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Peace Region

Census
County of Grande Prairie Census opens in April
The County of Grande Prairie's Census will launch on April 3.According to the county, this is being done because since 2021, the county has taken responsibility for the dissolved Village of Hythe and the provincial government requires them to review their number of councillors and election boundaries before the 2025 el...
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RCMP
Grande Prairie RCMP ask for public help locating stolen RCMP quads and trailer
Grande Prairie RCMP is asking for the public's help in locating two marked RCMP quads and an RCMP flat-deck trailer. On Tuesday, March 26, Mounties were made aware their Grande Prairie County Community and Enforcement Services locked compound in Clairmont, was broken into on Monday, March 25, with the thieves making aw...
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Women's Shelters
Peace River Women's Shelter back to full operations next week
Work is nearly complete at the Peace River Regional Women's Shelter after the discovery of black mould late last year while doing renovations to their facility. The mould was uncovered during a small project involving windows and siding, which spiraled into extensive reclamation work to safely get rid of the toxic fung...
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PWPSD
Peace Wapiti Public School Division continuing plans for a new high school
The Peace Wapiti Public School Division is continuing its plans for a new high school north of Grande Prairie.This is despite the Division not being listed in the Alberta Government's 2024 budget for their design funding.PWPSD Board Trustee Stefanie Clarke says they will continue looking at high school designs and the ...
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City Hall
Access GP experiencing service disruption
The City of Grande Prairie is reporting a temporary service disruption of their Access GP system.The disruption is impacting dispatch for 311 services, Enforcement Services, Bonnetts Energy Centre and Eastlink Centre.Residents can still contact Access GP via email at Info@cityofgp.com.
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All-League 2nd Team
Storm forward receives AJHL award
The Grande Prairie Storm's forward, Alex Atwill has been named to the AJHL All-League 2nd team. Atwill led the Storm in points, and goals this season, raking in 23 goals, with 35 helpers for 58 points in 57 games; finishing at 7th in the league for points. He added to that spectacular regular season performance with ei...
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Alberta

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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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Canada

In the news today: Foreign interference inquiry continues, Ontario opens comms centre
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Foreign interference inquiry to hear from chief electoral officer Canada's chief electoral officer, Stéphane Perrault, is slated to testify this morning at a commission of inquiry into foreign...
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Foreign interference inquiry slated to hear from chief electoral officer
OTTAWA - Canada's chief electoral officer, Stéphane Perrault, is slated to testify this morning at a commission of inquiry into foreign meddling allegations and how the government responded to them. The hearings are delving into possible foreign interference by China, India, Russia and others in the last two gen...
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Killer whale rescue tactics could involve plan to lift orca calf out of lagoon
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - Experts are reconsidering their options on a rescue plan for the young killer whale trapped by the tide in a remote lagoon off Northern Vancouver Island. Paul Cottrell, the marine mammal co-ordinator at the Fisheries Department, says they are thinking about changing tactics in efforts to convince the ...
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Ottawa signs $3.7B health deal with Quebec, final province to sign onto health accord
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland signed a $3.7-billion health pact with Quebec today, which means all 13 provinces and territories have now signed on to Ottawa's new health accord. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau first pitched a new health-funding deal to provinces more than a year ago to increase federal health tra...
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Suspects plead not guilty in human smuggling case involving family's death at border
ST. PAUL, MINN. - A man accused of helping smuggle people across the U.S.-Canada border into Minnesota, including four members of an Indian family who froze to death in 2022, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to seven counts of human smuggling. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 28, who prosecutors say went by the alias "Dirty...
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Measles cases in Canada are increasing, Canada's chief public health officer warns
Canada's chief public health officer says the number of measles cases in the country continues to rise. Dr. Theresa Tam says in a statement the Public Health Agency of Canada is aware of 40 measles cases in Canada so far this year. That's more than three times the number of cases reported in all of 2023. Tam says sh...
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