T55 Daily News Blast

Friday October 17, 2025

A 20 year-old from Massachusetts has been given 4 years in prison for breaching the Powerschool education software network, before last Christmas.
Locally, the Peace River School Division, the Holy Family Catholic Regional Division, the Northland School Division and the Fort Vermilion School Division, uses Powerschool.
Police in Red Earth Creek have been busy, as they have three in custody on a B&E, that happened Saturday.
37 year-old Conway Laboucan of Atikameg, 33 year-old Miranda Gladue, and 28 year-old Kayla Cardinal, both of Peace River were charged.
Authorities in Red Earth Creek responded to a fire at a Public Works building in Loon Lake.
The blaze was on Sunday that destroyed the building, and left thousands of dollars in damage. 37 year-old Reba Noskiye of Trout Lake was arrested.
The 3rd annual Art Club Gala takes place at their Studio in downtown Peace River, with many local works being the centerpiece. (Dianne Ireland interview in separate story)
The Newsroom is speaking with the Mayor candidates in the region for next week’s Municipal Election.
A candidate in High Prairie is Barry Sharkawi, and he says infrastructure is a priority. (Interview in separate story)
While municipal election day in Alberta is now just days away, many voters are going to be forced to wait a lot longer to find out who the winners in their community are.
New provincial legislation, passed by the government in 2024, means all the ballots will need to be counted by hand instead of machine – increasing the cost and time of determining the results.
NWJHL this weekend… Sexsmith is in Peace River, and FSJ is in Dawson Creek tonight.
North Peace is in Grande Prairie, La Crete is in Sexsmith, Fairview is in FSJ, and Beaverlodge is in Dawson Creek tomorrow.
La Crete is in Fairview and Grande Prairie is in Dawson Creek on Sunday.
NPHL tomorrow… The regular season starts with Manning in High Prairie, FSJ is in Valleyview, and Dawson Creek is in Fox Creek.
AEHL this weekend… The U-13’s are off, The U-15’s play tomorrow in Manning, and Sunday in Falher. The U-18’s play two in East-central Alberta.
NJHL this weekend… The High Prairie Red Wings play tonight at home to Claresholm, and tomorrow in Athabasca.
AJHL this weekend… The Grande Prairie Storm play three games this weekend in Fort McMurray.
MLB Playoffs… Game 4, Milwaukee is in LA, the Dodgers lead 3-0. Game 5 Toronto is in Seattle, the series is tied 2-2. Kevin Gausman starts for the Jays.
A mix of sun and cloud is forecasted for the Northwest, heading into this weekend. Highs are around 10 degrees, but daytime highs will get cooler during the weekend.
Lows at night are around the freezing mark. Things could get wet on Saturday night.