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Construction on Range Road 80 for 350 meters north of Highway 672, is set to start on Monday, July 14, 2025 from 9:00am to 4:00pm, weather dependent.

The County of Grande Prairie is advising residents that a water main and curb stop replacement project will begin in the Hamlet of Bezanson on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. The work is expected to take approximately five weeks to complete. 

Council committed $1.2 million to replace the aging water main and curb stops – the valves that connect homes to the main water line – to ensure the continued reliability and safety of Bezanson’s water system. 

Grande Prairie Enforcement Services is stepping up enforcement to reduce excessive noise from engine retarder brakes, commonly known as Jake Brakes, within City of Grande Prairie limits. 

Truck drivers using these brakes where prohibited will be fined. 

“People deserve peace and quiet in their neighbourhoods, especially at night,” says Enforcement Services Managing Director Helen Napier. “We’re out there enforcing this bylaw, and drivers who choose to ignore it will face tickets. The noise from Jake Brakes just isn’t acceptable in city areas.” 

The City of Grande Prairie is investing in a series of projects to enhance and beautify public spaces, creating welcoming places for residents and visitors to enjoy.

Approved through the City’s Community Enhancement Funding, the projects aim to improve the look and feel of key areas while also supporting practical needs like stormwater management, accessibility and long-term maintenance. The updates contribute to more attractive and enjoyable public spaces that serve the community well into the future.

The approved projects include:

The City of Grande Prairie has received a $10,000 grant from Tree Canada’s Community Tree Grants program, made possible through CN’s EcoConnexions – From the Ground Up program - to support the creation of a new greenspace at the Community Knowledge Campus (CKC).

Canada’s labour market topped expectations in June amid a surprise surge in hiring.

Statistics Canada said Friday that the unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a percentage point to 6.9 per cent in June as the economy added some 83,000 jobs.

The vast majority of those jobs were part-time, the agency said, with 47,000 positions added in the private sector.

A Reuters poll of economists heading into Friday’s release had expected the jobless rate would rise to 7.1 per cent in June as employment levels held flat.

The NDP's leadership race to replace Jagmeet Singh will formally begin in September, with a six-month race to follow according to a rules framework adopted by the party's national council. 

A new leader will be chosen no later than March 29, when the party holds its 2026 convention in Winnipeg.

An entry fee of $100,000 has been set for candidates to show their "organizational and fundraising capacity."

Debates and other leadership events hosted by the party will be streamed online in both official languages, according to the framework. 

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose 35 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports on Aug. 1 in a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney posted on social media Thursday night, evidently setting a new date for bilateral negotiations between the two countries. 

Canada and the United States had committed to working on a new economic and security agreement with a July 21 deadline for a deal. The boosted tariff pressures call into question progress toward the initial time frame.

A British Columbia father and son are suing the Anglican Church of Canada, alleging the son was conceived as a result of sexual abuse by a female employee of St. Michael's Indian Residential School in Alert Bay in the late 1960s. 

The lawsuit says the father was 14 years old when he was victimized by a school supervisor in 1968, and he settled a lawsuit with the church in 2008 over the alleged sexual assault at the school on Cormorant Island, northeast of Vancouver Island. 

Jeremiah 32:17

"Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you."

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