Applications are open for the City of Grande Prairie's new Vandalism Recovery and Prevention program.Approved at the City Council meeting last week, the pilot program will offer reimbursement of up to 50 per cent to help cover removal expenses and enhance protection against vandalism for local businesses."Vandalis...

The City of Grande Prairie is continuing snow clearing operations in Week A neighbourhoods Tuesday, Feb. 24.City crews are working in Patterson, South Patterson and Southview today from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Clearing operations are expected to switch to Week B Neighbourhoods Thursday.Permanent snow route parking bans r...

Police say a man has been charged with impaired driving causing death in a crash in the BC Peace that killed a 32-year-old man from Alberta. Fort St. John RCMP say the crash involving two pickups happened on Highway 97 near the Sikanni River Bridge just after 6 a.m. on June, 12, 2024.They say a Ford F350 collided with ...

A town hall meeting taking place next month will allow Grande Prairie residents to discuss their access to quality public health care.Non-profit Friends of Medicare and former president of the Alberta Medical Association Dr. Paul Parks are touring the province to hear from Albertans on their health care experiences, wi...

Alberta's minister for primary health care says a measles warning was issued for an entire county last week after 17 people tested positive for the virus. Adriana LaGrange says that health officials made the decision to issue a broad alert for Parkland County, west of Edmonton, because they couldn't pinpoint the detail...

A 22-year-old man who police say is related to the Tumbler Ridge shooter was recently arrested in Sylvan Lake, west of Red Deer, on a warrant for attempted murder.Alberta RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Troy Savinkoff said Jacob Van Rootselaar had warrants out for his arrest from an attempted murder file that happened in Octobe...

Alberta Motor Association is offering additional services to Albertans needing assistance navigating the Mexico travel disruption.On Sunday, Feb. 22, government officials in western Mexico warned that Jalisco State is unsafe for travel after a major drug cartel leader known as "El Mencho" was reportedly kille...

At least two more recall petitions against Alberta politicians have failed. But that number may increase as 10 petitions are due to Elections Alberta today. The petitioner targeting Alberta's Indigenous Relations Minister Rajan Sawhney says the campaign gathered roughly 3,400 signatures, far fewer than the nearly 15,00...

The Alberta government says it plans to make a "record investment" into physicians in its upcoming budget.The 2026 Budget proposes spending $7.7 billion in 2026-27, an increase of $1.4 billion, or 22 per cent, compared to 2025.The money would be earmarked for physician recruitment, training, compensation and ...

Alberta Municipalities issued a statement on Friday following Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's televised address on Thursday.Alberta Municipalities President Dylan Bressey and the board of directors said they watched the address, "to get a better sense of the provincial funding that may be allocated to municipalit...

MONTREAL - Federal regulators are giving the thumbs-up to Gulfstream G700 and G800 business jets in a move that comes weeks after new tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump over the planes' status in Canada. A Transport Canada database shows t...

OTTAWA - Four years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Mark Carney is promising $2 billion in military aid and more sanctions on Russia. Carney says the new sanctions will target 100 vessels in the "shadow fleet" w...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... WestJet, Air Canada among Canadian airlines resuming service to Mexico Canadian airlines are flying in and out of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, today after widespread ...

OTTAWA - Canadian airlines are flying in and out of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, today after widespread violence led them to temporarily suspend service since the weekend. Air Canada, Air Transat, WestJet and Porter Airlines have all announced they will be...

A cybersecurity law expert says Canada could introduce laws requiring artificial intelligence companies to notify police of online threats, but the process would not be a simple one, since reporting every suspicion is "just not workable." Emily Laidlaw...

OTTAWA - People opposed to the federal government's firearms ban and compensation program are planning a rally Saturday in Quebec City to accuse Ottawa of unfairly singling out law-abiding gun owners. The event will come about six weeks into the sign-u...

CAIRO (AP) - An attack by Sudanese paramilitary forces on a stronghold of a Darfur tribal leader left at least 28 people dead, a doctors group said Tuesday, the latest in a devastating war with no resolution in sight. The paramilitary Ra...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - More than a dozen senior European officials arrived in the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday in a show of support on the fourth anniversary of Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine - a grim anniversary in a war that has killed tens of th...

PARIS (AP) - France's spat with the U.S. ambassador to Paris took another turn Tuesday with the French foreign minister saying the top U.S. diplomat in France must respond to a summons and won't have access to French government officials until he compl...

MOSCOW (AP) - An unidentified assailant detonated an explosive device next to a patrol vehicle in Moscow early Tuesday, killing himself and a police officer, and leaving two other officers injured, officials said. The attack happened minu...

MOSCOW (AP) - An unidentified assailant detonated an explosive device next to a patrol vehicle in Moscow early Tuesday, killing himself and a police officer, and leaving two other officers injured, officials said. The attack happened minu...

LONDON (AP) - Police in Britain said Peter Mandelson, the former U.K. ambassador to the United States, has been released on bail after he was arrested in a misconduct probe stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein. It came days after a friend...