Grande Prairie Mayor Jackie Clayton has revealed that Grande Prairie has been selected as the host for the 2028 55 Plus Alberta Winter Games. The event will happen in March of that year. Mayor Clayton says the event will be a great time to showcase what the Swan City has to offer through local businesses and bring new ...

Applications are open for the County of Grande Prairie's Connected Community Grant.The grant supports local programs, events, and projects that strengthen community connections and enhance quality of life.The grant is available in three application categories: Community Vibrancy and Wellness, Sponsorships, Donations an...

The 2026 edition of the Northern Spirit Light Show will open in just over a week. The Peace Draft Horse Club says in a social media post that the show will open on November 13 in Evergreen Park. It will then be open every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday until December 3, when it will be open every day through New...

The City of Grande Prairie has made changes to their residential snow removal program.While the city will remain on its Week A/Week B rotation, several neighbourhoods will switch to a different week.Kensington moves from Thursday Week A to Thursday Week B.Crystal Ridge, Lakeland, Crystal Lake Estates, Copperwood, and E...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says sweeping Democrat wins in the U.S. midterm elections are a vindication of her approach to the cross-border trade war. Smith says her government has always opposed tariffs and the harms they cause on both sides of the border. The Democrats on Tuesday took control of both houses of Con...

Groups representing eye surgeons in Canada and Alberta are calling on the province to reverse a decision to let optometrists do some minor surgeries. The Canadian Ophthalmological Society, the Eye Physicians and Surgeons Association of Alberta and the Alberta Medical Association's ophthalmology section say it's a matte...

ATCO is reminding Albertans about the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO), especially as the weather gets colder.Nov. 1-7 is Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week, and it is a timely message this time of year as people turn on furnaces, fireplaces, and other fuel-burning appliances."Carbon monoxide is a silent and potentiall...

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning local businesses of a recent credit card scam in Alberta.Mary O'Sullivan-Andersen, President and CEO of BBB Alberta, said fraudsters are contacting local businesses and purchasing goods using stolen and fraudulent credit cards."This scam was targeting the trucking indust...

Alberta is expanding its health-care workforce faster than any other province, performing more surgeries per capita than the national average and paying physicians above the national average, as new data point to growth across the province's health-care system.Figures from the Canadian Institute for Health Information ...

Alberta has introduced legislation to restrict post-secondary schools from being able to publicly weigh in on social and political issues. Advanced Education Minister Myles McDougall says schools could still make official expressions of sympathy, and that the bill, should it pass, would not restrict the rights of staff...

OTTAWA - Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson accused the Tories today of peddling conspiracy theories as they asked questions about who the Liberals are seconding to work at the government's major projects office. Conservative pipeline and energy criti...

VICTORIA - A housing expert says the current glut of empty condos in British Columbia should not be seen as evidence that the housing market is working, and she warns against repealing key parts of the out-going NDP government's housing legislation. Al...

OTTAWA - A national spy watchdog report says the military's policy on the collection of information about Canadians doesn't do enough to address the privacy risks posed by online searches. The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency found the ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will circle the Earth next week as he attends four global summits in eight days. Carney will return to Dublin five months after his last visit, this time for a meeting of the European Political Community, which bring...

A multinational data centre company says a bus chartered by one of its contractors has been involved in a crash that resulted in multiple victims near Mackenzie, B.C., with two hospitals making Code Orange declarations. A spokesperson for IREN said the...

PRINCE ALBERT - Hundreds of Canadian military personnel stood at attention and saluted as a flag-draped casket carrying Pte. Shaun Farrell was escorted into the armoury in Prince Albert, Sask. The 23-year-old was one of four soldiers killed last month,...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Michigan voters had rejected "a hateful, spiteful campaign" after months of Republican attacks on his Muslim identity in one of the nation's most closely watched Se...

Democrat William Lawrence won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Michigan's 7th Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Tom Barrett. Lawrence, who previously described himself as a democratic socialist, ...

Democrat Tom Suozzi won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing New York's 3rd Congressional District, defeating Republican Michael LiPetri. Suozzi was aggressively targeted by Republicans but won in a Long Island district ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Florida authorities said two people were dead, including a suspect, after witnesses reported a shooting Wednesday at Citibank's sprawling business complex that employs thousands in the Tampa area. More than 360 deputies...

Democrat Randy Villegas won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing California's 22nd Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent David Valadao. Villegas is a progressive who was endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump gave extended comments Wednesday, not about the Republican Party's midterm election wipeout but instead justifying his building a sprawling White House ballroom. Trump invited reporters into a cave...