Construction on the bridge on Range Road 80 is set to begin this week.County of Grande Prairie crews will be replacing the bridge between Highway 672 and Township Road 734 between now and late October, weather dependent.Speed will be reduced in the construction zone, and traffic must detour on Range Road 75.Drivers are...

Wabasca RCMP say a 54-year-old woman has died after a hit and run.Mounties say they got a report of a vehicle hitting a pedestrian along Sawmill Road just after midnight on September 3.The woman died at the scene. Her name was not released. The Major Crimes Unit is investigating and is asking for help from the public. ...

The Peace River Regional District says it will conduct phase 2 of its geotechnical assessment of landslide risk in the Old Fort community.The BC Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness has approved funding after previously issuing Ministerial Order No. M214, which required PRRD to undertake the assessmen...

The City of Grande Prairie shared their holiday hours for Labour Day Monday, Sept. 7.Four City facilities will operate from noon to 5 p.m. on the holiday:Ernie Radbourne PavilionAquatera Outdoor PoolEastlink CentreDesign Works CentreThe rest of the City's facilities will be closed:City Service CentrePlayCareBonnett's E...

Mounties in Alberta say two people died in a plane crash near a mountain in Kananaskis Country.RCMP say they got a call for the crash near Mount McDougall, located southwest of Calgary, at around 9 a.m. on Saturday.Police say two people who were aboard the plane died at the scene.They were the only occupants of the air...

Last week's seasonally-adjusted Labour Force Survey not only showed declines and increases in the number of jobs, and in which sector they were, but also indicated Alberta was leading the country, among provinces, in population growth.According to Stats-Can figures, Alberta had a 2.2 % rise in new 'transplants' from Au...

The province has launched an online portal on tariffs.The new website includes information on U.S. and Canadian tariffs, plus has a tab where businesses can tell the government how the tariffs are impacting their operations. The government says this will provide information on things like cost changes, supply chains, e...

Stigma-Free Mental Health Society is asking students to be mindful of their mental health as classes return.The organization recently launched its Young Minds Matter 2026: Rural Classroom Conversations campaign, which hopes to impact 10,000 students by year's end.Officials say they've already reached close to 6,500 and...

OTTAWA -- The federal Conservatives are launching a campaign to encourage Albertans to vote to remain in Canada in the upcoming referendum. On Oct. 19, Albertans will vote on whether they want to remain a province or begin the process to hold a referendum on separation. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said earlier...

Alberta's Minister of Primary and Preventative Health Services, Justin Wright, is travelling to Japan and South Korea to learn more about large-scale screening programs and approaches to detecting disease earlier.Justin Wright will travel to South Korea on Sept. 4 to meet with government officials, health system leader...

WASHINGTON - As the United States braces for pivotal midterm elections this November, there's a new and unexpected issue on voters' minds in many states: President Donald Trump's escalating trade war with Canada. "Canada is our friend, our closest ally...

OTTAWA - Otto Jelinek, a former world-champion figure skater and federal cabinet minister, has died at the age of 86. "He was quite the ambitious guy," his younger brother Henry said Sunday, a day after Jelinek's death. "He was also sincerely and stron...

MONTREAL - At Jacques-Ouellette school, learning can mean reading braille, making out large print, or relying on touch - and no two students learn quite the same way. The hallways of the Longueuil school, just south of Montreal, came back to life last ...

CHICAGO - A Chicago aquarium says several of the belugas that were transferred to its site from Ontario's Marineland have health issues. Shedd Aquarium says in a Friday statement it is conducting round-the-clock supervision and teams are monitoring the...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the province is mourning a Cape Breton Island woman who died during widespread flooding across the region caused by torrential rain. RCMP say the body of a 46-year-old woman from Cleveland, N.S., was recov...

OTTAWA - American diplomat Baxter Hunt recalls showing up to work at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa the morning after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and finding "a mountain of flowers" outside the building. "It was just a day that none of us will ever forget,"...

KFAR RUMMAN, Lebanon (AP) - Israel's air force carried out two airstrikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least nine people and wounding others, including women and children, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Monday'...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked new restrictions on mail ballots ahead of the midterms. The filing came after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talw...

NEW DELHI (AP) - A building collapsed in New Delhi on Sunday, killing at least one person and trapping dozens of others, officials said. The five-story building, which housed a boys' hostel, collapsed in Satya Niketan, a densely populated...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday in their first official visit to Ukraine as part of a renewed push for peace after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Their trip follows a m...

PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) - At least 25 people - mostly teenagers - were killed in a traffic accident in the African island nation of Cape Verde, local media and officials said Sunday. The accident, which occurred on the Campanas de Cima rou...

MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) - The Alternative for Germany party has a strong lead in a regional election, but it is unclear whether it will be able to form the country's first far-right state government since World War II, exit polls indicated Sunday. ...