The Peace River Regional District is seeking input on their tool for calculating the risks of certain hazards.PRRD is developing a Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Analysis system through an online survey and in-person community events.The events will give residents a chance to share their perspectives on local hazards s...

Two girls' choirs will premiere two different works by the same artist, formerly from Grande Prairie, in May.The first work by Esther Ling is called Louder Than Before. The Grande Prairie Girls Choir will perform the song at their spring concert called Flight. It will take place on Saturday (May 2). The concert starts ...

Over 12,000 youth will be cleaning up Alberta highways on Saturday, May 2.Multiple youth clubs and programs, including 4H Clubs and Junior Forest Wardens, are expected to take part in the province's annual highway clean-up, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., collecting garbage to raise funds for their organization.Each group is su...

The City of Grande Prairie is set to begin pest control operations in May.Crews will be working from May to October, weather depending, to target noxious weeds, insects and plant diseases from city-owned land.The city will use a combination of chemicals, mechanical and manual treatments registered with Health Canada's ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will look at making changes to the law depending on what comes out of investigations into a data breach involving three million voters. Smith, in a social media post, says protecting the private information of Albertans is critical and that violators should be held acc...

The Government of Alberta has appointed to a new Teachers Advisory Council.The TAC will help shape K-12 education policy and have 16 members, according to a release."As classrooms grow more complex, this teacher advisory council will play a key role in helping Alberta's government deliver meaningful, classroom-foc...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says a key approval for a cross-border oil pipeline project to deliver more of the province's crude to the United States is coming after years of advocacy from her government. U.S. President Donald Trump has si...

Over 12,000 youth will be cleaning up Alberta highways on Saturday, May 2.Multiple youth clubs and programs, including 4H Clubs and Junior Forest Wardens, are expected to take part in the province's annual highway clean-up, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., collecting garbage to raise funds for their organization.Each group is su...

An Edmonton judge has granted an injunction ordering a separatist group to remove from its website a database of private information -- including names and addresses -- of close to three million Alberta voters.The judge granted the injunction this morning at the request of Elections Alberta, which is investigating how ...

Alberta's government is testing out a higher speed limit on a small section of highway just south of Edmonton. Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen says drivers travelling along a 22-kilometre portion of Highway 2 starting south of Leduc will see speed limit signs of 120 kilometres an hour. It would be the fastest po...

MONTRÉAL - Ever since 15-year-old Zachary Miron died after drinking a can of Red Bull while on a school ski trip in January 2024, his parents have been fighting a battle to ban energy drinks for children under 16. A coroner's report said the combinatio...

MONTREAL - Quebec City mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette has asked to be transferred from a maximum- to a medium-security prison. Bissonnette cited concerns over his safety and his mental health in a request filed by his lawyer at the Montreal court...

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon says it has secured a billion-dollar contract with Lockheed Martin to manufacture M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and related equipment for Canada and other allied countries. An online notice this week says the U.S...

TORONTO - The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto says it will launch an independent investigation into allegations of sexual abuse dating back to the 1970s and 1980s. The music education and performance institute says former students have public...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the constitutionality of legislation that limits the ability of members of a spy watchdog committee to use their parliamentary privilege to speak out. The top court's 8-1 decision settles a thorny legal q...

OTTAWA - The federal government is set to make a major funding announcement for a Canada Soccer national training centre today. A government source, who did not disclose how much funding will be announced, says the money will go to plan, design and pre...

ISLAMABAD (AP) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that he's "not satisfied" with Iran's latest proposal in negotiations to end war between the countries. "They want to make a deal, I'm not satisfied with it, so we'll see what happens...

MIAMI (AP) - A former Miami congressman and longtime friend of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was convicted Friday in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on behalf of Venezuela during the first Trump administration. ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A body found in Tampa Bay has been identified as the second missing University of South Florida doctoral student from Bangladesh, a sheriff said Friday. Nahida Bristy's remains were found Sunday in a garbage bag disco...

WIMBERLEY, Texas (AP) - A small plane crashed in Texas, killing all five people aboard, a county official said Friday. The crash happened Thursday night in Wimberley, a city about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of Austin, Hays County ...

LONDON (AP) - A 45-year-old man was charged Friday with attempted murder in the stabbings of two Jewish men in London, the latest in a string of attacks that have sparked fear and anger in Britain's Jewish community. Essa Suleiman was rem...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A North Texas man who claimed he wasn't the shooter in a fatal robbery that killed two people nearly 18 years ago and who said prosecutors misused rap lyrics he wrote to secure his death sentence was executed Thursday evening. ...