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Unemployment in Grande Prairie economic region sees year-over-year decline

News Kass Patterson -
The region that includes Grande Prairie reported the second-lowest unemployment rate across Alberta in September. According to Statistics Canada,...

Local MP against StatCan data collection

News Emma Mason -
Grande Prairie - Mackenzie MP Chris Warkentin is speaking out against Statistics Canada's plan to get banks, credit card...

Crime reduction strategy working: RCMP

News Erica Fisher -
Members of the public have played a role in reducing Grande Prairie's crime rate. Since it spiked in 2014...

Western Alberta unemployment rate up for third month

News Erica Fisher -
The unemployment rate for western Alberta has increased for the third straight month. The economic region that stretches from...

Grande Prairie’s economic region among country’s highest for hourly wages

News Erica Fisher -
The economic region that Grande Prairie is part of has one of the highest hourly wages in the country....

Western Alberta unemployment rate unchanged in October

News Erica Fisher -
The unemployment rate in western Alberta held steady at 5.8 per cent last month. That's one per cent less...

Inflation up in Alberta

News Erica Fisher -
Alberta saw inflation increase in July, according to the most recent data from Statistics Canada. It has gone up...

Impaired driving incidents up drastically in rural Grande Prairie

News Erica Fisher -
Impaired driving incidents in Grande Prairie are just over half of where they were two years ago. According to Statistics...

Western Alberta wages ninth highest in Canada

News Erica Fisher -
Western Alberta is the ninth highest earning region in Canada. According to Statistics Canada, people in the Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain...

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Advance voting open for 2026 Alberta referendum

Community
Advance voting for the Alberta referendum to remain open until Saturday. 

Several County facilities to be closed, run limited schedule October 28

County of Grande Prairie
A number of different County of Grande Prairie facilities will be either closed or on limited hours later this month. 

UPDATE: Hold and secure lifted at JPII after alleged email was deemed not credible

Police
UPDATE 2: According to school officials, the hold and secure has been lifted. Following an investigation by police, school officials say that a email that they classified as threatening has been determined not to be credible.

Enforcement Services issues more than 220 tickets over long weekend blitz

GPPS
Grande Prairie Enforcement Services issued more than 220 tickets over the Thanksgiving long weekend. 

KidSport Peace Country to host Pizza Pig Out next week

Community
KidSport Peace Country will be hosting its Pizza Pig Out next week, with the goal to raise as much money as possible in a high-demand year. 
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