Author Archives: Curtis Galbraith

Extreme cold warnings in place
Environment Canada has issued extreme cold warnings for most of Alberta, including the Peace Country. Wind chills from -40 to -45 are expected overnight Sunday before moderating on Monday. The weather...
Feb 09, 2025

Beaverlodge Municipal emergency department closed Feb 10-11
The Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital emergency department will be without an on-site physician for 24 hours starting Monday, February 10. Due to an inability to secure physician coverage there will be n...
Feb 09, 2025

Alberta's Auditor General investigating allegations of corruption involving medical purchases, surgical contracts
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith must answer questions and step aside, if you ask Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi, who is calling for four investigations into what he describes as unprecedented allegat...
Feb 06, 2025

Premier Danielle Smith welcomes U.S. tariff reprieve but calls for action
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith welcomed the U.S. tariff reprieve and called for strategic action in a statement on Jan. 20. - READ: Donald Trump doesn't mention Canada in inaugural speech as Trudeau c...
Jan 20, 2025

Peace Agronomy Update set for January 31
The North Peace Applied Research Association will host its 2025 Peace Agronomy Update January 31 in Fairview at the Dunvegan Inn and Suites. It will start at 9 a.m. and go until 4:30. Drainage, pests ...
Jan 14, 2025

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith visits President-elect Trump in Mar-a-Lago
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith met President-elect Donald Trump on the evening of Jan. 11 at Trump-owned Mar-a-lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Smith and Trump also met at his golf club on the morn...
Jan 12, 2025

Ukrainian-Canadians urge ongoing support for country amid political shifts
OTTAWA - The Liberal party's political upheaval and Donald Trump's return to the White House have Ukrainian-Canadians hoping Ottawa's support for Ukraine remains firm. "We think that Canada is at its ...
Jan 09, 2025

Newly recruited psychiatrist practicing in Grande Prairie
Access to mental health services in Grande Prairie have improved with the arrival of a newly recruited psychiatrist. Dr. Mohamed Jebril Benelmokhtar has begun practicing at the Grande Prairie Regional...
Dec 19, 2024

Man wanted on outstanding warrants arrested by Grande Prairie RCMP
Grande Prairie RCMP say they have arrested a man wanted on 14 outstanding warrants. Mounties say they received a report on December 11 just before 3 p.m. of someone breaching a probation order. Detail...
Dec 17, 2024

UPDATE: Lakeshore Regional Police say missing man found safe
UPDATE: Police say Edward Calliou has been located and is safe. Lakeshore Regional Police are asking for the public's help in locating a missing 53-year-old man. Edward Calliou was last seen just befo...
Dec 14, 2024