Peace Region

UPDATE: Telus and Koodo 911 issue resolved

UPDATE: The City of Grande Prairie says the connection issue for Telus and Koodo mobile customers to call 911 has been resolved. Calls are operating normally now.Telus and Koodo are experiencing a cel...

Mar 25, 2020

Province opens applications for $50 million program to help self-isolating Albertans

The Government of Alberta has officially opened applications for the $50 million financial support program, meant for self-isolating Albertans with no other source of income. The funds are a part of g...

Mar 25, 2020 Photo Credit: Government of Alberta

Beaupre calls confirmed COVID-19 case in County region a "sober reminder"

Reeve Leanne Beaupre says data showing the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the County of Grande Prairie region is a "sober reminder" that everyone needs to take a serious approach to combatting th...

Mar 25, 2020

Manning high school student launches petition after cancellation of 2020 Shad Program

A Grade 11 student in Manning has started a petition after a prestigious summer program for students was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.Shad Canada is a month-long summer program run at 19 uni...

Mar 25, 2020

County of Grande Prairie region adds first confirmed case of COVID-19

The County of Grande Prairie area has registered its first confirmed case of COVID-19.The confirmed case was one of 57 the province of Alberta added on Tuesday, bringing Alberta's total to 358. It was...

Mar 24, 2020 The County of Grande Prairie region includes municipalities like Sexsmith and Clairmont, and does not encompass the City of Grande Prairie.

Grande Prairie resident in Peru urging for more flights home as tensions mount

One of the Grande Prairie residents currently stuck in Cusco, Peru says she is growing more and more concerned for her safety as tensions are beginning to mount in the South American nation while it i...

Mar 24, 2020 Grande Prairie's Nadia Critchfield is urging the Trudeau government to bring more flights to Peru, specifically Cusco, to help Canadians stranded there get out (Photo supplied by Nadia Critchfield)

Swan City Rotary Club cancels 2020 Cash and Camping Lottery due to COVID-19

The Swan City Rotary Club announced it will be cancelling the 2020 Cash and Camping Lottery due to the COVID-19 pandemic.In a release, the Rotary Club says they decided to cancel due to health risks, ...

Mar 24, 2020

GPREP asks snowbirds to stay home upon arrival

The six partner municipalities of the Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership are asking snowbirds to go directly home without making any stops along the way. In a news release sent out on Tuesd...

Mar 24, 2020 Photo Credit: Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership

Get outside but keep your distance from others: Hinshaw

Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health says it is important to get outside but maintaining your social distance from others remains imperative.Dr. Deena Hinshaw remarked during her daily COVID-19 u...

Mar 24, 2020 The trails through Muskoseepi Park were quiet late Tuesday morning, perhaps because of the snowy conditions (Photo: Shaun Penner)

Rental rates down during COVID-19 pandemic

Grande Prairie saw rental rates drop this month, with one-bedroom rates going down by 2.2 per cent month over month, and two bedrooms dropping by 1 per cent.Overall, the national average for rent in C...

Mar 24, 2020