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“Grid Alert” declared in Alberta due to extreme cold
LETHBRIDGE/GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB - The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) is asking consumers to be mindful of how much electricity they are using.They declared a grid alert for the province at 8:25...
Dec 21, 2022

Delays and cancellations in Calgary impacting flights in and out of Grande Prairie
UPDATE: The flights to and from Edmonton are also now late or delayed.The Grande Prairie Airport's website says that two arrivals from Calgary this afternoon are late while a West Jet arrival due in a...
Dec 20, 2022

RCMP say one man died in a three-vehicle collision at Gold Creek
UPDATE: Grande Prairie RCMP has reported a fatality at the scene.According to Mounties at approximately 9:09 a.m. they responded to a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 40 at Gold Creek. Preliminary i...
Dec 20, 2022

Family still hoping for answers 22 years after the disappearance of Raymond Chalifoux
The family still wants to know what happened when Raymond Chalifoux went missing 22 years ago.He was last seen December 19, 2000, in downtown Grande Prairie. He was reported missing a week later.His g...
Dec 20, 2022

Extreme cold to last all week in Peace region
Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning, blanketing the western half of the province. Grande Prairie, Beaverlodge, Valleyview, Hinton, and Grande Cache are all under the warning.Wind chi...
Dec 19, 2022

Grande Prairie with second lowest rent in the country
Grande Prairie still has some of the lowest rental rates among Canadian cities, according to the latest National Rent report from Rentals.ca.Grande Prairie ranked 34 out of 35 cities in the report, wi...
Dec 16, 2022

Court update: Guilty plea in murder case, trail date set in shooting case
Alberta Justice says one of the people charged after the death of a Clairmont man has pleaded guilty.Simon De Lima pleaded guilty to a charge of murder earlier this month in Grande Prairie court. He w...
Dec 16, 2022

Apprenticeship seats added at NWP
The provincial government says it is funding 80 more apprenticeship seats at Northwestern Polytechnic for the 2022-23 academic year.These will be in addition to the 783 already in place.Another 24 ele...
Dec 15, 2022

Some milestones for GPRH as it marked its one-year anniversary
The Grande Prairie Regional Hospital has been a staple in this region for over a year now, after first being officially opened on December 4, 2021. Senior Operating Officer Candace Edey, says the buil...
Dec 14, 2022

New hospital in Beaverlodge another step closer
A project that has been discussed for roughly a decade, ever since the Doris McFarlane family donated 20 acres of land for a new hospital in Beaverlodge, is now a step closer to becoming a reality. Al...
Dec 13, 2022