Peace Region

Community remembers Grouard man lost to COVID-19

A resident of Grouard has been identified as the North zone's first fatality related to COVID-19.Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced that one of five fatalities due t...

Mar 30, 2020 Photo: Big Lakes County Facebook page

Man dies from COVID-19 in North Zone

The North Zone has its first fatality from COVID-19.Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced that fatality as one of five new deaths from the disease on Monday, bringing t...

Mar 30, 2020 Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw (Photo: Government of Alberta)

AHS partners with tech company to enable rapid COVID-19 testing

Alberta Health Services (AHS) and the Canadian technology company Spartan Bioscience are teaming up to enable rapid testing in the province for COVID-19.Spartan Bioscience Inc. is in the late stages o...

Mar 30, 2020 Photo Credit: Alberta Health Services

AHEIA makes Alberta Fishing Education Program available free of charge

The Alberta Hunter Education Instructors' Association is making its Alberta Fishing Education program available online and free to the public.The release of the program is for those who are self-isola...

Mar 30, 2020 A young man fishing at the County Sportsplex pond (Photo: County of Grande Prairie)

Warkentin calls on federal government to stop planned carbon tax hike

Grande Prairie-Mackenzie MP Chris Warkentin is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to stop the federal government's planned carbon tax increase on April 1.In a statement released on Monday, Warke...

Mar 30, 2020 Chris Warkentin MP for Grande Prairie - Mackenzie. Photo Credit: EverythingGP staff

Farmer's Market remains open with temporary measures addressing COVID-19

The Grande Prairie Farmer's Market is remaining open during the COVID-19 pandemic as an essential business.Its hours are 4-7 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.The market says local farmers ...

Mar 30, 2020

Aquatera opens Payment Deferral Program amid COVID-19 pandemic

Aquatera is offering it's customers some financial relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, through a Payment Deferral Program. Through this program, Aquatera customers will be able to defer some or all o...

Mar 30, 2020 Aquatera logo

Snow clearing operations to go in Clairmont on Tuesday

Starting Tuesday, County crews will be clearing ice and snow from roadways between 100 and 113 Avenue in Clairmont.Once that work is finished, crews will move on to the subdivisions of Whispering Ridg...

Mar 30, 2020 County crews clearing snow off the road (photo courtesy of the County of Grande Prairie)

Rotary Club of Grande Prairie launches food drive to support Food Bank

The Rotary Club of Grande Prairie is lending a hand to the Grande Prairie Food Bank during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now three weeks since the pandemic effects were really felt in Canada, the Grande Prai...

Mar 30, 2020 The shelves at the Salvation Army food bank are in need of replenishing, as donations have decreased during the unfolding of the COVID-19 crisis (Photo Credit: Facebook / Salvation Army Grande Prairie Community and Family Services)

Alberta doctors send letter asking government to delay health-care restructuring

EDMONTON - Hundreds of Alberta doctors have signed an open letter asking the provincial government to delay its proposed health-care restructuring.The changes, which are to take effect Wednesday, incl...

Mar 30, 2020