Peace Region

Warkentin joins Conservatives to propose new program to match students with essential food supply jobs

Chris Warkentin, MP for Grande Prairie-Mackenzie, has joined with fellow Conservative MPs to propose a new program to have students work in essential food supply jobs.The Conservatives are asking the ...

Apr 30, 2020

City of Grande Prairie supports FCM's call for federal funding for municipalities

The City of Grande Prairie is supporting the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) request for $10-billion in federal funding.The money, which would be used to make up for lost revenues during t...

Apr 30, 2020 EverythingGP File Photo

Motorcycle and bicycle safety the focuses of May's STEP and BEEP initiatives

City Enforcement Services will be focusing on motorcycle safety for May's Selected Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP), and bicycle safety for their Bylaw Enforcement Education Program (BEEP).Sergeant ...

Apr 30, 2020

Dogs with Wings Assistance Dog Society looking for volunteers to raise puppies

Dogs with Wings, an organization that trains and provides service and assistance dogs, is looking for volunteers to raise puppies in Grande Prairie. Dogs with Wings provides assistance dogs around Alb...

Apr 30, 2020 Dogs with Wings / Facebook

New measures for continuing care centres as province surpasses 5,000 COVID-19 cases

Alberta surpassed 5,000 cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, as the province's chief medical officer announced new measures for continuing care centres.Based on 5,205 tests completed over the past 24 hours, t...

Apr 29, 2020 Photo: Government of Alberta

GPREP demobilizes flooding operations, renews COVID-19 State of Local Emergency

The Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership announced Wednesday afternoon that they have demobilized flooding operations and have removed any flood-related States of Local Emergency that previou...

Apr 29, 2020 Flooded road in Sexsmith (Photo: Shane Clausing)

Grande Prairie Home & Garden Show officially cancelled for 2020

The 2020 Grande Prairie Home and Garden Show has officially been cancelled.In a post on the Home and Garden Show's Facebook page the organizers say it is with "heavy hearts" they make the official ann...

Apr 29, 2020 Photo: Grande Prairie Home and Garden Show / Facebook

GPREP creates Business Ambassador Team to help businesses prepare for reopening

The Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership (GPREP) has partnered with the Business Resiliency Taskforce, in an effort too strengthen the region's approach to recovering the economy that's been ...

Apr 29, 2020

Two people run away from Alberta Hospital, EPS says they may travel to the Peace Region

Police in Edmonton say they are searching for a man and woman who ran away from the Alberta Hospital Tuesday and that it is possible they might come to the Peace Country.The Edmonton Police Service sa...

Apr 29, 2020 Reyhan Paul Jones and Bailey Gabriel (Armstrong) (photos courtesy of Edmonton Police)

Photo enforcement operations reduced in Grande Prairie during first quarter of 2020

The City of Grande Prairie's Enforcement Services has reduced photo radar operations in the first quarter of 2020.At the City Committee meetings on Tuesday, Enforcement Services presented their update...

Apr 29, 2020 EverythingGP File Photo