Municipal Police
Fourteen more recruits training in GPPS second class
The Grande Prairie Police Service says following the successful completion of their first class of recruits, they are now welcoming their second class to the force. The historic milestone of the second class comes as over 300 applications were received, and the decision was made to bump the class size up by two due to ...
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Special Olympics
Less than 100 days before Special Olympics Alberta Summer Games
Special Olympics Grande Prairie is gearing up for the Special Olympics Alberta Summer Games.The provincial sporting event will be held in Grande Prairie this July, and organizers held a gathering Tuesday to celebrate the games and its athletes.(Photo Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel LeighGames Manager Lisa Kerkhof...
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Peace Region
Community
Cedar Point operating at full capacity, has high rate of people going to independent living, says official
Cedar Point, the housing support facility for Grande Prairie's homeless population, is operating at near capacity.It has 50 people staying there currently. There is room for 64.The Mustard Seed community development specialist Kendra Sledding says they have seen what she calls "positive impacts with the residents....
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RCMP
Grande Prairie RCMP make multiple drug-related arrests in February
During a virtual media event, Grande Prairie RCMP announced four separate events in February where the RCMP's Crime Reduction Unit made arrests related to the possession of illegal drugs.On Feb. 3, 2025, Grande Prairie RCMP CRU members, while on an unrelated call, witnessed a drug exchange involving an individual known...
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Municipal Police
Fourteen more recruits training in GPPS second class
The Grande Prairie Police Service says following the successful completion of their first class of recruits, they are now welcoming their second class to the force. The historic milestone of the second class comes as over 300 applications were received, and the decision was made to bump the class size up by two due to ...
3h ago
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Special Olympics
Less than 100 days before Special Olympics Alberta Summer Games
Special Olympics Grande Prairie is gearing up for the Special Olympics Alberta Summer Games.The provincial sporting event will be held in Grande Prairie this July, and organizers held a gathering Tuesday to celebrate the games and its athletes.(Photo Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel LeighGames Manager Lisa Kerkhof...
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City Hall
Electricity distribution costs still top advocacy priority for Grande Prairie City Council
Electricity distribution costs, seniors housing, and support for Northwestern Polytechnic are all on the new advocacy list for Grande Prairie City Council.Mayor Jackie Clayton says those distribution costs for electricity would be the number one item."We hear regularly from residents and businesses that the detrim...
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Forestry Business
There are ways to support the forestry industry though tariffs, duties says APFA official
The senior vice president of the Alberta Forest Products Association says there are a few things people in the Peace can do to support an industry dealing with tariffs and duties.Brock Mulligan says there is "a huge opportunity to build more with our wood.""We see a growing demand for recreation centres....
Apr 01, 2025
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Local Sports
Girl's Hockey
U18 Peace Country Storm bring home silver from provincials
The U18 Peace Country Female Athletic Club wrapped up their season this weekend at Provincials in Strathcona County. Leading up to the goal medal game the ladies were 3-1 at the Ardrossan Rec Complex but ended up dropping the final 4-1 to the Calgary Fire. In a post on social media, the Athletic Club congratulated the ...
Mar 31, 2025
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Local Hockey
Huskies win NWJHL League Championship, advance to provincials
The Strike Group North West Junior Hockey League's playoffs were completed on Saturday up in La Crete. The Fort St. John Huskies won the league championship in six games over the Lumber Barons, winning 5-3 in the final game. The action isn't over yet for Fort St. John though, they have advanced to Junior B provincials ...
Mar 31, 2025
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ajhl
Storm player named in All-Academic Team
A member of the Grande Prairie Storm was named to the AJHL's All-Academic Team.This team recognizes twelve current and former players dedicated to their studies at either the high school or post-secondary level, along with a grade score reflective of their academic success." According to the AJHL, Storm forward Ka...
Mar 30, 2025
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Agriculture
Agriculture
Farmland values continue to increase says FCC
Farm Credit Canada says the national average increase in farmland value was up 9.3 per cent in 2024.That was lower the one from 2023, but still ahead of the five-year average of 8.6 per cent and the 10-year average of 9.1 per cent.The increase for Alberta came in at 7.1 per cent. Saskatchewan had the highest increase a...
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Agriculture
GGC launches own campaign related to the federal election
Grain Growers of Canada has launched a campaign of its own as part of the federal election campaign.Vote for Grain is a website where farmers can send an email to all the candidates in their riding. It also includes a list of issues and some information on the stances of the four main parties.That list includes support...
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Agriculture
Host farms invited to sign up for Alberta Open Farm Days
Registration is now open for any place that wants to be a host farm for Alberta Open Farm Days.This year's edition is set for August 16 and 17.The weekend gives people a chance to visit farms and ranches, see food production first-hand and try and buy locally produced products.The theme this year is Water, The Lifebloo...
Apr 01, 2025
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Alberta
TRADE WAR
Premier Smith says she's sticking to U.S. tariffs approach
Premier Danielle Smith says she'll stick to her contentious approach of trying to make the case against U.S. tariffs on Canada with right-wing media personalities and down-ballot Republicans as U.S. President Donald Trump mulls another round of damaging economic tariffs."It was agreed by all the premiers that we w...
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PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
From dirt to door: BILD Alberta demystifying homebuilding and its affordability
The Building Industry and Land Development Association Alberta (BILD Alberta) has launched a public awareness campaign, "Unlock Housing," to take Albertans behind the scenes on how homes and communities are built, from dirt to door. BILD Alberta says our province leads the country in new home construction. De...
Apr 01, 2025
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Canada's Choice
Carney promises home building program, Poilievre pitches national energy corridor
Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised Monday to get the federal government back into the business of home building, while Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives pitched a national energy corridor to fast-track approval of key infrastructure.The New Democrats rolled out their own national project - a promise to help retrofit 3....
Apr 01, 2025
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Health Care
Alberta Health Services pauses planned changes to food policy in emergency departments
Alberta Health Services president Andre Tremblay announced Tuesday that AHS will no longer move forward with changes concerning the way food is supplied in emergency departments other non-inpatient areas.In September 2024, AHS approved changes to the way food is supplied in the areas, and the policy was set to take eff...
Apr 01, 2025
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Canada
CP NewsAlert: S&P downgrades B.C.'s credit rating again
VICTORIA - Credit rating agency S&P has downgraded British Columbia's rating for the fourth time in four years, citing record capital spending and a "fiscal mismatch" in its operations. S&P Global Ratings cut the province's long-term issuer credit rating to A+ from AA-. More coming. The Canadian Press
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Critically endangered sunflower sea stars are seeking refuge in B.C. fiords
Alyssa Gehman vividly recalls seeing starfish for the first time while on a kayaking trip in British Columbia's Desolation Sound in Grade 8. "I just remembered (seeing) a lot of the colours and the excitement of the colours in the water," said Gehman, who is now a scientist with the Hakai Institute, a group t...
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Quebec coroner calls out 'hero firefighter' culture in 2023 flooding deaths
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner says the province's firefighting academy should warn students that "hero" culture can sometimes lead firefighters to overlook their own safety in their attempts to save others. Coroner Andrée Kronström made the comments in her report on the deaths of volunteer firefight...
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'Liberation Day': A timeline of Donald Trump's trade war with Canada
For over a year before the November 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump had been signalling he planned to impose across-the-board tariffs if he won the United States presidency. Trump was elected on Nov. 5, and it's been a roller-coaster ever since for Canadian leaders and businesses. He has threatened, enacted, m...
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Remove drugs from potential retaliatory tariffs list, pharmacists urge
TORONTO - The Canadian Pharmacists Association is urging the federal government to remove all drug-related products from its list of potential retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. The association says there are currently eight pharmaceutical tariff codes on the list, but it's not clear which specific medications or dru...
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Snow and freezing rain return to parts of Ontario; more power outages possible
A massive spring storm has descended on Ontario with damaging conditions in store for parts of the province still without power from the last bout of freezing rain. Weather warnings issued by Environment Canada cover most of Ontario, ranging from snowfall in the north to rainfall and freezing rain across the south and ...
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World
Police find 2023 Nashville school shooter sought notoriety, hid mental health from medical providers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The shooter behind the 2023 Nashville elementary school attack that killed six people, including three children, had been planning it for years while hiding their mental health issues from medical providers and hoping the carnage would bring notoriety and fame, a report released Wednesday reveal...
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Myanmar's government declares ceasefire to facilitate quake relief efforts
BANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar's ruling military has declared a temporary ceasefire in the country's civil war until April 22 to facilitate earthquake relief efforts and show compassion to the people affected, state TV said Wednesday. The announcement, made in a statement from the military's high command, follows unilateral te...
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Judge dismisses corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge dismissed New York City Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case on Wednesday, acquiescing to the Justice Department's extraordinary request to set aside criminal charges so the Democrat could help with President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. The judge, though, denied prosecutors the ab...
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