RCMP
Peace River squatting reports lead RCMP to an arrest
Residents in Peace River have been reporting multiple issues with squatters and break-and-enters at vacant homes in that community.This has led local RCMP to begin proactive patrols in the areas of these homes.On January 17, around 11 p.m. Mounties entered a home in the area of 101 Street while doing patrols, per the o...
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RCMP
RCMP patrols lead to drug arrest in Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie RCMP say proactive patrols downtown have led to a drug arrest.Mounties were patrolling the 101 Avenue area on Monday, January 20, when they stopped a vehicle. Police say they noticed suspicious behaviour like the driver trying to get out of the vehicle, fidgeting, and arguing with police.A search turned ...
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Peace Region
RCMP
Peace River squatting reports lead RCMP to an arrest
Residents in Peace River have been reporting multiple issues with squatters and break-and-enters at vacant homes in that community.This has led local RCMP to begin proactive patrols in the areas of these homes.On January 17, around 11 p.m. Mounties entered a home in the area of 101 Street while doing patrols, per the o...
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RCMP
RCMP patrols lead to drug arrest in Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie RCMP say proactive patrols downtown have led to a drug arrest.Mounties were patrolling the 101 Avenue area on Monday, January 20, when they stopped a vehicle. Police say they noticed suspicious behaviour like the driver trying to get out of the vehicle, fidgeting, and arguing with police.A search turned ...
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Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation
Chief of Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation raises concerns with Wonder Valley Data Centre project
The Chief of the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation has concerns regarding the Wonder Valley AI data centre project to be built on his nation's land.The project was announced in December as part of a partnership between the MD of Greenview and O'Leary Ventures and is expected to be the largest data centre of its kind in the wor...
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ED Closures
Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital ED piloting new AHS initiative
A Peace region hospital is a part of Alberta Health Services' newest pilot project to "help improve support in emergency departments."The Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital will now pilot the new Virtual Emergency Physician Program; designed to connect patients with non-life-threatening injuries, to a virtual AHS...
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Crime Prevention
Clairmont Crime Prevention Town Hall rescheduled to January 23
The County of Grande Prairie has re-scheduled their Crime Prevention Town Hall for Clairmont to this Thursday, January 23.The event was originally scheduled for last week but was cancelled due to winter weather.The county says the meeting will allow residents and business owners to gain insight into crime prevention st...
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RCMP
Alberta RCMP teaming up with local law enforcement agencies for Operation Cold Start
Alberta RCMP is once again partnering with local law enforcement for Operation Cold Start to reduce the theft of idle vehicles during the winter.RCMP Auto Theft Unit Cpl. Mike Black says they will be checking on unattended, idling vehicles to see if the keys are left inside, and whether or not they are properly secured...
Jan 20, 2025
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Local Sports
Grande Prairie Storm
Two game road trip for the Storm
The Storm are in Bonnyville tonight (Tuesday, January 21). Face-off time is at 7 p.m. The Storm are in second place in the North Division, nine points back of Whitecourt but with three games in hand Grande Prairie will finish the road swing Wednesday night in Fort McMurray. That game will start at 7:30 p.m.
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Sports
Local hockey weekend recap: Jan 16-19
Hockey leagues across the Peace region still played this past weekend despite freezing temperatures and less than ideal road conditions. AJHL Grande Prairie Storm The Grande Prairie Storm hosted the Devon Xtreme for a pair of weekend games. The first game Friday night the Storm were shutout 3-0, but were able to come b...
Jan 20, 2025
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Local Sports
Hockey, curling, Wolves, ski hills this weekend
StormThe Grande Prairie Storm will host Devon in a pair of games this weekend.Face-off will be 7 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday. The Storm are second in the North Division with 41 points, a point up on Lloydminster and nine points back of Whitecourt, but with three games in hand on both.The expansion Extreme is last i...
Jan 17, 2025
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Agriculture
Agriculture
Crop insurance premiums going up in 2025 says AFSC
AFSC says in a news release posted to its website that Alberta farmers can expect an increase in crop insurance premiums for this year.The company says, quote, "loss experience from previous dry years continues to drive premium increases."CEO Darryl Kay says in that same release that there were what he called...
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Agriculture
ABP Producer Meetings on this week
Alberta Beef Producers has started its series of Producer Meetings to be held in northwestern Alberta.There was one in La Crete on Monday. There is another one Wednesday, January 15 in High Prairie and another one in Grande Prairie January 16.Ranchers can hear from local ABP representatives and bring forward resolution...
Jan 15, 2025
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Agriculture
Peace Agronomy Update set for January 31
The North Peace Applied Research Association will host its 2025 Peace Agronomy Update January 31 in Fairview at the Dunvegan Inn and Suites. It will start at 9 a.m. and go until 4:30. Drainage, pests and insects, markets and agricultural economics will all be discussed. Registration and more information online.
Jan 15, 2025
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Alberta
trying to get below 5%
Experts express hope for smokeless Canada as country marks National Non-Smoking Week
National Non-Smoking Week is underway, and above all, it aims to underscore the cold, hard fact that 46,000 Canadians are dying from smoking-related causes each year.As the observance happens Jan. 19-25, and beyond, the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health (CCMOH) continues to be concerned specifically, it says,...
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Provincial Politics
Smith focused on Canada-U.S. trade deficit, not Trump tariff threats
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been down in the United States recently, talking to U.S. President Donald Trump about his imposed 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian goods, which are expected to start February 1. In a media discussion with Smith on Tuesday morning, she says the trade relationship with the United Sta...
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Keeping Communities Safe
Alberta Crime Stoppers launch new Rural Sign Campaign
Two communities in Alberta are the first to be apart of a new initiative to encourage citizens to be more involved in their area and help keep Alberta a safe place to work, live, and play.The provincial RCMP hosted Alberta Crimed Stoppers for their new Rural Sign Campaign for in both the City of Wetaskiwin and the Pika...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta government lifts coal mining moratorium, critics say it's 'open season'
Alberta's government has quietly rescinded its moratorium on new coal exploration and development in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.It's a move critics say means the province has declared open season on renewed coal mining.In a letter to the Alberta Energy Regulator posted to its website Monday, Energy Minis...
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Canada
Snowboarding Jan. 6 rioter still in B.C. custody after Trump pardon
VANCOUVER - An American man recently found guilty of rioting at the U.S. Capitol four years ago remains in immigration custody in British Columbia, even after being given a presidential pardon for his actions. But the lawyer for 32-year-old Anthony Vo says his client plans to drop his asylum claim in Canada and he expe...
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Dragons' Den's Arlene Dickinson says Kevin O'Leary's ovations to Trump not helpful
MONTEBELLO, QUE. - One of Canada's "Dragons' Den" stars is breathing fire at a former co-star over Canada's approach to the Donald Trump White House. Arlene Dickinson, an investor who appears on the popular reality TV show, says former "Dragon" Kevin O'Leary's recent comments are not helpful as Pres...
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From immigration to intelligence: 5 ways Trump's executive orders could affect Canada
OTTAWA - While U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on Canada is alarming enough, other measures he announced Monday after his inauguration could have their own implications for Canada. Here are five Trump directives that could affect Canadians: Pressure to scrap Facebook tax Canada implemented a digi...
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B.C. Premier David Eby asks Canadians to think carefully about spending money in U.S.
Premier David Eby says British Columbians should rethink trips to the United States and purchases of American products, as the province establishes a task force to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs. He says the proposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports would be a "deliberate econom...
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Final report of foreign interference inquiry to be made public next Tuesday
OTTAWA - The final report of the federal inquiry into foreign interference is set for public release next Tuesday. The commission of inquiry's most recent public hearings looked at the ability of agencies and officials to identify and counter foreign meddling. The inquiry also held a series of policy roundtables to hel...
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Canadian doc says WHO headquarters 'stressed, devastated' as Trump orders U.S. exit
TORONTO - A Canadian global health specialist says staff at the World Health Organization are "devastated" by President Donald Trump's executive order to pull the U.S. out of the agency. Dr. Madhukar Pai, the Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology and Global Health, is at the WHO headquarters in Geneva this we...
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World
LA's Olympic venues spared by wildfires, but city's rebuild could impact Games' runup
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The devastation wrought by the deadly wildfires that ravaged sections of Los Angeles have left an indelible imprint on the region's landscape and psyche. The runup to the city hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, in addition to World Cup matches in 2026 and a Super Bowl in '27, will coin...
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Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
NEW YORK (AP) - Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball's Hall of Fame, voted in Tuesday along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. The trio will be inducted into the Hall at Cooperstown on July 27 along with Dave Parker and Dick Allen, voted in last month by the classic era committee. ___ AP M...
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Trump administration throws out policies limiting migrant arrests at sensitive spots like churches
WASHINGTON (AP) - Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen. The move announced Tuesday reverses guidance that for over a decade has restricted two k...
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