Category Archives: Peace Region
New CAP program to benefit Alberta beekeepers
The Provincial and Federal Governments are working together to provide a $1-million program through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership to offset the cost of honeybee colony replacements.Due to the ...
Jun 08, 2020
Power outage in downtown Grande Prairie
An electrical outage in downtown Grande Prairie has left 666 ATCO Electric customers without power.ATCO Electric says the outage began at approximately 6:34 a.m. on Monday, June 8. It's estimated that...
Jun 08, 2020
Water Line Flushing to take place in small neighbourhood within Beaverlodge
Residents of a tiny portion of Beaverlodge are being asked to make sure they have enough drinking water for at least 48 hours, as water line flushing will take place Monday in their neighborhood. The ...
Jun 08, 2020
Grande Prairie Friendship Centre ready to reopen following temporary closure
The Community Kitchen program in the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre will reopen on Monday, June 8. The Community Kitchen is a program run by the Friendship Centre and the Salvation Army that provide...
Jun 08, 2020
Grande Prairie Mayor hopes to see financial restitution come from opioid lawsuit
The City of Grande Prairie officially filed a $10 billion class action lawsuit regarding the opioid crisis last week, and will be represented by the Guardian Law Group.The City has signed on as the Re...
Jun 08, 2020
Protesters say work needs to be done to help end racism
Approximately a thousand people gathered in downtown Grande Prairie on Saturday for the Black Lives Matter protest. The movement was sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis a couple of wee...
Jun 07, 2020
Grande Prairie Author picks up award at 2020 Alberta Literary Awards
Grande Prairie's Sue Farrell Holler is walking away from the 2020 Alberta Literary Awards with some hardware. Farrell Holler's book Cold White Sun won the R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literatur...
Jun 07, 2020
Speeches given at Black Lives Matter protest highlight issues in the community and ways to address them
A Black Lives Matter protest went in Grande Prairie on Saturday, June 6. The event was in protest to police brutality and systemic racism black people face. Aretha Johnson, a Grande Prairie local who ...
Jun 07, 2020
Grande Prairie RCMP looking for two missing teenagers
Grande Prairie RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating a pair of teenagers that have not been seen or heard from since Friday night. They say 15 year old Michael Shea is 5'6" and 170 pounds ...
Jun 07, 2020
Black Lives Matter protest draws in massive crowd of supporters
A Black Lives Matter protest went ahead in Grande Prairie on Saturday. Close to a thousand people turned up to show their support for the cause, and to protest systematic racism and police brutality t...
Jun 06, 2020