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Difficult return home for Paddle Prairie residents

More than 700 residents of Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement were given the OK to return home yesterday after a wildfire evacuation order was lifted, but for some it was a difficult time.Sixteen homes w...

Jun 21, 2019 (Facebook)

Some evacuation alerts ended in Slave Lake Forest Area

The eight-hour evacuation alerts have been lifted for Bigstone Cree Nation, Wabasca, Sandy Lake, and Chipewyan Lake. An evacuation order that was put in place Tuesday remains in place for Peerless Tro...

Jun 20, 2019 McMillan Complex fire. Photo supplied by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry

First-Time Home Buyer Incentive set to help Peace Country buyers

A new program being rolled out by the federal government is helping ease the burden on first-time home buyers.Starting September 2, households that earn $120,000 per year or less will be eligible to a...

Jun 20, 2019

Paddle Prairie residents can return home today as evacuation order is lifted

More than 700 evacuees from the Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement can safely return home today for the first time since late May.The mandatory evacuation order will be lifted as of 1 p.m. Upon arrival, ...

Jun 20, 2019 A photo from late May showing the Chuckegg Creek Fire's prooximity to the community (Facebook / Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement)

City offering free education sessions on opioid crisis

Anyone who wants to learn more about Grande Prairie's opioid crises is being offered a chance to do so through city hall.What are being called facilitated sessions will include videos on how this drug...

Jun 20, 2019 The contents of a naloxone kit. Photo by Curtis Galbraith

More evacuations orders issued in Mackenzie County

More evacuation orders have been issued in Mackenzie County, as the Chuckegg Creek Wildfire continues to be stoked by dry and windy conditions.The order is issued for everyone in the area located nort...

Jun 19, 2019 Photo: Facebook / Alberta Government

Teenage girl charged with Manslaughter, Arson in death of Swan River woman

The RCMP Major Crimes North Unit has ruled a residential trailer fire that took the life of a woman on the Swan River Reserve back in April was in fact an act of arson, and a teenage girl is facing ch...

Jun 19, 2019

Evacuation alerts lifted for Widewater, Canyon Creek

An eight-hour evacuation alert for Canyon Creek and Widewater has been lifted. A nearby wildfire that started Monday was declared under control today. It burned a little over 15 hectares. An evacuatio...

Jun 19, 2019 Photo supplied by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry

Local farmers helping hungry people again this year

Some Peace Country farmers have gotten together again this year to help out hungry people around the world.The Bear Lake Growing Project has been around for several years.It will see the net proceeds ...

Jun 19, 2019 Photo by Jeanette Beyer from the Bear Lake Growing Project Facebook page

Kenney says it's time to act on Trans Mountain

EDMONTON, AB - Premier Jason Kenney is welcoming the federal government's approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion, however he notes it's now time for the government to act.Kenney responded t...

Jun 18, 2019 Photo: The Canadian Press