Category Archives: Peace Region
Three road projects to begin in the City of Grande Prairie in early June
The City of Grande Prairie will be starting three road improvement projects in the first few weeks of June.Starting on Monday, June 1, there will be asphalt overlay along 98 Street between 112 Avenue ...
May 27, 2020
New La Glace fire hall expected to open in June
Almost exactly two years after the tender was awarded, the new fire station in the Hamlet of La Glace is set to open in mid-June.The tender was awarded on June 25, 2018, to Southwest Design & Cons...
May 27, 2020
City enforces physical distancing on public transit
The City of Grande Prairie is taking steps to maintain the two-metre physical distancing standard on public transportation.The capacity on City buses has been limited to 8-to-10 riders at a time, and ...
May 27, 2020
Peace Regional Committee awarded 2020 RhPAP Rhapsody Community Award
The Peace Regional Committee has been named the winner of the 2020 RhPAP (Rural Health Professions Action Plan) Rhapsody Community Award. The annual award recognizes a rural Alberta community that has...
May 27, 2020
2019 sees slight increase in calls for County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service
The County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service presented their annual report to County Council on Monday, which shows they responded to 1,891 calls for service in 2019. That's a slight increase of...
May 27, 2020
Wet weather interrupting MD of Greenview fieldwork
Seeding progress in the MD of Greenview has been "very slow," according to Reeve Dale Smith.Smith estimates less than 30 per cent has been seeded, with some individual producers at zero and some at 30...
May 26, 2020
Resident of High Prairie continuing care home dies from COVID-19
Alberta Health says another resident from the J.B. Wood continuing care facility in High Prairie has died from COVID-19, as 22 new cases were identified across Alberta for May 26.The fatality was iden...
May 26, 2020
More work needed before Range Road 62 flyover can be shovel ready
The County of Grande Prairie Council has directed Administration to work with an engineering firm to create a conceptual design and find out the costs of an overpass that would connect Range Road 62 o...
May 26, 2020
Alberta Wildfire downgrades fire ban to advisory in Forest Protection Area
Alberta Wildfire says that due to recent rain in many parts of the province, the fire ban in the Forest Protection Area has been downgraded to a fire advisory.With the drop to an advisory, wood campfi...
May 26, 2020
Aquatera to begin construction on new sanitary main along 84 Ave. Wednesday
Aquatera says it will be installing a sanitary main along 84 Avenue, between 113 Street and 116 Street starting on Wednesday, May 27. The installation is part of the Westpointe Sanitary Diversion Proj...
May 26, 2020