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WestJet strike likely averted as Ottawa imposes arbitration on airline, mechanics
A possible long-weekend strike at WestJet has been averted. The federal labour minister directed the airline and mechanics into binding arbitration to resolve their dispute which is all but certain to...
Jun 27, 2024

Up to 70mm of rain expected in Grande Prairie
Heavy rainfall is expected to continue all day Thursday and taper off Friday morning. Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning.Amounts between 50-70 mm are to fall in the greater Grande Prairi...
Jun 27, 2024

Zama City wildfire expected to grow
An out-of-control wildfire outside the community of Zama City in northwestern Alberta is estimated to be 3,200 hectares in size. The wildfire started on June 20 and is about 8.5 km southwest of Zama C...
Jun 26, 2024

Updates from six Grande Prairie court cases
Preliminary hearing date set in kidnapping, attempted murder caseAlberta Justice says a preliminary hearing date has been set after a woman was held against her will inside a Grande Prairie home late ...
Jun 26, 2024

Rainfall pace for this June behind last year
There were 4.4 millimetres of rain Monday in Grande Prairie, according to Environment Canada's Daily Data records.That brings the total for June to 16.9 millimetres.That is well behind last year's pac...
Jun 25, 2024

UPDATE 2: RCMP say Lakeland Drive is open again after closing because of a crash, gas leak
UPDATE 2:Grande Prairie RCMP say Lakeland Drive is open again and a gas line leak has been repaired after a vehicle went into an excavation near the Lakeland Drive culvert today.Mounties say it happen...
Jun 24, 2024

UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm watch ended for Peace-River-Fairview-High Prairie-Manning
UPDATE: The severe thunderstorm watches for the Peace-River-High Prairie-Manning and Slave Lake forecast areas have ended. The Bonnyville and Lloydminster areas still have watches in place.There is a ...
Jun 23, 2024

UPDATE: Power outage fixed.
UPDATE: The power is back on after an outage just before 7 Saturday evening knocked out electricity to 142 ATCO customers.ATCO says a power outage is affecting part of Grande Prairie.The impacted area...
Jun 22, 2024

RCMP on scene of serious collision near Sexsmith
UPDATE: Grande Prairie RCMP say they are clear from the collision on Highway 674 and Range Road 53 near Sexsmith and normal traffic flow has resumed.Grande Prairie RCMP say they are on the scene of a ...
Jun 21, 2024

Telus Phone outage in Gift Lake
The City of Grande Prairie says a Telus Service disruption is currently affecting the community of Gift Lake. In the release, the City says Telus is aware of this issue, and affected customers can't u...
Jun 21, 2024