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Peace Region News

Healthcare
Fairview emergency department to be without a doctor for the first week of April
Alberta Health Services says the emergency department at the Fairview Health Complex will be without an on-site physician for the first week of April.There will be no doctor available from 7:00 AM April 1 until 7:00 Am on April 8.AHS says anyone with a medical emergency can still call 911.Nursing staff will be on site ...
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RCMP
Grande Prairie RCMP make arrests following theft of RCMP quads and trailer
A pair of suspects have been arrested in connection to a theft from Grande Prairie RCMP's County Community and Enforcement Services locked compound in Clairmont.Mounties were able to locate the suspects thanks to a tip from the public and made the arrest March 27, recovering a stolen 2021 Red Can Am Outlander 570 quad....
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Beaverlodge RCMP seeking public's assistance in identifying theft from vehicle suspect
Beaverlodge RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in identifying a suspect in a theft from a vehicle in early March.Mounties says around 6:12 p.m. March 7 at a building on 2 Ave, a male suspect exited the passenger side of a dark cloured SUV, accessed the driver's side of the victim's vehicle, and stole several item...
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Community Services
Street sweeping underway in the City
The City of Grande Prairie has started seasonal street sweeping on main roads and City trailsThe City expects the main road sweeping to be completed by the start of May, before moving on to secondary roads and residential areas, in hopes of being completely finished by the end of May or early June.Street sweepers will ...
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Alberta

Alberta Innovates projects
Province shares tech-related investments made to fight drought in Alberta
With the risk of drought facing the province, the Alberta government says they have invested in numerous tech-related projects to maximize water supply and deliver adequate drinking water to communities.Alberta's largest innovation agency, Alberta Innovates, has invested more than $75 million through its Water Innovati...
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Alberta government taking steps to protect waterways from invasive species
The Government of Alberta is being proactive in combatting invasive aquatic species.Officials say that as it stands, the province is 100 per cent free of zebra and quagga mussels. However, increased detection in both Idaho and Manitoba last year is upping the risk of invasive mussels being introduced into Alberta.The g...
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Parkland Corp. selling 157 gas and convenience store locations
Fuel retailer Parkland Corp. has put 157 of its gas and convenience store locations across six provinces up for sale.The Calgary-based company said Tuesday it is partnering with NRC Realty & Capital Advisors LLC and Colliers Canada to find buyers.The assets up for sale include locations under the Chevron, Ultramar,...
Mar 27, 2024
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Alberta government requesting more control over provincial immigration system
Premier Danielle Smith has written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau related to Alberta's immigration system. The Smith government is asking Trudeau to re-evaluate Ottawa's decision limiting the number of allocations for Alberta's provincial nominee program in 2024. Last week, the federal government told the pr...
Mar 27, 2024
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Alberta introduces 'apprenticeship-style model' for Class 1 drivers
There will soon be a new way for Albertans to become commercial truck drivers.The Government of Alberta says it is improving Class 1 licensing and training with a new, made-in-Alberta learning pathway.Described as an "apprenticeship-style model," it aims to offer an opportunity for Albertans to develop the sk...
Mar 27, 2024
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Alberta records largest population growth since StatCan tracking started in 1972
Alberta saw a substantial increase to its population last year as people from other parts of the country and from elsewhere in the world flocked to the prairies.Statistics Canada has released its final population update for 2023.A total of 4,800,768 people called Alberta home at the end of the year. In just 12 months, ...
Mar 27, 2024
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Canada

Fluid in eye cells can 'boil' if you watch the eclipse without protection: expert
Millions of people in parts of Eastern and Atlantic Canada will be able to see the rare solar eclipse happening on April 8. But they should only look up if they have proper eye protection, experts say. WHY IS WATCHING THE ECLIPSE MORE DANGEROUS THAN LOOKING AT THE SUN ON A NORMAL DAY? When people look up at the sun no...
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New study says fireworks have small effect on air quality, but doctors not impressed
MONTREAL - Almost a year after smog from wildfires led officials in Montreal to cancel two major fireworks shows, groups representing pyrotechnics companies have released a study that concludes the displays have a small effect on air quality. But doctors and an environmental health specialist warn the fireworks can sti...
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Half of Canadians support TikTok ban, with U.S. concerns 'trickling' north: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll indicates 51 per cent of Canadians support banning the social media app TikTok, after a U.S. bill aiming to do just that passed in the House of Representatives. Canada has ordered its own national security review of TikTok, something the Liberal government revealed following passage of the U.S. bill...
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Trudeau won't say if he has spoken to Housefather since Gaza motion
OTTAWA - Quebec MP Anthony Housefather remains undecided on his future more than a week after a House of Commons motion on Israel and Gaza left him questioning whether he will remain in the Liberal party. And Prime Minister Minister Justin Trudeau isn't saying if he has even been talking to Housefather to try and keep ...
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Four Saskatchewan family members died in murder-suicide, RCMP say
NEUDORF, SASK. - RCMP say four members of the same family found dead earlier this week in a rural Saskatchewan home were the victims of a murder-suicide. Mounties say a 67-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman, along with their 30-year-old son, were killed on the property near Neudorf, about 130 kilometres east of Regin...
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B.C. First Nation, Catholic Church announce 'sacred covenant' to be signed on Easter
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Vancouver's Catholic Archbishop says a 'Sacred Covenant' agreement has been reached with the First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., that announced the discovery the remains of more than 200 children at the site of a former residential school. Archbishop J. Michael Miller of the Catholic archdiocese of Vancou...
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World News

Mob in Mexico brutally beats suspected kidnapper to death hours before Holy Week procession
TAXCO, Mexico (AP) - A mob in the Mexican tourist city of Taxco brutally beat a woman to death Thursday because she was suspected of kidnapping and killing a young girl, rampaging just hours before the city's famous Holy Week procession. On the eve of Good Friday, men walk through the colonial streets of Taxco wearing ...
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Suspect charged with murder in a series of stabbings in a northern Illinois city
CHICAGO (AP) - A 22-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in a stabbing rampage that killed 4 people in a northern Illinois city, authorities said Thursday. Winnebago County State's Attorney J. Hanley said during a news conference that Christian Soto will be in court Thursday afternoon to hear the char...
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Russian veto brings end to UN panel monitoring enforcement of North Korea nuclear sanctions
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution Thursday in a move that effectively abolishes the monitoring by United Nations experts of U.N. sanctions against North Korea aimed at reining in its nuclear program, though the sanctions themselves remain in place. Russia's vote sparked Western accusations that Mosc...
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UN top court orders Israel to open more land crossings for aid into Gaza
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The top United Nations court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into Gaza to tackle crippling shortages in the war-ravaged enclave. The International Court of Justice issued two new so-called provi...
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Punxsutawney Phil, the spring-predicting groundhog, and wife Phyliss are parents of 2 babies
Now we know what Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who predicts whether an early spring will arrive each Feb. 2, does on the other 364 days. The Pennsylvania group that handles Phil, and his groundhog wife, Phyliss, says the couple have become parents. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club said in a Facebook post Wednesday th...
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Rays' Wander Franco placed on administrative leave through June 1 as sexual abuse probe continues
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Tampa Bay All-Star shortstop Wander Franco was placed on administrative leave through June 1 under an agreement between Major League Baseball and the players' association while the investigation continues in an alleged relationship with a minor. Administrative leave is not disciplinary under...
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