Volunteers will be going door-to-door in Grande Prairie and surrounding areas this week in search of donations for the Salvation Army.The Rotary Clubs of Grande Prairie have been leading the GP Food Drive for over 30 years and say the need continues to grow, with 5,979 hampers distributed in 2025.On Thursday, Sept. 10,...

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...

Calling it the economic engine of Canada, the province's Jobs minister has issued his annual Labour Day statement. Joseph Schow said his government is proud to recognize Alberta's workers and the contributions they make to the province. "Alberta is the economic engine of Canada and Alberta's workers are the drivin...

Update: Global BC is reporting the plane left Calgary's Springbank Airport bound for Campbell River on Vancouver Island. Original story: 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 Calga...

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...

OTTAWA - Canada is joining European peers in pledging to ban imports of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Canada is joining the United Kingdom, France and others in condemning Israel for enabling settler violence and work...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is warning Canadians that the country's pivot away from the United States will come at a cost, but that the alternative would be far worse. In a national video address set to be released Tuesday - hours after Canada'...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Canada's retaliatory tariffs on American goods are now in effect The trade war between Canada and the United States took on a new face today as Ottawa introduces r...

TORONTO - Last May, six-year-old Kofi Berkley started getting itchy and developing bumps on his skin while he was playing with his friends at recess. The recess supervisor brought the Grade 1 student, who didn't have any known allergies, to his Edmonto...

A Canadian tourist is reported to be in good health after his yacht was found by Australian rescuers partially submerged in a remote part of the Indian Ocean. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority, or AMSA, says the man was reported to be travelling...

OTTAWA - Ottawa's retaliatory tariffs on American goods took effect just after midnight EDT on Tuesday, responding to the 50 per cent tariffs Washington hit Canada with last month. On Aug. 22, U.S. President Donald Trump launched tariffs on nearly $28 ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Hungary has ordered 10 members of Russia's diplomatic mission to leave the country over activities deemed unacceptable for diplomats, Foreign Minister Anita Orbán said Tuesday. Orbán did not specify the alleged ac...

CAIRO (AP) - More than 70 people were wounded in a wave of Houthi attacks Tuesday on Saudi Arabia, authorities said, a major escalation in the renewed conflict between an important U.S. ally and the Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen. The att...

An Illinois woman charged with killing her 2-year-old son had been closely following the murder trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy and was texting friends about the case just hours before her son was found dead, prosecutors said. ...

CAIRO (AP) - Houthi rebels in Yemen accused Saudi Arabia of striking a prison on Monday in the country's north, killing seven, including a child, as tensions escalate between the Iran-backed group and Saudi-backed Yemeni forces. The strik...

LONDON (AP) - King Charles III has reiterated that Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, remain non-working members of the royal family following their return to the United Kingdom. A letter sent on behalf of the king to senior government of...

KFAR RUMMAN, Lebanon (AP) - Israel's air force carried out two airstrikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least 12 people and wounding others, including children, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Monday's strikes ca...