Environment Canada says Grande Prairie recorded two centimetres of snow on Tuesday. That, plus the cooler weather, has lowered the wildfire hazard to moderate in the Grande Prairie Forest Area.Wildfire watchers say three fires that started last spring are now considered extinguished.The Sturgeon Lake Complex that start...

The Grande Prairie Police Service has unveiled its new vehicles.(Photo Credit: Everything GP Staff/ Nathaniel Leigh)Two new police cars were put on display for a media event in front of Centre 2000 on Wednesday, to show off the cars as well as the new police uniforms.(Photo Credit: Everything GP Staff/ Nathaniel Leigh)...

The largest home show in the Peace Country is happening at Evergreen Park this weekend.The Grande Prairie Home and Garden Show, sponsored by the County of Grande Prairie, will be running at the TARA Centre, with over 250 booths showcasing various garden ideas, home design and landscaping examples, renovation inspiratio...

The Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital Emergency Department will be without an onsite physician for 24 hours starting at 8 a.m. on Thursday, April 18.During the closures, nursing staff will remain on-site to perform urgent triage, assessments and referrals to neighbouring facilities. Any residents experiencing a medical em...

The provincial government has unveiled plans with the Alberta Medical Association on a new compensation model for rural generalist practicians and family physicians. Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange says the province has heard the worries from Albertans of not being able to find a family doctor, or trouble getting i...

Medicine Hat is more likely to receive federal cash through proposed legislation that requires approval from the Alberta government for deals with Ottawa, municipal affairs minister Ric McIver said Tuesday."There is upcoming no money flowing to Medicine Hat, and there's the problem," McIver told CHAT News.&qu...

TC Energy Corp. says it is actively responding to an incident involving its NGTL natural gas pipeline system in west-central Alberta.The Calgary-based pipeline company did not provide further details about the nature of the incident, which it said took place approximately 40 kilometres northwest of Edson, Alta. in Yell...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A Crown prosecutor making the case against three men charged with mischief at the Coutts, Alta., border blockade told jurors Tuesday they don't have to determine the accused were protest kingpins to find them guilty. Lawyers for the defence, though, argue their clients were moderates who played a sm...

Alberta is the third-best region for unidentified object sightings in Canada, according to a new study.Ontario was ranked highest at 2,539 cases, British Columbia reported 1,217 and Albertans reported 697 sightings.The study, conducted by online gambling site Lucky Days, analyzed data from the National UFO Reporting Ce...

Municipal affairs minister Ric McIver said Alberta's required council code of conduct bylaws are not meant to be weaponized as he confirmed Tuesday his ministry is considering changes."We'll try to improve on what's here now," McIver told CHAT News amid a rise in allegations of municipal misconduct across the...

OTTAWA - Métis organizations in Ontario and Alberta say they'll keep on the path toward self-government, but the future of a contentious bill set to do just that is now uncertain. The Métis Nation - Saskatchewan was included in a piece of federal legislation set to recognize Métis governments in th...

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A Nanaimo, B.C., woman says she is serenading a killer whale calf with her violin, hoping to entice the orca to leave the remote lagoon where she has been trapped alone for almost four weeks. Carol Love says she is watching the tides at the Vancouver Island lagoon and will be playing the violin at ever...

OTTAWA - The head of Canada's largest labour organization is calling Pierre Poilievre a "fraud" for portraying himself as a friend of the working class. Canadian Labour Congress Bea Bruske wants union leaders to do everything they can to expose him before the next federal election. Bruske delivered her call ...

Police in Calgary have made an arrest in the death of a toddler. Olivia Hayden was rushed to hospital in September 2022 and was later pronounced dead. The two-year-old's death was deemed a homicide following an autopsy and a lengthy police investigation. Police say a man was arrested Wednesday, but he has not been form...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Liberals buck global trend in raising foreign aid Foreign aid groups are hailing the federal Liberal government's return to a policy of increasing humanitarian and development spending each year whil...

OTTAWA - Foreign aid groups are hailing the federal Liberal government's return to a policy of increasing humanitarian and development spending each year, while asking for a plan to push allies to reverse a global decline in aid. "It was a good moment for Canada to step up and show global leadership by making this...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A Polish man has been arrested on allegations of being ready to spy on behalf of Russia's military intelligence in an alleged plot to assassinate Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Polish prosecutors said Thursday. The office of Poland's National Prosecutor said in a statement that the man, ...

NEW YORK (AP) - The judge overseeing Donald Trump's hush money trial has ordered journalists in court not to report prospective jurors' answers to questions about their current and former employers. The answers also will be redacted from court transcripts. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows belo...

NEW YORK (AP) - Jury selection in Donald Trump 's hush money trial enters a pivotal phase as the former president returns to court. Attorneys will need to pick 12 more jurors to serve on the panel that will decide the first-ever criminal case against a former U.S. commander-in-chief after a previously seated juror was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. and U.K. on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran as concern grows that Tehran's unprecedented attack on Israel could fuel a wider war in the Middle East. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted 16 people and two entities in Iran that produce engines that power the dr...

HONOLULU (AP) - As wildfires ripped across Maui last August, the head of the emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island amid the unfolding crisis, while a broad communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without emergency alerts, according to a report released W...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he strongly supports a proposal from House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Republican Speaker Johnson, facing a choice between losing his job and funding Ukraine, notified lawmakers earlier that he would forge ahead for votes o...