Peace Region

Suspicious death near Woking deemed a homicide

The RCMP Major Crimes Unit has deemed a suspicious death near the hamlet of Woking last week to be a homicide, following an autopsy conducted by the Chief Medical Examiner.RCMP have confirmed the vict...

Jun 17, 2020

Grande Prairie sees three fentanyl related deaths in first quarter of 2020

The Alberta Opioid Response Surveillance Report for the first quarter of 2020 has been released. In the first three months of the year in Alberta, data shows that 142 people died from an apparent acci...

Jun 17, 2020

CTF report calls for Alberta municipalities to curtail spending amid downturn

A new report published by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) shows just how much Alberta municipalities are spending on a per resident basis, while claiming municipalities in the Wild Rose provin...

Jun 17, 2020

Warkentin, Conservatives want a fiscal update, more checks by the Auditor General

Grande Prairie-Mackenzie MP Chris Warkentin says the Conservatives want a fiscal update from the Liberal government as soon as possible."There has not yet been a budget this year. We believe that it's...

Jun 17, 2020

One more COVID-19 recovery in Grande Prairie

There were 35 new cases of COVID-19 reported by Alberta Health on Tuesday, while the City of Grande Prairie saw one more cases case recover.Local data on Alberta Health's aggregate data site shows tha...

Jun 16, 2020

Given excited for hospital construction completion, but knows more work still ahead

Alberta's Minister of Infrastructure, Prasad Panda, announced on Monday that construction of the Grande Prairie Hospital will finish in June.The announcement was made during oral question period in th...

Jun 16, 2020

Three Grande Prairie residents arrested following drug seizure

On June 12, Grande Prairie RCMP arrested three men following a lengthy investigation which led to a search warrant, where a number of drugs were seized.The RCMP say that the search warrants were condu...

Jun 16, 2020

Operations return to Odyssey House shelter after positive case of COVID-19

Odyssey House, the shelter for woman and children who are victims of domestic abuse, is once again running its operations from the emergency shelter.The shelter itself was closed after an individual t...

Jun 16, 2020

GPPSD's Nutrition Heroes program helps students and families during COVID-19

The Grande Prairie Public School Division's Nutrition Heroes program is helping hundreds of families in Grande Prairie put food on the table during COVID-19.The program was created back on March 22, s...

Jun 16, 2020

UPDATE: Missing 14-year-old found safe

UPDATE: High Prairie RCMP say that they have located 14-year-old Sierra Auger safe and unharmed.High Prairie RCMP are seeking public assistance in finding 14-year-old Sierra Auger, who has been missin...

Jun 16, 2020