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Severe thunderstorm watches in place for several areas of the Peace
A severe thunderstorm watch is in place for a wide swath of the Peace Country.That includes the City and County of Grande Prairie, along with Birch Hills, Saddle Hills, Clear Hills, Big Lakes, Norther...
Aug 01, 2025

Wildfire danger now high in the Peace River Forest Area
The wildfire danger has climbed to high in the Peace River Forest Area in this hot weather.There are currently two active wildfires.The Slims Creek wildfire burning 30 kilometres north of Manning is l...
Aug 01, 2025

AHS confirms measles case at GPRH labour & delivery wing
Measles cases in Alberta continue to rise as another confirmed case was out in a public setting, while contagious. AHS says an infectious person was at the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital labour and ...
Jul 31, 2025

Citizen Initiative Petition issued
A group organized by a former deputy premier can now start gathering signatures on a petition to have Alberta declare its official policy is to remain in Canada. The province's chief electoral officer...
Jul 30, 2025

Heatwave hits northwestern Alberta
A heat warning is in effect for all of northwestern Alberta. Enviroment Canada has issued the warning for communities north of Fox Creek, west of Wandering River to the BC and NWT borders. Photo Court...
Jul 29, 2025

2024 Atikameg homicide leads to second-degree murder charges
Arrests have been made after a dead body was found in a wooded area of Atikameg First Nation at the end of 2024.A body was found on December 30, and was noted to have "suspicious injuries." RCMP's Maj...
Jul 29, 2025

Crop conditions deteriorating says latest crop report
The July 22 crop report from the province and AFSC says 21.7 per cent of the crops in the Peace were in good or excellent condition as of that date.That is down from 27.6 per cent in the July 15 repor...
Jul 28, 2025

Grande Prairie RCMP execute search warrant in Scenic Ridge July 17
A pair of Grande Prairie residents were arrested earlier this month and roughly a thousand grams of suspected narcotics were seized during the execution of a search warrant.On July 17, the Grande Prai...
Jul 27, 2025

More details on officer involved fatal shooting near Grande Prairie released
The province has released more details of an officer involved shooting that occurred in Grande Prairie last week.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team was directed to investigate an incident that...
Jul 25, 2025

Court updates include sentencing in murder and child pornography cases
Sentence handed out in Cadotte Lake murderAlberta Justice says a life sentence has been handed out after a 2022 murder in Cadotte Lake.Brenon Gray was given life with no chance of parole for 12 years ...
Jul 25, 2025