Peace Region

Latitude 55 donates $10,000 to Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta

Grande Prairie distillers Latitude 55 have donated $10,000 to the Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta.Back in March when the COVID-19 pandemic began, Latitude 55 and the Broken Oak Distilling...

May 17, 2020

National grant to help Regional Archives with reconciliation project, promote Indigenous history

Funding in the amount of nearly $9,000 has been granted to the South Peace Regional Archives from Library and Archives Canada's Documentary Heritage Communities Program to help improve access to local...

May 16, 2020

GPREP to move overflow cot program to Bowes Event Centre

The Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership says it will be moving its temporary cot overflow program to the Bowes Event Centre (BEC) over the next couple of weeks, bringing it over from the Dav...

May 15, 2020

GP Comp staff delivers 'Grad in a Bag' to students

The May Long Weekend marks the time the Grande Prairie Composite High School would usually be holding their graduation commencement ceremony, however, due to the COVID-19 restrictions limiting gatheri...

May 15, 2020

Grande Prairie housing market remains stable despite drop in sales last month

The housing market in Grande Prairie remained quite stable through April, despite the month long economic shutdown due to COVID-19.Lesley Craig, the President of the Grande Prairie Realtors Associatio...

May 15, 2020

Warm start, cool finish for May long in Grande Prairie

What looks to be a warm start to the long weekend is not expected to finish out the same way.Weather Network meteorologist Doug Gillham says, for the Grande Prairie area, Saturday looks to be the best...

May 15, 2020

Grande Prairie RCMP seeking vehicle spray paint vandals

Grande Prairie RCMP are looking for the public's help in finding those responsible for a rash of vandalism to vehicles in the Highland Park and Patterson Drive areas.Police say between the hours of 11...

May 14, 2020

City looking to add new capital projects to 2020 budget

The City is moving forward with changes to the 2020 Capital Budget. At a Council Committee of the Whole meeting on Thursday, the Committee voted to have council approve the changes, which include new ...

May 14, 2020

City's 2020 Road Rehabilitation Program starts in College Park area Friday

The City of Grande Prairie's annual road rehabilitation program is set to get underway Friday, May 15 for the 2020 construction season.Starting Friday morning, work will continue in the College Park a...

May 14, 2020

RCMP investigating structure fire in Peace River

The Peace Regional RCMP are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fire that occurred at an abandoned forestry compound in Peace River on May 2 at 103 street between 111 and 114 avenues.Upon ar...

May 14, 2020