Jobs
Unemployment rate rises to 5.5 per cent in March in Peace Region
Statistics Canada released the newest figures for employment across the country for March 2025 on Friday. In Alberta, there was a loss of over 15,400 jobs from February to March, with the unemployment rate rising from 6.7 per cent to 7.1 per cent.Full-time employment plummeted with 30,300 jobs lost, but gains were made...
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Roads
City to begin street sweeping Sunday night
The City of Grande Prairie is set to begin street sweeping operations next week.Starting Monday, crews will begin clearing debris from roadways, medians, barriers, and boulevards along arterial roads and high-traffic routes.Residential sweeping is expected to begin in late May.The sweeping will take place 24 hours a da...
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Peace Region
Jobs
Unemployment rate rises to 5.5 per cent in March in Peace Region
Statistics Canada released the newest figures for employment across the country for March 2025 on Friday. In Alberta, there was a loss of over 15,400 jobs from February to March, with the unemployment rate rising from 6.7 per cent to 7.1 per cent.Full-time employment plummeted with 30,300 jobs lost, but gains were made...
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RCMP
Gun and drugs seized following Peace River traffic stop
On Monday, March 24, 2025, members of the Peace Regional RCMP responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the area of Highway 986 and Range Road 203 where a man was sleeping inside. Officers attended to the report and the driver took a Mandatory Alcohol Screening, which was passed, however, shortly after RCMP left...
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Roads
City to begin street sweeping Sunday night
The City of Grande Prairie is set to begin street sweeping operations next week.Starting Monday, crews will begin clearing debris from roadways, medians, barriers, and boulevards along arterial roads and high-traffic routes.Residential sweeping is expected to begin in late May.The sweeping will take place 24 hours a da...
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Grande Prairie Police Service
GPPS cruisers now patrolling Grande Prairie
Residents may have noticed new Grande Prairie Police Service squad cars patrolling the City. GPPS Chief, Dwayne Lakusta says residents can "expect to see more of our black and white cruisers proudly patrolling our streets regularly.""Our goal is to have our entire fleet of marked vehicles operational by ...
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RCMP
Peace Regional RCMP seeking public help after an attempted vehicle theft
Mounties with the Peace Regional detachment are trying to identify a suspect who attempted to steal a truck yesterday morning. (Thursday, April 3)Police say at 8:47 a.m., a light blue duly truck, speculated to be a Dodge 3500; pulled up to the driveway of a residence near 99 Street in Peace River.The passenger of the b...
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Community
No Girl Left Behind taking place Saturday in Grande Prairie
An event meant to empower girls and women is set for Saturday in Grande Prairie.'No Girl Left Behind' will have separate sessions for women and girls where they will hear various presentations. The theme is Self Worth and Confidence.Sherwood Park-based singer Robin Cisek will be one of the presenters for the girl's ses...
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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
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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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...
Apr 02, 2025
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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...
Apr 02, 2025
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Alberta
RCMP
Alberta RCMP offering emergency preparedness tips
Alberta RCMP is encouraging families to prepare an emergency plan in the event of a flood or wildfire.Mounties say it's important to be prepared to act quickly in the case of a natural disaster.Consider the specific needs of your household, including older family members, special health or mobility needs, children, pet...
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ALL 18+ ALBERTANS
Surgical Prehabilitation Program expands referral eligibility
Referral eligibility for Alberta Health Services' (AHS) Prehabilitation Program has been expanded to include any adult in Alberta waiting for surgery. The program was launched at Edmonton hospitals in December 2023 and prepares individuals for surgical procedures in an effort to improve patient outcomes and experiences...
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2024 RANKINGS
Alberta ranks number one in beverage container recycling
Alberta has risen through the ranks to be Canada's number one recycler, with residents returning more than two billion cans, bottles and other containers in 2024. This represents about 85 per cent of all non-refillable beverage containers, the highest return rate in the country, the provincial government reported on Th...
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RCMP
Alberta RCMP cautioning against speeding as road conditions improve
Alberta RCMP is reminding drivers to slow down. As the weather gets warmer, and roads become clear, police say it is important to keep in mind the dangers of speeding. Unsafe speeds can risk collision and serious injury for all road users. In 2024, Alberta RCMP issued 48,600 speeding tickets, and 4,283 in the month of ...
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Canada
Quebec's high court rejects random police stops ahead of Supreme Court hearing
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has refused the provincial government's request to allow arbitrary police traffic stops to continue until a legal challenge of the practice is heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. In a decision rendered earlier this week, the province's high court said the negative impacts of random...
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Recruiters say surge in U.S. doctors looking to move to Canada since Trump election
HALIFAX - Recruiters say there's been a surge of interest from American doctors considering moving to Canada since the election of U.S. president Donald Trump in November. Katrina Philopoulos, recruitment director for Nova Scotia Health, says 27 American doctors are in serious negotiations to move, which to date has re...
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In the news today: Party leaders campaigning in Quebec today, job numbers due
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Federal party leaders are campaigning in Quebec today Party leaders will be in Quebec today as the second week of the federal election campaign comes to a close. Leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre will hold a press ...
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StatCan's March jobs figures to give glimpse at tariff hit to labour market
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is expected to release employment figures for March today. Economists polled by Reuters expect a gain of 10,000 jobs in the month, and for the unemployment rate to rise by a tenth of a point to 6.7 per cent. RBC Economics expects the economy instead shed 10,000 jobs last month. Canada's labou...
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Nuclear waste agency looking for Canada's second deep geological repository
TORONTO - An organization tasked with managing Canada's nuclear waste found one site to store millions of bundles of radioactive used fuel for thousands of years hundreds of metres underground - and now it's looking for a second. As the Nuclear Waste Management Organization begins the regulatory process for a deep geol...
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Federal party leaders are campaigning in Quebec today
OTTAWA - Party leaders will be in Quebec today as the second week of the federal election campaign comes to a close. Leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre will hold a press conference in Trois-Rivières, Que., this morning. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh will make an announcement and visit a local business ...
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World
The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge says
HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) - A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement expelled Kilmar Abrego Garcia last month despite an immigration...
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North Carolina judges side with colleague in his Supreme Court election dispute over ballots
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina appeals court sided Friday with the trailing candidate in a close state Supreme Court election from November, ruling that tens of thousands of ballots were wrongly allowed in the tally. But they offered some of the voters a way to have their ballot count. The 2-1 opinion by a panel...
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Data obtained by AP shows 20% vacancy rates at nearly half of National Weather Service offices
WASHINGTON (AP) - After Trump administration job cuts, nearly half of National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates - twice that of just a decade ago - as severe weather chugs across the nation's heartland, according to data obtained by The Associated Press. Detailed vacancy data for all 122 weather ...
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