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Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi came out of political retirement on Monday, announcing a run for Alberta's NDP leadership to challenge what he termed an “immoral” United Conservative government.

"This government is like nothing I've ever seen before,” Nenshi told The Canadian Press in an interview prior to the announcement.

“They're not only incompetent. They're dangerous and they're immoral.”

Nenshi, 52, was elected mayor of Calgary in 2010 and won three terms before deciding to bow out before the 2021 municipal election.

Scientists believe hot magma will erupt under the Pacific Ocean floor in deep waters off Vancouver Island after they detected up to 200 small earthquakes per hour in the area. 

They say the expected rupture about five kilometres deep and 260 kilometres off the coast of Tofino, B.C., will be too distant and small to be cause for concern, but offers a unique opportunity to learn more about how the Earth's crust is formed.

CPKC is seeing an increase in grain movement. 

CPKC's Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Bulk Elizabeth Hucker says the crop year got off to a slow start as far as grain movement but things are starting to pick up. 

In the last couple of weeks, CPKC has seen an increase in grain heading to the West Coast, Eastern Canada and the U.S. 

On Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, Grande Prairie RCMP Drug section, with assistance from Grande Prairie Police Dog Services and Grande Prairie Crime Reduction Unit, executed a search warrant at a residence in the Patterson area of Grande Prairie City.

As a result of the search warrant, the following items were seized:

Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP) celebrated 2023-2024 Fairview campus graduates this weekend in the Fred Speckeen Theatre. The graduating class of 70 students were cheered on by NWP faculty and staff, as well as many friends, family, and supporters.

The program also included a speech from the 2023-24 Fairview Valedictorian, Alex Zinman from the Animal Health Technology program. Alex, who has completed their NWP credentials with academic excellence, was proud to represent their fellow classmates.

The 50M Competition Pool at the Eastlink Centre will be temporarily closed while they perform some essential maintenance on the water filtration and purification system.

The closure will take place on Wednesday, March 20th and Thursday, March 21st from 8am to 3pm.

Further updates can be found at https://cityofgp.com/

Information provided by the Eastlink Centre/Facebook page

On March 8, 2024, at 7:18 p.m., Valleyview RCMP received a report of a collision involving a pickup and a quad. Upon a arrival, the driver of the quad was deceased. The driver of the quad has been identified as a 26-year-old Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation resident. The four occupants of the truck were not injured. Valleyview RCMP remained on scene for several hours investigating the collision.

Although early in the investigation, RCMP believe that the quad was crossing the highway 43 when it made contact with the pick up.

The City of Grande Prairie has welcomed a new electric-powered Zamboni at the Design Works Centre.

Key features of the electric Zamboni include:

Jeremy Camp is out of surgery and it went well.

Camp went into surgery on Monday morning for cardiac ablation which he says, "leads to crazy heart rhythms making day-to-day activities hard, and making it difficult to breathe and function properly." 

Camp's wife, Adrienne Camp, shared multiple Instagram stories and a post giving updates to fans. 

A 19-year-old man has died in an avalanche in Kananaskis Country. 

Canmore RCMP were called out after the report of an avalanche east of the Mount Engadine Lodge on Tower Peak in Kananaskis. 

Police say two men were skiing in the backcountry when the avalanche occurred. 

One of the men was able to free himself by digging himself out of the snow. Unfortunately, the other man was buried. 

Canmore RCMP, with the assistance of Kananaskis Mountain Rescue recovered and retrieved the man's body at around 9:45 this morning.