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Wildfire southeast of Grande Prairie being held at five hectares
UPDATE - May 22: The fire is now listed as under control. Firewatchers say a wildfire that started Wednesday night, 17 kilometres southeast of Grande Prairie, is being held at five hectares.Officials ...
May 21, 2026 (Image Credit: Government of Alberta.)
$5,000 raised for PWPSD students through Iceberg Hockey Tournament
Local school children in the Peace Wapiti Public School Division will benefit from a recent donation intended for youth mental health resources.The Iceberg Hockey Tournament has gifted the division wi...
May 21, 2026 Left to right: Iceberg Tournament Committee Co-Chair Mike Murray, PWPSD Deputy Superintendent Darren Young, Iceberg Tournament Committee Co-Chair Tara Melezko (Image Credit: PWPSD)
Town of Peace River, Northern Sunrise County and Lac Cardinal Economic Development announce workforce planning grant project
Northern Sunrise County, the Town of Peace River, and Lac Cardinal Economic Development have announced the development of a new workforce planning grant project.Funded in part by the Canada-Alberta Wo...
May 21, 2026 (Image Credit: Northern Sunrise County/Town of Peace River)
Beaverlodge Emergency Department without a physician overnight
Alberta Health Services says the Emergency Department at the Beaverlodge Regional Hospital will be without a physician overnight.The closure will start at 8 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, May 20) and contin...
May 20, 2026 (Image Credit: EverythingGP staff.)
GPFD extinguished early morning house fire
The Grande Prairie Fire Department responded to a structure fire in Crystal Ridge this morning (Wednesday, May 20).GPFD says at 6:30 a.m. crews responded to a fire at a mobile home, where the caller r...
May 20, 2026 GPFD (Image Credit: EGP Staff)
Hwy 685 reopened for one lane
Changes have been made to the detour impacting traffic along Highway 685 today.The Municipal District of Peace has reopened the highway to one lane after previously closing it between Range Road 244 a...
May 20, 2026 (Image Credit: Municipal District of Peace)
Smaller impact for education tax in Grande Prairie, but could change next year
The education portion of property tax bills is going up 6.7 per cent in Grande Prairie this year. The average increase across Alberta is 15 per cent. Mayor Jackie Clayton says "an assessment-based equ...
May 20, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Galbraith)
Grande Prairie hosting North Connect Job Fair 2026
EmployAbilities Grande Prairie and the Alberta Chambers of Commerce are holding a job fair today (Wednesday, May 20).The North Connect Job Fair 2026 aims to connect job seekers with employers from a w...
May 20, 2026 (Image Credit: EmployAbilities Grande Prairie)
One person dead after crash on Highway 44
Slave Lake RCMP say a 45-year-old woman is dead after a two-vehicle collision on Friday. Mounties say that on May 15 at around 6:30 p.m., they were called out to the scene of the crash on Highway 44 n...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: EverythingGP staff)
High Prairie RCMP looking for attempted murder suspect
High Prairie RCMP say a suspect that is facing a charge of attempted murder after a shooting incident on Friday, May 15 at Kapawe'no First Nation is still at large.Lucas Zane Auger, 31-years-old and f...
May 17, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Galbraith.)