Peace Region

Installation of combined heat and power unit at Eastlink Centre to go before Council

The Eastlink Centre may soon have a combined heat and power (CHP) unit installed. At Tuesday's committee meetings, the Infrastructure and Economic Development Committee heard from ATCO and others abou...

Feb 20, 2020 Photo: Shaun Penner

Warkentin calls for an end to what he calls "illegal blockades"

Grande Prairie-Mackenzie MP Chris Warkentin says the blockades on rail lines in Canada are illegal and is accusing the Prime Minister of weak leadership."Enough is enough, we can no longer allow these...

Feb 19, 2020 Photo supplied by The Canadian Press

High Prairie RCMP lay 24 charges against one man

High Prairie RCMP have charged 24-year-old Jericho Grey of Whitefish Lake First Nation with 24 charges following a result of six separate investigations.Grey was wanted on a Canada wide warrant for st...

Feb 19, 2020 RCMP logo. Photo Credit: RCMP

Chamber of Commerce to conduct labour needs assessment with surrounding municipalities

The Grande Prairie and District Chamber of Commerce is launching a regional labour study, also called a labour needs assessment.The study is in partnership with the city of Grande Prairie, the county,...

Feb 19, 2020

Three members of the Official Opposition visit Grande Prairie

Three NDP MLA's are in Grande Prairie this week, where they are visiting with local councillors, meeting with the public, and attending the Growing the North Conference.Joe Cecei, the Critic for Munic...

Feb 19, 2020 NDP supporters gather at Grande Prairie Coffee Co. to meet and talk with the MLAs (photo by Liam Verster)

Beaverlodge woman wins $1 million in lottery

Leslie Vant Erve is now $1 million richer.The Beaverlodge resident won a one-million dollar prize on a Western Max lottery ticket (the regional version of Lotto Max), which was a part of the $24 Super...

Feb 19, 2020 Beaverlodge's Leslie Vant Erve won a million dollar prize from the Western Max draw on January 7, off a ticket she purchased at the Beaverlodge IGA (Photo: Western Canada Lottery Corporation / AGLC)

Escaped bison remain at large in Hythe area

The Beaverlodge RCMP are asking the public to keep an eye out for a group of bison roaming around the Village of Hythe and surrounding area after they broke free from a trailer on Tuesday evening.Beav...

Feb 19, 2020 This photo was taken by a Hythe resident on Tuesday evening, as the bison roamed around the village. RCMP say all 15 bison remain at large at this time (Photo: Facebook / Hythe Fire Department)

City settles on lighting for new entrance signs

The City has taken another step forward with the new entrance feature signs design.The Community Services Committee was presented with three options today for the lighting of the signs.In September of...

Feb 19, 2020 Render of the North entrance sign design (photo courtesy of the City of Grande Prairie)

New education funding model to take effect in 2020-21 school year

For the first time in 15 years, the Alberta Government is rolling out a new funding model for K-12 education. The new formula will reallocate grants and change the way students are counted. The govern...

Feb 19, 2020 Education Minister Adriana LaGrange made the announcement on Tuesday in Edmonton (Photo: Government of Alberta)

Parkside Inn project to end in October

The Protective and Social Services Committee was presented with an update to the Parkside Inn supportive housing pilot project at Tuesday's committee meeting. Katherine Schmidt, the Housing and Homele...

Feb 18, 2020 Parkside Inn in the summer of 2018 (photo: Curtis Galbraith)