith says during Holi the focus is on practising acceptance, living in harmony with all the earth's ...
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IN ADDITION TO CONVENTIONAL
Alberta to begin collecting bitumen royalties in-kind
The Government of Alberta has announced it will now collect bitumen royalties in-kind (BRIK) in addition to conventional royalties in-kind (CORIK) in an effort to maximize resource revenue. The Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission (APMC), the province's commercial oil and gas agency, can now combine conventional and ...
Mar 14, 2025
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Canada
Carney orders review of F-35 fighter jet purchase from U.S.'s Lockheed Martin
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked for a review of Canada's plan to purchase a fleet of F-35 fighter jets. The deal with Lockheed Martin and the U.S. government is for 88 planes at a cost of about US$85 million each. A spokesperson for Defence Minister Bill Blair says Carney has asked Blair to look into whet...
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King Charles signalling support for Canada as Trump talks annexation: royal watchers
A maple tree, a red dress and a ceremonial sword may seem like cold comfort for Canadians hoping to hear their head of state defend them against U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated pitches to annex their country. But royal watchers say King Charles is showing subtle support for Canada in the only way he can, given h...
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Quebec company hopes its plan to sell bananas, other exotic produce bears fruit
SAINT-EUSTACHE, Que. - Thick, humid air envelopes Myriam Claude's banana tree, which bears a beautiful cluster of fruit, not yet ripe. Beside it are several trees blossoming with flowers, citrus fruit, and tiny pomegranates waiting to explode with flavour. But Claude's bounty isn't in the tropics. It's in an 8,750-squa...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney to visit France, U.K. for first foreign trip
OTTAWA - Mark Carney will make his first foray on the world stage as Canada's 24th prime minister on a trip to France and the U.K. in coming days. He has no plan yet to visit the United States. Carney says he was invited by French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for visits to reinforce...
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Hudson's Bay to liquidate entire business, still seeking additional capital
TORONTO - The death knell is ringing for Canada's oldest company. Hudson's Bay announced Friday night that unless it finds a more viable path forward, it will begin liquidating its entire business as soon as next week, putting more than 9,000 jobs at risk. The department store chain that dates back to 1670 and now span...
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Eby responds to Alaskan senator's threat to have cruise ships bypass B.C. ports
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is standing firm behind the legislation granting the province the ability to levy new fees on U.S. commercial trucks heading to Alaska, despite political threats involving the cruise ship sector from an Alaskan senator. Eby says in response to comments made by U.S. Sen. Dan Su...
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World
Trump signs a bill funding the government for 6 months, avoiding a shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown and capping off a struggle in Congress that deeply divided Democrats. Harrison Fields, White House principal deputy press secretary, said in a ...
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Monster storm across the US sparks threat of tornadoes in US South; At least 5 dead
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - At least five people have been killed in a monster storm sweeping across much of the U.S. At least two people were killed in Missouri after a tornado struck the Bakersfield area. The Missouri State Highway patrol said Saturday via social media that multiple people were also injured. It would bring ...
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Israeli airstrikes killed 8 people in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics say
CAIRO (AP) - Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least eight people, including a local reporter who was operating a drone. The Indonesian Hospital said it received eight bodies from two airstrikes in the same area of the northern town of Beit Lahiya on Saturday. Fares Awad, head of eme...
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