A walkout took place at a local high school earlier today (Tuesday, Oct. 13).According to an email sent to the EverythingGP Newsroom, students walked out of class at St. John Paul II School in protest of alleged "online comments by a teacher within the district denying residential schools and their harm."At t...

A Sexsmith resident has won $100,000.Neil Bilodeau won the prize from the Aug. 12 LOTTO 6/49 EXTRA draw while conducting his twice-a-week habit of buying a Super Pack.Bilodeau says his second ticket was the winner, and he had to check all the other tickets before he was sure his eyes weren't playing tricks on him."...

The City of Grande Prairie is piloting a new after-hours service AI program.The City says that until the end of the year, AccessGP callers outside regular business hours (4:30 p.m. - 8:30 a.m. Monday to Friday) will be connected to an AI chatbot that can "answer common questions about services, direct residents to...

The Folktales Tour will return to the Grande Prairie Museum's Heritage Village this weekend.On Friday, Oct. 16 and Saturday, Oct. 17, residents can take an after-dark guided tour and learn about the Peace region's eerie history while members of the Generations Readers Theatre, the Disturbing the Peace podcast, and the ...

Former premier Jason Kenney, who co-founded Alberta's governing United Conservative party, says separatists have infiltrated it and are wielding an outsized influence. Kenney, speaking to business leaders in Edmonton alongside his former political rival Rachel Notley, says that after the province's separation vote the ...

Albertans can use a new online guide to find out when they should start screening for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer, as the province works to improve awareness of early detection.Primary Care Alberta's Screening Programs launched the interactive guide at screeningforlife.ca to help people navigate screening re...

Two former premiers who were on the opposite ends of the political spectrum in Alberta will unite today to keep the province from quitting Canada. Jason Kenney and Rachel Notley are set to speak at an event in the province's capital. The Edmonton Chamber of Commerce is hosting them. Kenney was premier under the United ...

Roughly 310 advance polling stations open across Alberta today in a historic vote on the province's place in Canada. Albertans are to begin marking an X on ballots listing 10 questions. The first nine focus on Canada's Constitution and immigration. The 10th and most contested one will ask voters whether they want to re...

Farm Credit Canada has released its survey of cultivated farmland values for provinces across the country, and Alberta saw a noticeable spike.The FCC's senior economist Justin Shepherd, however, is quick to point out that only a few short years ago, it was almost the opposite for our province."Three or four years ...

Alberta RCMP is having technical difficulties with its Facebook pages.Mounties say it is affecting their ability to post updates and relay other information.Until the issue is resolved, RCMP encourage the public to check their X account for any updates, missing persons, wanted person notifications, major traffic adviso...

SEATTLE - The suspect who allegedly colluded online with the killer before the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., was denied bail on Tuesday in a Federal Court in Seattle, Wash. The U.S. district court for the Western District of Washington ordered...

British Columbia mayoral candidate Goldentiger King says he wants to "make Richmond rich again." Teresa May, a first-time candidate for Kelowna City Council, has posted campaign videos showing her parasailing and wake surfing in red high heels and a wh...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to attend two "Forever Canadian" rallies in Alberta this week, just ahead of the province's referendum. On Oct. 19, Albertans will vote on the whether to stay in Canada or hold a future separation referendum. ...

EDMONTON - Albertans - some sporting Canadian flags on their clothes - trooped to the polls Tuesday to decide whether the province should still be a part of Canada. Elections Alberta opened the doors at just over 300 polling stations for the first of f...

LONGUEUIL - Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk says he is having a blast on the International Space Station and is showing the world how Canada can contribute to the leading edge of space exploration. "It is important for Canada to be here," Kutryk said ...

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver police officer involved in the violent 2015 arrest in which Myles Gray died says the man displayed bouts of strength "like the Hulk," letting out a "war cry" and charging at him. Const. Eric Birzneck said when he first tried to...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A Wyoming microbiology graduate student from China has been arrested on accusations she poisoned the tea of a colleague who had pending patents and with whom she didn't get along, then tried to flee the country after police questi...

ENSENADA, Mexico (AP) - The death toll from Hurricane Simon and the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel rose to six Tuesday after heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides along Mexico's Pacific coast, authorities said. Simon was a Cate...

BUNIA, Congo (AP) - Confirmed cases in Congo's Ebola outbreak have surpassed 9,000, with more than 4,300 deaths, as health authorities struggle to contain an outbreak spreading across seven provinces, according to government figures released Tuesday. ...

Cornell University suspended parties at fraternity houses until next year and is giving state police a role in investigating reports of sexual assault on campus in the school's latest response to outrage over its handling of a gang rape allegation. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes on Tuesday ordered a halt to tree-cutting at the East Potomac Golf Course until Oct. 26, putting a further pause on work at the historic D.C. course that has been part of President Donald Trump's plans to...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida prisoner who said he killed his cellmate so he could be moved to death row was executed Tuesday, nearly 18 years after the fatal attack. James Robertson, 63, was pronounced dead at 12:32 p.m. after receiving ...