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The City of Grande Prairie reminds residents to confirm their property lines before trimming, planting or removing any trees near their homes.

A strip of City-owned land—known as the boulevard—runs along the front and sometimes the side of most properties. Trees growing in this area are public trees, owned and maintained by the City. Work on these trees, including pruning or removal, should only be carried out by City staff.

The County of Grande Prairie is seeking election workers for the 2025 Municipal Election this fall.

The election will take place on October 20, 2025, and the County is looking for workers to work during advance vote days and on Election Day. Election workers are responsible to support polling station operations, including opening and closing stations, supporting voters with voting instructions and identification verification, and ensuring the secrecy of the vote.

Construction on Range Road 51A (South of Arthur Lane) from Township Road 712 to Road End has begun.

The project is expected to be completed late June, weather dependent.  

On May 5, 2025, Valleyview RCMP received a report of a male offering children money in exchange for sexual services in Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation. As a result of that investigation by Valleyview RCMP Detachment, Western Alberta District General Investigation Section and the Caribou Child Advocacy Centre RCMP were able to identify a suspect.

 On May 20, 2025, 49-year-old Valleyview resident Shawn Atkinson was arrested and charged with:

Grande Prairie RCMP are requesting public assistance locating missing youth 15-year-old Haley Fortin. Haley was last seen on May 24, 2025 in Grande Prairie. Haley’s family is concerned for her well-being.

Haley is described as:

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has been notified of a person with confirmed measles in the North Zone who has been in a public setting while infectious. Additional locations may be released if necessary.

Individuals who were in the following location during the specified dates and times may have been exposed to measles:

Location:
Real Canadian Superstore
12225 99 Street
Grande Prairie, AB

T8V 6X9

Exposure time periods:

Alberta is bringing in new rules this fall to ensure that only what it calls “age appropriate” books are available in school libraries.

Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says the move was spurred by four graphic coming-of-age novels depicting sexual, LGBTQ+ content found to be in circulation in public schools in Edmonton and Calgary.

Nicolaides says he was extremely concerned to learn such novels were available.

King Charles arrived in Canada Tuesday afternoon for a short visit that will include reading the speech from the throne in Parliament.

The highly symbolic visit is happening as Canada copes with U.S. President Donald Trump's attempts to upend global trade with tariffs and his repeated calls for Canada's annexation.

The Canadian Armed Forces plane carrying the King and Queen Camilla landed in Ottawa shortly after 1 p.m. 

Canola oil would be one of the main beneficiaries of proposed changes to the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit making their way through U.S. Congress, says an analyst.

The feedstock is not eligible for the credit under the current rules because of its unfavourable carbon intensity (CI) score.

However, under new rules contained in the budget bill that recently passed through the U.S. House of Representatives, canola’s carbon intensity score drops to 38.5 grams of carbon dioxide per megajoule from 54.9.

Quebec Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia was elected Speaker of the House of Commons on Monday — after an unusually dramatic race that saw the only Conservative contenders drop out of the running at the last minute.

Conservative MPs Chris d'Entremont and John Nater both put their names forward but withdrew on the House floor before the election began Monday morning.

The Liberals currently have 169 seats in the minority Parliament, leaving them three seats shy of the 172 required for a majority.