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Study of 2023 Okanagan wildfires recommends limiting development in high-risk areas
A study into the devastating wildfires that struck British Columbia's Okanagan region in 2023 has recommended that government and industry limit development in high-fire-risk areas. The study, conduct...
Nov 28, 2024

Loose wheel from truck crashes head-on into SUV on B.C. highway
DELTA, B.C. - Police say an elderly woman has been taken to hospital after a wheel that came off a moving truck's axle crashed into her SUV on a British Columbia highway. BC Highway Patrol says the cr...
Nov 28, 2024

Options to patrol Alberta-Montana border says Smith
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says it's early days on figuring out how the province will patrol its border with Montana but says there are options, and pointed to existing specialized sher...
Nov 28, 2024

Alberta government taking federal government to court over Impact Assessment Act
EDMONTON - Alberta is taking Ottawa to court, saying the federal government has failed to follow through on necessary changes to a law governing resource development. The federal Impact Assessment Act...
Nov 28, 2024

The Fiance opens at Grande Prairie Live Theatre November 28
Grande Prairie Live Theatre's production of The Fianc opens tonight (Thursday, November 28).Director Wayne Ayling says the comedy follows a woman in post World War II Edmonton, who finds herself in an...
Nov 28, 2024

Peace River RCMP close 99 Street while emergency responders deal with structure fire
Peace River RCMP are establishing traffic control measures on 99 Street in Peace River while local fire services respond to a structure fire.Residents are being asked to avoid the north end area of 99...
Nov 28, 2024

Alouettes GM Maciocia picks Alexander over Fajardo as starting QB
MONTREAL - There's a saying in professional sports that head coaches want to win now, while general managers think about the future. By choosing quarterback Davis Alexander over Cody Fajardo as the Mo...
Nov 28, 2024

NPHL games Thursday, Blades win in NWJHL on Wednesday
There are three games in the North Peace Hockey League Thursday night.Grande Prairie travels to Fox Creek, Falher in High Prairie, and Fort St. John in Dawson Creek.All these games will start at 8:30....
Nov 28, 2024

Diapers? Yes. Skates? No. A look at items getting a tax holiday
TORONTO - The federal government says cost-conscious families are among the groups set to benefit from a proposed tax holiday, a temporary policy that will make many children's items and packaged food...
Nov 28, 2024

Outcome remains unclear as final UN plastic treaty talks reaches halfway mark
OTTAWA - Canadian officials say negotiations on an international plastics treaty have been predictably difficult, with no indication yet on whether there will even be a treaty at all. Negotiators from...
Nov 28, 2024