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...
Mar 15, 2025
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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...
Mar 14, 2025
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Peace Region
RCMP
UPDATE: Shelter in Place order Rescinded
UPDATE: The Shelter in Place order issued by Whitecourt RCMP has been rescinded.The suspect is in custody.Whitecourt RCMP is thanking the community for their cooperations during this time.--Whitecourt RCMP have issued a shelter in place order for residents in the area of 56 Avenue and 48 Street as they deal with a fire...
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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...
Mar 15, 2025
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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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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...
Mar 14, 2025
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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...
Mar 14, 2025
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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 ...
Mar 14, 2025
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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 wants call with Trump, PM 'respects' president's economic goals: ambassador
OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to the U.S. says Prime Minister Mark Carney is looking to set up a conversation with President Donald Trump "as soon as possible." In an interview with Fox News on Sunday morning, Ambassador Kirsten Hillman said the Canadian side has reached out to the U.S. since Carney was sworn ...
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Art of medicine: Quebec doctors in training visit museum to better diagnose patients
MONTREAL - Classes on disease and anatomy are par for the course in traditional medical training, but a new program at a Quebec university is making visits to the art museum a mandatory part of the curriculum for physicians in training. Through portraits and sculptures, medical students at Université de Montr&ea...
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So Donald Trump wants more border security? Here's how the RCMP is ramping up efforts
WINDSOR, Ont. - Ian Smith used to spend most of his days behind a desk in the RCMP's Windsor, Ont., detachment, working on investigations and performing administrative duties. As a member of the force's border integrity unit, the constable says he didn't even have to wear his uniform. But that recently changed. Smith n...
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Canadian woman returns home after being detained by U.S. immigration officials
VANCOUVER - The mother of a British Columbia woman who was detained for nearly two weeks by immigration officials in the United States says her daughter is back on home soil. Alexis Eagles confirmed Saturday that her daughter, Jasmine Mooney, landed at the Vancouver International Airport at around midnight and returned...
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Canadian officials, Muslim leaders call for action against Islamophobia
MONTREAL - Federal officials marked International Day to Combat Islamophobia Saturday by calling on Canadians to push back against bigotry directed at the country's Muslim communities. But one organization that defends the civil rights of Canada's Muslim says not enough is being done to counter the rising tide of hate....
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Clients of Halifax 'rage room' take aim at portraits of U.S. President Donald Trump
HALIFAX - After placing a framed photo of U.S. President Donald Trump on a table, Matthew Burke steps back and takes a mighty swing with a baseball bat. Glass shatters as the frame explodes. The obliterated image vanishes. Satisfied with his effort, the 14-year-old - dressed in dark coveralls, a paintball mask and body...
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World
51 dead and dozens more injured in nightclub fire in North Macedonia
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) - A massive fire that broke out early Sunday in a nightclub in North Macedonia's eastern town of Kocani has killed 51 people and injured about 100 more, interior minister Panche Toshkovski told a press conference. The blaze began around 2:35 a.m. during a concert by a local pop group, accor...
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Rebels in Yemen say death toll from US strikes has climbed to 31, including women and children
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The Houthi rebel-run Health Ministry says the death toll from U.S. strikes on Yemen has climbed to 31, including women and children. Anees al-Asbahi, a spokesperson for the ministry, said Sunday that another 101 people were wounded in the overnight strikes. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. A...
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At least 26 dead in massive US storm after Kansas reports 8 fatalities
Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states, part of a monster storm that has killed at least 26 people as more severe weather was expected late Saturday. The number of fatalities increased after the Kansas Highway Patrol reported eight peop...
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