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City puts fire advisory in place

The City of Grande Prairie has issued a fire advisory. This means no new open burning permits will be issued in the City of Grande Prairie until conditions improve in the GP Forest Area.Any open burni...

May 21, 2019 All burn barrels/incinerators, backyard fire pits and approved campsite fire pits are still allowed at this time, but no new open burning permits will be issued in the City.

GPREP called in to help with High Level wildfire

The Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership (GPREP) has been activated to assist with the High Level fire.Thousands of people are out of their homes near High Level, after a threatening wildfire...

May 21, 2019 (Photo credit: Facebook/Deb Stecyk)

Crime watch asking people to take precautions during seeding

The Beaverlodge Rural Crime Watch Association is offering advice to keep property safe during seeding.President Leanne Van Wagner says one thing people need to do is take the keys out of their trucks ...

May 21, 2019

Emergency Services respond to grass fire early Monday evening

Early Monday evening the Grande Prairie RCMP and fire services responded to a grass fire West of 92 street near 80 ave.Traffic was re-routed for a short period of time, but the Grande Prairie Fire Dep...

May 20, 2019 (photo credit to Steven Sarginson)

Fire Advisory Issued for Grande Prairie Forest Management Area

A fire advisory is now in place for the entire Grande Prairie Forest Management area, as the wildfire hazard here has moved to very high due to dry conditions, rising temperatures and gusty winds. All...

May 20, 2019

Applications open for International Paper Foundation grant funding worth $80,000

International Paper Grande Prairie Mill has announced that in 2019 they will be once again awarding $80,000 worth of grant funding to community organizations through the International Paper Foundation...

May 20, 2019 Photo/ International Paper/ Facebook

UPDATE: Out of control wildfire near High Level grows

High winds and dry conditions are fuelling several out of control wildfires across Northwestern Alberta. The Chuckegg Creek wildfire is listed at 250 square kilometres in size, and is still 25 km sout...

May 19, 2019 Photo Credit: Facebook/Deb Stecyk

Pair of Grande Prairie RCMP officers awarded Commendation of Bravery

Awards for bravery, outstanding service, life-saving and long service to four RCMP officers were awarded in Edmonton yesterday and two of them hailed from Grande PrairieSargent Shiloh Fragomeni, Const...

May 18, 2019

Injury Prevention Centre aims to prevent injury and death as quad season begins

For many, the May long weekend kicks off quad season in Alberta and people in this province use more quads per capita than anyone else in the county. On average, 14 people die in Alberta each year fro...

May 18, 2019

Fire bans for most of northern Alberta, County of GP excluded

Campfires, unauthorized burning and off-highway vehicles are banned on public lands throughout most of northern Alberta because of wildfire concerns.The fire and OHV ban extends from Lac La Biche up t...

May 17, 2019