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UPDATE: Highway 43 in Whitecourt closed until further notice following train collision
UPDATE: Whitecourt RCMP has announced they will soon be clearing the scene. The blaze from the incident has now been extinguished, and CN and LEDCOR crews are working to fix the damages caused to the ...
Aug 11, 2023

UPDATE: One person killed, two injured, in vehicle rollover on Highway 2
UPDATE: Spirit River RCMP say a 17-year-old girl from Dixonville is dead after a single-vehicle crash on Highway 2 Thursday morning. Police say emergency crews were called out to the scene at Highway ...
Aug 10, 2023

Dawson Creek Exhibition & Stampede starts Wednesday
Wednesday marks Day 1 of the 101st Dawson Creek Exhibition and Stampede. President Connie Patterson says the rodeo, wagons and agriculture fair are all back this year."The agriculture fair, of course,...
Aug 09, 2023

Missing woman found deceased near Fort Vermillion
Fort Vermillion RCMP is reporting that 58-year-old Melinda Ruby Auger has been found deceased after being reported missing on July 27. Human remains were found on July 28 in a wooded area near Fort Ve...
Aug 08, 2023

Grande Prairie RCMP CIS investigates stolen vehicle and kidnapping case
After receiving a report of a man being assaulted and kidnapped, Grande Prairie RCMP's General Investigation Section is seeking the public's help. On Friday, August 4, at 6:04 in the morning, Mounties...
Aug 04, 2023

Central Peace Health Complex ED closed until 10 p.m.
The Central Peace Health Complex Emergency Department will be closed from 12:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. this evening, (Thursday, August 3) due to a nursing shortage. However, AHS said in the release, the ED c...
Aug 03, 2023

Former Mayor, Councillor Dwight Logan passes away
City Hall says in a statement that former Mayor and Councillor Dwight Logan has died. The statement does not say when he passed or his age. It does say that Logan was "a dedicated resident and entrepr...
Aug 02, 2023

Grande Prairie TSR called to real rescue while taking a training course
Grande Prairie's Technical Search and Rescue says in a social media post that members that were taking a course ended up getting called to an actual emergency.The post says TSR members along with a fi...
Aug 02, 2023

NWP rebrands Beaverlodge research facility with broadened focus
Northwestern Polytechnic's National Bee Diagnostic Centre (NBDC) is now under a branded facility in Beaverlodge to showcase the centre's broadened focus on applied research being done. The new Agricul...
Aug 01, 2023

Grande Prairie RCMP investigate animal cruelty in Sexsmith
An animal cruelty complaint in Sexsmith has led Grande Prairie RCMP to open up an investigation. On July 25, at 1:40 a.m. Mounties attended 99 Avenue and 98 Street and found someone caused an inhumane...
Jul 31, 2023