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Salvation Army's Christmas Kettle campaign in need of donations, volunteers

The Grande Prairie Salvation Army is calling for donations, and volunteers, for their annual Christmas Kettle fundraiser.A brass quartet played Christmas tunes as the Salvation Army launched their fun...

Nov 14, 2019 Peter Kim at the launch of the Salvation Army's Christmas Kettle fundraiser (photo by Liam Verster)

Money for bridge project in Peace River still in the provincial budget

The province says money for continued work on twinning the Highway 2 bridge in Peace River is in the new budget.Alberta Transportation says there is $56-million in Budget 2019 for this project.Constru...

Nov 14, 2019 Photo from the Alberta Transportation web site

Spring Creek Road reopened, with conditions

Crews have finished preliminary slope and repair work on a section of Township Road 711, known as Spring Creek Road, and the road has now reopened to traffic.Traffic is still limited to 30 km/h in the...

Nov 13, 2019 Spring Creek Road (photo courtesy of County of Grande Prairie)

Some reductions approved at city hall budget talks

City Council has approved some reductions for the RCMP, Enforcement Services, and fire department at 2020 budget talks.The cuts come from changing operating hours, eliminating overlap and not filling ...

Nov 13, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Three more men charged in string of break and enters

Grande Prairie RCMP have charged three more individuals in relation to the rash of break and enters the City saw between July and October.Police say they received approximately 60 reports of break and...

Nov 13, 2019

City considering possible shadow population count

The Corporate Services Committee met Tuesday morning and adopted the results of the 2018 municipal census.While the results had already been made available, they needed to be approved by the province ...

Nov 13, 2019 Photo: Curtis Galbraith

Funding confirmed for Peace Country flood mitigation work

The new provincial government has confirmed funding for two local flood mitigation projects promised by the previous one. The first one is $1.3-million to the County of Grande Prairie for something ca...

Nov 13, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Residential snow plowing starts Wednesday in Grande Prairie

City Hall says residential snow clearing will start Wednesday in Grande Prairie.Crews will be working in the Avondale, Cobblestone, College Park, Fieldbrook, Highland Park, Riverstone, Smith, and Swan...

Nov 12, 2019

Public input on health care sought at meeting in Spirit River

Local health care will be the subject of a meeting in Spirit River tonight. The Peace Health Advisory Council is inviting the public to share ideas and concerns.People can come for the entire meeting,...

County fire crews respond to house fire near Bezanson Tuesday morning

County Regional Fire Services were called to a fire at a home southwest of Bezanson early Tuesday morning.Crews from the Bezanson, Clairmont and Dunes stations were called to a home near Highway 670 a...

Nov 12, 2019 Photo: Facebook / County of Grande Prairie