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Unemployment rate holds steady in Grande Prairie/Peace region

After seeing increases in two of the previous three months, the unemployment rate for the economic region that includes Grande Prairie and the Peace region held steady in October at 5.7 per cent. The ...

Nov 04, 2022

Up to 20 cm of snow expected in Grande Prairie region by Saturday

Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Grande Prairie - Beaverlodge -Valleyview region. Heavy snow is expected to start falling Friday afternoon, with total amounts expected to reach...

Nov 04, 2022

UPDATE: No injuries in fire northwest of Teepee Creek

There were no injuries after a house fire broke out around 2:30 Thursday afternoon.It happened at Range Road 41 near Township Road 744 northwest of Teepee Creek.When County of Grande Prairie fire crew...

Nov 03, 2022

Grande Prairie teacher organizes Christmas Boxes for Ukraine to help kids and seniors

A Grande Prairie teacher is organizing an effort to help seniors and kids in Ukraine.Christmas Boxes for Ukraine would see boxes filled with various items and sent to people there.Bilyana Coburn teach...

Nov 02, 2022

GPPL's 2021 performance compared to other Albertan mid-sized cities

The Alberta Public Library Benchmark Comparisons for mid-sized cities in 2021 have been released.These showcase a long list of different things from the number of in-person visits, cardholders, and ev...

Nov 02, 2022

Duo charged after Friday night incident in the County

Two people have been arrested after an alleged break-and-enter in the County of Grande Prairie on Friday night.Grande Prairie Rural RCMP received a call at around 10:30 p.m. of a reported break-and-en...

Nov 01, 2022

Council approves change to allow 24-hour child care in Grande Prairie

City council has approved a change to the land use bylaw that will allow 24-hour childcare in Grande Prairie. This will be for daycare facilities only; day homes are not included. Mayor Jackie Clayton...

Nov 01, 2022

Officials on scene for multiple vehicle collision in city's north end

UPDATE: Mounties and emergency services have cleared the scene and the road is reopened, however, the collision is still under investigation. No further updates are expected. Grande Prairie RCMP offic...

Oct 31, 2022

Two vehicle crash on the Peace River bridge leaves one person with serious injuries

UPDATE: RCMP say the bridge is now open in both directions and the collision has been cleared.Peace River RCMP say three people were injured, one seriously, after a two-vehicle crash on the Highway 2 ...

Oct 30, 2022

RCMP investigating threat made to Grimshaw public school

UPDATE: Grimshaw RCMP say they now believe there was never any threat to the public at any time after speaking to all relevant parties. A mischief investigation continues.Peace Regional RCMP are inves...

Oct 28, 2022