Peace Region

Broken Oak Distilling Company donates $11,000 to Salvation Army Food Bank

After making hand sanitizer for members of the public, the Broken Oak Distilling Company has donated $11,000 to the Salvation Army Food Bank.Back in March, the company decided to experiment and create...

Apr 16, 2020 Members of the Broken Oak team present Salvation Army Captain Peter Kim with a cheque for $11,000, which they made through the sale of their homemade hand sanitizer (Photo: Facebook / Salvation Army)

Another fatality reported at McLennan care home Thursday

A woman in her 80's from the Manoir du Lac Continuing Care Facility in McLennan has become the seventh person in Northern Alberta to have died from COVID-19, as the province announced two additional d...

Apr 16, 2020 Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw made the announcement Thursday afternoon (Photo: Government of Alberta)

County issues fire and OHV ban, keeps campgrounds closed through May

UPDATE (Apr 17, 9:30 p.m.): The County of Grande Prairie has amended its fire ban to now allow fires in permanent recreational fire pits, as long as they are properly permitted. More details can be fo...

Apr 16, 2020

Harry Balfour School wins National Inclusive Education Award

Harry Balfour School, which is part of the Peace Wapiti School Division, has won the National Inclusive Education Award from the Canadian Association for Community Living and its provincial member ass...

Apr 16, 2020

Swan City Rotary Club to miss Cash and Camping Lottery for first time in 20 years

The Swan City Rotary Club announced last month that they have decided to cancel the 2020 Cash and Camping Lottery due to COVID-19. "Up until Cash and Camping this year, we ran forty consecutive lotter...

Apr 16, 2020

Warmer temperatures returning to Grande Prairie

After a long winter, it appears temperatures are set to finally spring up in Grande Prairie.According to Environment Canada, Grande Prairie will get some cooler weather on Friday, but things will turn...

Apr 16, 2020 Photo: EverythingGP staff

Fire crews extinguish apartment balcony fire in Lakeland

The Grande Prairie Fire Department were called to the Lakeland neighbourhood this morning, where they responded to a fire on the balcony of an apartment building.Crews arrived on the scene at 9225 Lak...

Apr 16, 2020

Section of Range Road 114 closed due to spring melt

A section of Range Road 114 in the County of Grande Prairie is closed until further notice due to flooding caused by melting snow and ice.The section of that road between Township Roads 705 and 710 (e...

Apr 16, 2020 Drivers can detour using Range Road 115 or 111A (Photo: Twitter / County of Grande Prairie)

Premier calls for understanding of fire, OHV ban

Premier Jason Kenney says he understands that many people may be upset with the province's decision to ban campfires and place restrictions on off-highway vehicles in Forest Protected Areas, but he ad...

Apr 16, 2020 The Chuckegg Creek Wildfire burned over 350,000 hectares of forest in 2019 (Photo: Alberta Wildfire)

GPREP enters longest period of activation in the partnership's history

It has been 34 days since the Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership (GPREP) was activated a regional response to the COVID-19 pandemic was started - the longest activation in GPREP's history.P...

Apr 15, 2020 GPREP