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Warm temperatures heading towards Peace Region
Temperatures in the Peace Region are going to warm up as we head into the next week.Throughout the next week, Environment Canada is predicting that the Grande Prairie and surrounding areas will see te...
May 28, 2021

Work on Highway 40 twinning project well underway
The work to twin a 19-kilometre stretch of Highway 40 south of Grande Prairie is well underway.The Peace Regional Director for Alberta Transportation Ryan Konowalyk says clearing work that started in ...
May 28, 2021

Alberta's "Open for Summer" plan offers hope for residents: Mayor Clayton
Grande Prairie Mayor Jackie Clayton is feeling optimistic now that there are some more clearly defined targets that must be hit in order to see public health restrictions ease across Alberta, and most...
May 26, 2021

Alberta lays out three-stage plan to ease public health restrictions
Premier Jason Kenney says a "fully open" Alberta summer is just around the corner.That statement came as the Premier laid out the province's staged path forward plan to easing public health restrictio...
May 26, 2021

Grande Prairie man charged with firearms offences after Tuesday incident
A Grande Prairie man has been charged with firearms offences after authorities say he was found armed after trespassing onto the CN rail yard on the city's south end Tuesday.At around 10:45 a.m. Grand...
May 25, 2021

Mobile Outreach Team addressing uptick of encampments around Grande Prairie
Despite an uptick in new rough sleeping encampments being reported around the city, the Mobile Outreach Program's manager says a new workflow process in partnership with Enforcement Services is allowi...
May 25, 2021

STARS hoping to grow new farm-based fundraiser
STARS is looking for farmers and ranchers to help out in a fundraiser.It is called Growing for STARS and would see proceeds from grain or livestock sales donated to the air ambulance service.Bethany R...
May 25, 2021

Grande Prairie school divisions ready for return to in-person classes Tuesday
Grade K-12 students in the Grande Prairie area will be returning to the classroom on Tuesday for the first time since May 6, following the decision by Alberta Education to shift all schools in the pro...
May 24, 2021

Grande Prairie Airport using nearly $750k in federal grants for safety upgrades
The Grande Prairie Airport is using two federal grants totaling $747,551 to do some safety upgrades to the facility.Doug Mark, the Director of Operations at the airport, says the first grant they succ...
May 23, 2021

City assessing options as slope fails at section of Muskoseepi trail
The City of Grande Prairie says the damage to the section of paved trail in Muskoseepi Park to the north of 68 Avenue has worsened and that the slope where the trail is located has failed, meaning the...
May 22, 2021