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MD of Fairview temporary closing a stretch of road in Bluesky
A road closure in the MD of Fairview will be going into effect along a stretch of 2 Avenue starting on Thursday, May 23.The closure will be in effect in the community of Bluesky for 32 hours, as 2 Ave...
May 22, 2024
Peace River School Division Board of Trustees approve 2024-25 budget
Peace River School Division's Board of Trustees has approved the budget for the 2024-25 school year.The $114.9 Million budget was originally expected to have a $2.2 million deficit, but the administra...
May 22, 2024
Interpol says more than 1,500 stolen Canadian vehicles identified since February
MONTREAL - Interpol says more than 200 stolen Canadian vehicles have been found each week across the globe since February. The international law enforcement agency says a total of more than 1,500 vehi...
May 22, 2024
City Hall looking at fee supports/rebates for multi-family housing
City council is looking at ideas that it hopes would lead to the development of more multi-family housing in Grande Prairie. Council passed a motion at its meeting on Tuesday to have administration co...
May 22, 2024
Highlights from Tuesday's meeting of city council
Council discussed a couple other things at its meeting on Tuesday, May 21.- Council endorsed having Mayor Jackie Clayton run for a spot on the Board of Directors for the Federation of Canadian Municip...
May 22, 2024
In the news today: Is food inflation easing? Q2 results for Canadian banks due.
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Canadians feel grocery inflation worsening: poll Almost two-thirds of Canadians...
May 22, 2024
Winnipeg trial to hear about letters admitted serial killer sent to inmate
WINNIPEG - Crown prosecutors are set to wrap up their evidence today in the trial of a Winnipeg man who has admitted to killing four Indigenous women. Court is expected to hear about letters Jeremy Sk...
May 22, 2024
Canadians feel grocery inflation getting worse, two in five boycotting Loblaw: poll
Almost two-thirds of Canadians feel that inflation at the grocery store is getting worse, a new poll suggests, even as food inflation has been steadily cooling. A new Leger survey found that almost 30...
May 22, 2024
First Nations leader says little change for women's safety since Pickton murders
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - An Indigenous leader in British Columbia says little has changed since the crimes of serial killer Robert Pickton, as community members reflect on news that he is in life-threateni...
May 22, 2024
Indigenous CBC employee's discrimination claims to be heard by human-rights tribunal
OTTAWA - An Indigenous employee with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. is taking up the fight against what he describes as systemic racism by his employer. Richard Agecoutay, 61, has been granted a huma...
May 22, 2024