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Grocery and gas prices up significantly in 2021 as inflation outpaced wages
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Stats Canada has released new data that backs up claims about the rising cost of living in the country.In December 2021, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.8 per cent compared to t...
Jan 21, 2022
Art Gallery of Grande Prairie Executive Director steps down
Art Gallery of Grande Prairie (AGGP) Executive Director Jeff Erbach will be stepping down from his position on February 4.Erbach has served as the Executive Director since 2017. He has over 25 years o...
Jan 21, 2022
County reminds residents to only skate on approved stormwater ponds
The County of Grande Prairie is reminding residents that skating is only permitted on approved stormwater ponds.Back in December, the County began a one-year pilot program so residents could enjoy win...
Jan 21, 2022
Grande Prairie records 57th COVID-19 death
The City of Grande Prairie reported its 57th death as a result of COVID-19 for Thursday, January 20. The death was one of eight reported by Alberta Health over the last 24 hours. The death in Grande P...
Jan 21, 2022
Ottawa's talks with Quebec shipyard to build much-needed icebreakers shrouded in fog
OTTAWA - Questions are swirling over yet another delay in Ottawa's nearly $100-billion plan to rebuild the fleets of Canada's navy and coast guard - only this time the delay isn't due to the stalled c...
Jan 21, 2022
NDP calls on government to give emergency one-off payment to desperate seniors
OTTAWA - New Democrats want the federal government to give the most cash-strapped seniors a one-off emergency payment to help them pay for basics, including food and rent. Rachel Blaney, the NDP's spo...
Jan 21, 2022
Manitoba RCMP lay charges against corrections officer in death of inmate
WINNIPEG - Manitoba RCMP say they have charged a corrections officer in the death of a 45-year-old inmate at the Headingley Correctional Centre. RCMP say William Ahmo from Sagkeeng First Nation died o...
Jan 21, 2022
Man pleads guilty to ammunition-related charge linked to Nova Scotia mass killer
HALIFAX - One of three people accused of supplying ammunition to the gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia in 2020 has pleaded guilty to a single charge. Chris Hansen, a spokeswoman for the Nova ...
Jan 21, 2022
Prime minister calls freezing deaths of four near U.S. border mind-boggling, tragic
Canada is doing all it can to stop people from risking their lives by crossing the border illegally, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. Trudeau was responding to the deaths of a family that tr...
Jan 21, 2022
Severe weather, hours of walking: Court documents detail deadly trek to U.S. border
EMERSON, MANITOBA - Dressed in new winter jackets, balaclavas and insulated rubber boots, a group of Indian citizens walked hours in the prairie darkness through fields of knee-deep snow hoping to get...
Jan 21, 2022