Peace Region

Six new cases in Mackenzie County area Friday as Alberta tops 4,000

The Mackenzie County area has added six new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, while the province of Alberta surpassed 4,000 total cases for April 24.The area that includes the communities of High Level, La...

Apr 24, 2020 Photo: Government of Alberta

Billion dollar program will clean inactive oil wells, create jobs

The Alberta Government is rolling out a new, $1-billion Site Rehabilitation Program, to clean up environmental liabilities, create jobs, and boost the economy.Minister of Energy, Sonya Savage, says th...

Apr 24, 2020

UPDATE: Saturday's drive-in movie cancelled

UPDATE: The showing planned for Saturday night (April 25) has been cancelled. More details can be found here.A free drive-in movie will be shown in the parking lot of the Bullets & Broadheads Indo...

Apr 24, 2020 Photo: Revolution Auto Group / Facebook

Grande Prairie's crime rate drops 20 per cent in March 2020

The crime rate in the City of Grande Prairie saw a significant decrease in March 2020.Cpl. Candace Hrdlicka with the Grande Prairie RCMP says they received just 2,622 calls for service in March 2020. ...

Apr 24, 2020

Village of Hythe submits viability review request to determine future

The Village of Hythe is reevaluating its future, as the municipality has submitted a request to Alberta Municipal Affairs for a viability review.Village Council voted in favour of submitting the reque...

Apr 23, 2020 Photo: YouTube / County of Grande Prairie

Big Lakes County residents being told to prepare for evacuation because of flooding

Some people in Big Lakes County are being told to get ready to evacuate because of flooding.The County says in an alert that ice build-up on the West Prairie and East Prairie Rivers may cause flooding...

Apr 23, 2020 Photo: Facebook / Big Lakes County

Park Hotel's beginning differed greatly from its end

With the demolition of the Park Hotel now completed, many within the community are happy to see the long-ago-vacated and boarded up building take its leave from the view of the downtown west side of G...

Apr 23, 2020 The Herald Tribune newspaper from July 19, 1957 had a six-page spread to usher in the new Park Hotel, which featured "Everything new in comfort and convenience" (Photo: South Peace Regional Archives / Herald Tribune)

Mass gathering restrictions apply to all summer events: Hinshaw

Alberta's chief medical officer, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, announced during her daily COVID-19 update Thursday that the province would be enforcing its social distancing mandates on all mass gatherings, whic...

Apr 23, 2020 Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw (Photo: Government of Alberta)

Town of Sexsmith pulls together to help fight flooding

Community members in the Town of Sexsmith are pulling together to help with floods that have hit the town over the last week. Late last week as the weather got warmer, lots of snow in the region began...

Apr 23, 2020 Community members form a chain to lay sandbags around a Sexsmith home to protect it from flooding (Photo: Facebook / Brett Van Schaik)

County residents reminded of fire restrictions following Tuesday barn fire

The County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service is reminding the public of fire restrictions, after responding to a barn fire near the Town of Wembley on Tuesday, April 21.At around 4:11 p.m. that ...

Apr 23, 2020