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Beaverlodge curler and Olympic medal winner honoured by his hometown

The town of Beaverlodge honoured one of their own on Tuesday, as several hundred people attended a parade to honour Geoff Walker.The lead for the Canadian men's curling champion and Olympic bronze med...

Apr 27, 2022

Structure fire displaces Country Club neighbourhood family

Investigators are looking into the cause of a fire last night in the Country Club neighbourhood.The call came into the Grande Prairie fire department around 7:49 last night, with the first fire engine...

Apr 27, 2022

In-person attendance back for Reel Shorts Film Festival

For the first time in three years, the Reel Shorts Film Festival will have in-person attendance this year.The in-person version starts Tuesday evening and will run through Sunday at the Grande Prairie...

Apr 26, 2022

PRSD teachers giving lessons to kids in Ukraine

Some teachers in the Peace River School Division have recently been reaching out to a new bunch of kids.They have been teaching students in Ukraine over Zoom. A group in Ukraine contacted the division...

Apr 25, 2022

Controlled burn underway at Sturgeon Lake

Wildfire watchers in the Grande Prairie Forest Area says what they call "hazard reduction burning" is underway at Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation. It started Saturday and is expected to continue either as l...

Apr 24, 2022

Province signs new deals with chartered facilities for more eye surgeries

Alberta's health minister said Friday that as the world begins to learn to live with COVID, the government will speed up its push to transform the province's surgical system.New contracts have been si...

Apr 23, 2022

Royal Canadian Air Force conducting Search and Rescue Training next week in Grande Prairie

The sky will be seeing more than regular air traffic in Grande Prairie and area starting Monday. The Royal Canadian Air Force's CC-130H Hercules, CH-146 Griffon helicopters, and a CC138 Twin Otter wil...

Apr 22, 2022

Town of Beaverlodge to celebrate Geoff Walker April 26

The Town of Beaverlodge has announced plans to celebrate curler and former resident Geoff Walker on April 26.The town has decided to hold a parade for Walker which will run across 4th Avenue starting ...

Apr 20, 2022

Court update: Sentences given in three cases

Sentence given in Slave Lake manslaughter caseAlberta Justice says a man charged in a Slave Lake manslaughter case has been given a 16-month jail sentence.Vernon Wayne Laboucan was given the sentence ...

Apr 20, 2022

Peace Region bracing for one last blast of winter

Old Man Winter hasn't quite left the Peace Region just yet.Environment Canada is predicting a big dump of snow will fall throughout the Peace Region over the course of the next 24 hours.Environment Ca...

Apr 18, 2022