Category Archives: Peace Region
GPPSD 2025 School Board Trustee Candidate video series
Residents who will be casting a vote in the 2025 Grande Prairie Public School Board trustee election now have a new tool to learn about the candidates. Thanks to efforts by the Political Action Coordi...
Oct 12, 2025
County of Grande Prairie Council Candidate Profile: Robert Hill
Robert Hill is one of four Division 5 residents running for a County Council position.He was asked to answer the following four questions with a 600-word limit.1. What has inspired you to run for mayo...
Oct 10, 2025
County of Grande Prairie Council Candidate Profile: Bob Chrenek
Bob Chrenek is one of three Division 9 residents running for a County Council position.He was asked to answer the following four questions with a 600-word limit.1. What has inspired you to run for may...
Oct 10, 2025
Land values up in the Peace says new FCC report
Farm Credit Canada's newest report on farmland values says land values in Alberta went up 6.6 per cent in the first six months of this year.FCC says the Peace Country and southern Alberta led the grow...
Oct 10, 2025
Beaverlodge Hospital ED closed for 12 hours Oct. 11
The Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital emergency department will be without an on-site physician for 12 hours Saturday, Oct. 11.Due to an inability to secure physician coverage, there will be no on-site p...
Oct 10, 2025
County to begin construction on Range Road 41 Oct. 11
Construction on Range Road 41 will slow traffic for the rest of October and much of November.The County of Grande Prairie is conducting paving and line painting work between Township Road 714 and High...
Oct 10, 2025
Internet outages impacting Northern and Central Alberta
Multiple internet outages have been reported by TELUS in northern and central Alberta. Impacted communities include Greenview, Valleyview, Whitecourt, and Fairview. The outages in Fairview are impacti...
Oct 10, 2025
Person contagious with measles reported at Grande Prairie Regional Hospital
A person contagious with measles has been confirmed to have visited public areas in Grande Prairie this week.Alberta Health Services says the infected individual visited the Grande Prairie Regional Ho...
Oct 10, 2025
Collision on Highway 43 westbound lanes
Update at 11:55 a.m. (Oct. 10) - RCMP would like to advise the public that the westbound lanes of Highway 43 have reopened for travel. No major injuries were reported from the collision and Mounties w...
Oct 10, 2025
Final day for Never Miss Lunch Food and Donation Drive
Today (Friday, October 10) is the last day donations are being collected in the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre's Never Miss Lunch Food and Donation Drive.Non-perishable food, things that would be go...
Oct 10, 2025