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Four Peace Country municipalities sending resolutions to RMA spring convention

Resolutions from four municipalities in the Peace Country will be up for discussion at the Rural Municipalities of Alberta spring convention.It will run from March 16 to 18 in Edmonton.The County of G...

Pattison Media Mar 15, 2026 (Image Credit: Rural Municipalities of Alberta/Facebook.)

Second arrest made after January murder near Slave Lake

RCMP have made a second arrest in connection with a murder near Slave Lake in late January.Mounties say Jordan Laboucan was arrested in Peace River March 12.The 40-year-old Whitefish Lake First Nation...

Pattison Media Mar 14, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Galbraith)

Alberta unemployment flat, despite drop in full-time jobs

Statistics Canada is reporting a slight decrease in employment in Alberta this past month, but the type of work Albertans have is changing.In February 2026, 6.3 per cent of the eligible workforce was ...

Pattison Media Mar 13, 2026 Alberta flag (Image Credit: (c) Fintastique | Dreamstime.com)

Local outfitter pleads guilty to charges stemming from a guided hunt

A Peace Region hunting outfitter pleaded guilty to "zone jumping" in Fairview Court on Feb. 25.Alberta Fish and Wildlife says back on Nov. 22, 2025, wildlife officers were conducting a compliance chec...

Pattison Media Mar 11, 2026 AB Fish & Wildlife (Image Credit: AB Fish & Wildlife)

Life sentence for Red Deer woman convicted in Grande Prairie man's death

A Red Deer woman charged in the death of a missing Grande Prairie man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years. Brianna Lindsay Ruf-Dietz, 36, was sentenced in Edmont...

Pattison Media Mar 10, 2026

Grande Cache couple collects $5 million lottery win

A Grande Cache couple has claimed a $5 million winfall from the Jan. 17 draw, after scanning their Lotto 6/49 ticket at home. Wanda Rosa recalls seeing all the zeros and freezing up before saying a ba...

Pattison Media Mar 10, 2026 Wanda & Slav Rosa (Image Credit: AGLC)

UPDATE: County of Grande Prairie to clean water tanks for Teepee Creek on Tuesday

UPDATE: The County of Grande Prairie says it will start cleaning out the water tanks that supply Teepee Creek at 8 a.m. Tuesday.The county says because of the tank cleaning, there will be a planned po...

Pattison Media Mar 09, 2026 (Image Credit: County of Grande Prairie)

More power outages reported

The ATCO Electric Outages Map is showing outages all over northwestern Alberta.There are dozens outages listed.ATCO says work is in progress on some, while crews have been assigned to others.Details o...

Pattison Media Mar 08, 2026

Spring ahead this weekend

Daylight Saving Time will start at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 8.People can set any clocks that don't reset themselves ahead one hour before going to bed Saturday night.Fire officials say the time char...

Pattison Media Mar 07, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Galbraith)

Alberta joins interprovincial partnership to build national energy corridor

Several provincial and territorial governments are banding together to strengthen grid reliability and energy security.A first-of-its-kind Partnership Agreement on Transmission Interties has been sign...

Pattison Media Mar 06, 2026 Nathan Neudorf, Alberta's Minister of Affordability and Utilities, and Stephen Lecce, Ontario's Minister of Energy and Mines, sign the new Partnership Agreement on Transmission Interties. (Image Credit: Government of Alberta)