The City of Grande Prairie has started the municipal census today (Wednesday, May 1) to make sure the population count is accurate.The count is being done on the basis of calculations per capita for provincial and federal grants.Mayor Jackie Clayton encourages everyone to take part in the census. "Participation in...

GPFASome cool, wet weather means the wildfire hazard is down to moderate in the Grande Prairie Forest Area.A fire restriction remains in place. No new fire permits are being issued and existing ones are cancelled, restricted, or suspended. Safe wood campfires are still allowed.There have been 24 fires since January 1 t...

Peace Wapiti Public School Division has announced the first recipients of its new Teacher Bursary.The program was created to assist individuals within the division to attain Bachelor of Education degrees.The program provides $3,000 per year to 8 recipients to cover the costs directly associated with the Teacher Educati...

The hours of service for the Grimshaw and District Community Health Centre emergency department have been changed by AHS, due to a lack of registered nursing staff. Now, the ED will remain open for registration between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. before closing overnight, so the remaining staff have enough time to tend to all pa...

The provincial government says an additional $3 million is included in the new budget for Alberta's sexual assault centres. The government says in a release that this means the 15 centres in Alberta will get a total of almost $17 million in the 2024-25 budget year. The province says there is another $3 million to be ad...

CALGARY - The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is complete and the Canada Energy Regulator has given the go-ahead for the project to open. The regulator says it has approved the last remaining "leave to open" applications submitted by Trans Mountain Corp. Approval of these applications was required before th...

Retail and pharmacy chain London Drugs says in a post on social media that it has closed all of its stores in Western Canada temporarily due to what it called an "operational issue."Various news outlets reported the company shared by email that it was a cybersecurity incident and that the store closures were ...

A significant investment is being made in Coaldale.The Government of Alberta has announced that a $222-million cold storage facility is being built in the town by NewCold, with construction to begin "almost immediately".The facility will offer capacity for Alberta food processors to boost production. Official...

Alberta's Mid-Sized Mayor's Caucus has issued an official statement, regarding "open dialogue" with the provincial government. Following the Conservative Party's announcement about the proposed Bill 20 and Bill 18. Bill 20, if passed in legislation, would see the provincial government gain more power over com...

The Government of Alberta is taking steps to better prepare for and respond to wildfires.The province will purchase two additional air tanker groups and two new night vision-equipped helicopters.These types of fire fighting helicopters were piloted during the 2023 fire season, and officials say it allowed for improved ...

VICTORIA - Pro-Palestinian protesters have set up camp at a second university in British Columbia, with tents going up on a field at the University of Victoria. In an Instagram post, organizers Free Palestine BC says protesters are demanding the university "divest from all investments" connected to companies ...

WINNIPEG - Lawyers for a Winnipeg man accused of killing four women say they plan to argue that he is not criminally responsible because he is mentally ill. The lawyers for Jeremy Skibicki made the statement in court as the two sides continue to resolve issues before a jury is brought in next week to start hearing evid...

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Pam Damoff says she won't run again in the next federal election, saying she has experienced misogyny, disrespectful dialogue in politics and threats to her life. Damoff says she's proud of her time in politics but it is no longer for her, and it's time to turn the page to a new chapter. She has re...

OTTAWA - A federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference plans to release a report Friday on alleged meddling in the last two general elections. Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue is slated to make a statement to the media following the public release, but will not take questions. The inquiry recently wrap...

OTTAWA - A woman accusing former New Democrat MP Romeo Saganash of sexual assault has filed a civil suit, saying she never wanted prosecutors to divert his criminal charge to a restorative justice program. Carmen Roy, who fought to have her name released in the case, alleges she was sexually assaulted a year ago, and n...

OTTAWA - The first seniors to register with the new federal dental care plan can now start submitting claims. The government says about 1 million seniors are now eligible to receive dental care under the program. The program was conceived as part of a co-operative political pact between the Liberals and the New Democra...

MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin school district said an active shooter was "neutralized" outside a middle school in Mount Horeb on Wednesday, and no one inside the building was injured. Authorities said without giving details that the "alleged assailant" was harmed, and a witness said she had h...

LONDON (AP) - German tennis legend Boris Becker was discharged from bankruptcy court in London after a judge found Wednesday he had done "all that he reasonably could do" to repay creditors tens of millions of pounds. Becker fell far short of repaying his creditors in full, but Chief Insolvency and Companies ...

WESTMORELAND, Kan. (AP) - One person died Tuesday when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, destroying houses, RVs and outbuildings, authorities said. Pottawatomie County officials said on Facebook that a tornado struck the city of about 700 people Tuesday evening, destroying ...

NEW YORK (AP) - The pro-Palestinian demonstration that paralyzed Columbia University ended in dramatic fashion late Tuesday, with police carrying riot shields swarming the Ivy League campus, bursting into an administration building protesters took over the previous night and making dozens of arrests. A statement releas...

BEIJING (AP) - The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China said he was allowed back into his lab after he spent days locked outside, sitting in protest. Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an online post early Wednesday that authorities had "tentatively agreed" to allow him and his team to re...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A new congressional map giving Louisiana a second majority-Black House district was rejected Tuesday by a panel of three federal judges, fueling new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state prepares for fall congressional elections. The 2-1 ruling forbids the use of a map drawn up in Januar...