Peace Region

Provincial support helpful for Grande Prairie hotel industry

Update: The story has been corrected from an earlier version.Hotel operators in Grande Prairie are glad to see some more supports for the hospitality sector, as COVID-19 restrictions have taken a toll...

May 22, 2020

High Prairie RCMP seeing "concerning trend" in calls involving replica firearms

Police in High Prairie are seeing what they are calling a "concerning trend" in a recent rash of reports of individuals carrying and displaying replica firearms in public.High Prairie RCMP note betwee...

May 22, 2020

Grande Prairie Salvation Army helps Fort Vermilion during evacuation

In late April, the town of Fort Vermillion was forced to evacuate following major flooding in the region. The flooding caused all 750 people in the community to leave their homes and evacuate in the m...

May 22, 2020

Greenhouses seeing new faces and more gardeners during pandemic

Greenhouses in the Peace Region have been opening and continuing operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.Bev Rodgerson, the owner of Willow Valley Greenhouses, says they have been seeing a lot of new ...

May 21, 2020

Second active COVID-19 case identified in City of Grande Prairie

A new case of COVID-19 has been reported in the City of Grande Prairie in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of active cases in the city to two. One case was confirmed in Grande Prairie yest...

May 21, 2020

RCMP seek suspect in Peace River assault case

Peace Regional RCMP are seeking help from the public as they search for suspects in relation to an assault that took place earlier this month in Peace River.On the afternoon of May 3, around 1:15, pol...

May 21, 2020

Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta providing $545,000 to local charities

The Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta will be providing $545,000 to help support local charities in the community that are responding to COVID-19. The $545,000 comes from the Government of ...

May 21, 2020

2020 property tax notices in the mail for County residents

Approximately 20,000 property owners in the County of Grande Prairie will be receiving their 2020 property tax notices in the mail in the coming days.Along with tax notices, the County has sent out in...

May 21, 2020

Local MLA removes swarm of bees from vehicle in Valleyview

Central Peace-Notley MLA Todd Loewen helped out a traveller in Valleyview who had a swarm of bees enter his vehicle.In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Loewen said he received a call from the traveller,w...

May 21, 2020

Mackenzie Crossroads Museum opens exhibit chronicling the Chuckegg Creek Wildfire

The Mackenzie Crossroads Museum and Visitor Centre in High Level has opened an exhibit on the 2019 Chuckegg Creek Wildfire.Kayla Wardley, Museum and Tourism Leader for the Town of High Level says that...

May 21, 2020