Leaders take their campaigns to Western Canada as federal election nears midpoint
The leaders of the top three federal parties were campaigning Tuesday in Western Canada, where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to crack down on offshore tax loopholes by appointing a tax task force.The Conservatives said the task force would be asked to make the rules simpler and more fair and would ensur...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta moves to restrict public boards' power to police trustees, councilors
Alberta is looking to reduce the self-policing powers of elected public school boards and municipal councils.The changes are included in two bills put forward by Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative government.In one bill, Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver proposes pulling local council's codes of conduct a...
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Peace Region
Fire
Brush fire in Wembley area
The County Regional Fire Service says crews have been called out to a brush fire in the Wembley area.The fire service says it is located near Highway 724 and Township Road 720. Fire watchers say it started in a recreational fire pit. The windy weather helped it spread to some grass, then some outbuildings, and finally ...
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County Regional Fire Service
County of Grande Prairie to purchase new equipment for County Regional Fire Service
The County Regional Fire Service is getting some new equipment.At the meeting Monday, County of Grande Prairie Council directed administration to purchase replacement specialized equipment such as multiple self-contained breathing apparatus cylinders, hoses and nozzles and fittings.Some of the existing equipment was ne...
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Lac Cardinal Country
Lac Cardinal Country housing survey open until April 22
Residents of Grimshaw, Berwyn, and the Municipal District of Peace are being encouraged to complete a survey centered around housing in their community.Lac Cardinal Country has partnered with the Enabling House Choice North Project to determine effective ways for encouraging housing developments.The survey is open unti...
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MD of Fairview
MD of Fairview closes Range Road 11 due to washout
The Municipal District of Fairview has temporarily closed a section of Range Road 11 due to washout.Effective immediately, the road is closed between Township Roads 820 and 812.The road will remain closed until further notice, you stay up to date on all the road closures on the MD's website.
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Northwestern Polytechnic
NWP Practical Nurse class graduates with 100% pass rate
Northwestern Polytechnic's Practical nursing program graduates have achieved a 100 per cent pass rate for the second year in a row.NWP says this cohort exceeded national and jurisdictional averages in all exam categories, including critical thinking, foundations of practice, and professional, ethical and legal practice...
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RCMP
Two suspects in RCMP custody thanks to public reports
RCMP apprehended two suspects last week, thanks to help from the public. On Thursday, April 3, both Peace Regional and Fairview RCMP received "multiple reports" about a suspicious blue truck towing a trailer; after a failed vehicle theft took place earlier in the day in Peace River, involving a blue pick-up. ...
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Federal Election 2025
New Democratic Party
Candidate Profile: Jennifer Villebrun (NDP) - 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 07, 2025
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Peoples Party of Canada
Vicky Bayford: People's Party of Canada candidate for Yellowhead
Vicky Bayford, the People's Party of Canada (PPC) candidate for Yellowhead, is motivated by a desire to bring change and restore Canada's strength.A lifelong Albertan, Bayford was born in Fort McMurray, raised in Calgary, and now lives in Innisfail. She has worked in the oil and gas sector for much of her career, speci...
Apr 07, 2025
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Liberal Party of Canada
Michael Fark: Liberal Party of Canada candidate for Yellowhead
Michael Fark, the Liberal Party of Canada's (LPC) candidate for the newly re-drawn Yellowhead riding, says he's stepping into the political arena with a wealth of practical experience and a focus on infrastructure, crisis management, and local economic development.Fark, who currently calls Jasper home, says he brings a...
Apr 07, 2025
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Local Sports
Hockey
Player originally from Grande Prairie up for WHL award
A player originally from Grande Prairie is one of the finalists for the Rookie of the Year Award in the Western Hockey League.Lukas Sawchyn recorded 15 goals and 55 points in his first season with the Edmonton Oil Kings, putting him fifth in scoring among rookies in the WHL.He was third on the team in points and second...
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Local Hockey
Storm win Game 3, chance to sweep series Tuesday night
The Grande Prairie Storm beat the Whitecourt Wolverines 4-3 on Monday night in their AJHL North Division finals series. The Storm lead the series 3-0.Goal scorers included: Max Leduc, Chayse Laurie, Matthew Gillard, and Home Team Star of the Game Chase Christensen.The Storm have a chance to sweep, yet again, tonight (T...
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Chuckwagons
Stompede WPCA tarp auction shatters records
The World Professional Chuckwagon Association says Saturday's WPCA tarp auction for Stompede smashed previous records.The tarps for 44 drivers sold for a total of $853,000. The old record was $514,650 in 2023, an auction that also included 44 tarps.This year's total also beat last year's sale total of $496,750 for 40 d...
Apr 06, 2025
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Agriculture
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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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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Alberta
Provincial Politics
Alberta measles outbreak not dire enough to warrant public address; health minister
Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says Alberta's measles outbreak isn't dire enough for the province's top doctor for public health to address the public, despite mounting calls for the government to do more to stop the spread.Alberta has reported 43 cases of the highly infectious disease over the past month.The Edmonto...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta moves to restrict public boards' power to police trustees, councilors
Alberta is looking to reduce the self-policing powers of elected public school boards and municipal councils.The changes are included in two bills put forward by Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative government.In one bill, Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver proposes pulling local council's codes of conduct a...
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top cop
Alberta RCMP name new commanding officer
Alberta RCMP have announced Assistant Commissioner Trevor Daroux will become the force's next commanding officer.Daroux has over 36 years of experience in policing, serving in both Calgary with CPS, and with the RCMP elsewhere.In 2017, he joined the RCMP and served as Director General National Crime Prevention and Indi...
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looking to increase surgery volume
UCP announce new funding model for acute care, critics say it's another step in wrong direction
With Acute Care Alberta now quite operational, the UCP shared Monday a new funding model for acute care is coming into play.The government claims its new model will increase accountability, efficiency, and volume of high-quality surgical delivery.As the UCP government pointed out, the health care system has, until now,...
Apr 07, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: Two campaigns shift to Saskatchewan, Trump's trade war continues
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Two party leaders heading to Saskatchewan today The Liberal and NDP leaders will take their campaigns to Saskatchewan today as the federal election race nears the halfway mark. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is set to make an announceme...
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Canada adds more retaliatory tariffs as Trump's trade war hits the world
WASHINGTON - Canada amped up its retaliatory measures against Donald Trump's tariffs today as the United States president brought his trade war to the world. A 10 per cent baseline tariff on imports to the U.S. from most countries, and higher duties on dozens of nations, came into force just after midnight following da...
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Two federal party leaders in Saskatchewan today as campaign nears halfway point
OTTAWA - The Liberal and NDP leaders will take their campaigns to Saskatchewan today as the federal election race nears the halfway mark. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is set to make an announcement and speak at the First Nations Summit in Vancouver, before making his way to Saskatoon for a campaign event. There are 14 fede...
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Leaders take their campaigns to Western Canada as federal election nears midpoint
The leaders of the top three federal parties were campaigning Tuesday in Western Canada, where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to crack down on offshore tax loopholes by appointing a tax task force.The Conservatives said the task force would be asked to make the rules simpler and more fair and would ensur...
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B.C. Human Rights Commissioner says guardianship law 'opaque,' lacks oversight
British Columbia's human rights commissioner says the province is the only place that she's aware of in Canada that allows people to be detained by the state without explicit legal authority, timelines or oversight. Kasari Govender says B.C.'s approach to holding people under the Adult Guardianship Act is discriminator...
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'Sign of hope' for endangered killer whales as centre confirms newborn calf
The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia's southern coast. The Washington-based centre says in a Facebook post that biologist Mark Malleson encountered J-pod, part of the larger population of southern resident killer ...
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World
Texas AG Ken Paxton launches Senate primary challenge against Republican Sen. John Cornyn
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is running for the U.S. Senate in a primary challenge against Republican Sen. John Cornyn, setting up what is likely to become one of the GOP's most contentious and expensive contests of 2026. Paxton, a close ally of President Donald Trump, announced his decision T...
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Judge rejects new trials for 2 convicted of human smuggling in death of family of 4 from India
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday rejected requests for new trials for two men convicted on human smuggling charges in the deaths of four members of a family from India who froze to death while trying to cross the Canadian border into Minnesota during a blizzard in 2022. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim dec...
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A Florida man is executed for killing a Miami Herald employee who was abducted on a lunch break
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man convicted of killing a Miami Herald employee who was abducted on her lunch break was executed Tuesday evening. Michael Tanzi received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. at Florida State Prison for the April 2000 strangling of Janet Acosta, authorities said. In a fi...
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