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Officer-involved stabbing triggers County police presence
Grande Prairie Rural RCMP are updating residents on yesterday's (Tuesday, Jan. 6) police presence in the County. RCMP say they were responding to a call of a single-vehicle collision near the corner o...
Jan 07, 2026

Heavy RCMP presence in TWP RD 750 & RR 51 area
Grande Prairie Rural RCMP currently have a heavy police presence in the County. Residents are asked to avoid the area of Township Road 750 and Range Road 51 if possible. If at the scene, residents are...
Jan 06, 2026

Arrests made in Fort St. John home invasion
Mounties in British Columbia say charges have not been approved yet for a case of a home invasion in Fort St. John. On Dec. 30, 2025, at approximately 6:00 p.m., Fort St. John RCMP received a report o...
Jan 06, 2026

City officials speak on snow removal
City officials say Priority 1 roads in Grande Prairie should have all the snow removed sometime today (Tuesday, January 6).The city's Brian Glavin says work continues to get windrows off Priority 2 ro...
Jan 06, 2026

Pedestrian-involved fatal collision in Wabasca
Wabasca RCMP say in December, officers responded to a fatal collision involving a pedestrian.On Dec. 15, shortly after midnight, officers responded to a truck-pedestrian collision at the Mistassiniy a...
Jan 06, 2026

No on-site physician at Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital ED Jan. 5&7
The Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital emergency department will be without an on-site physician two nights this week.Due to an inability to secure physician coverage, there will be no on-site physician f...
Jan 05, 2026

Fort Vermillion RCMP receive sham kidnapping call
Mounties in Fort Vermillion say a report of a possible kidnapping from a complainant was false. On Sunday, Jan. 4, just after 5 p.m., RCMP received a call from a woman about the kidnapping incident an...
Jan 05, 2026

Maduro says 'I was captured' as he pleads not guilty on drug trafficking charges
NEW YORK (AP) - Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro declared himself "innocent" and a "decent man" as he pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in a U.S. courtroom on Monday. "I'm...
Jan 05, 2026

Hope alive for a 'peaceful' Venezuela after Maduro's capture, activist says
TORONTO - The capture of the president of Venezuela by the U.S. military is being heralded by some in Canada as the pathway back to democracy for Venezuela. U.S. military forces extracted Nicolas Madu...
Jan 03, 2026

Highway 43 reopens after multiple accidents are cleared
UPDATE:511 Alberta is reporting that all delays along Highway 43 in the Peace region are now cleared, except the collision in Valleyview.Crews are at the scene, and delays are expected, but the highwa...
Jan 02, 2026