Peace Region

Provincial-municipal partnership creates job and economic opportunities for eco-industrial area

Alberta has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tri-Municipal Industrial Partnership (TMIP), to help develop an eco-industrial area in Greenview.The project, located about 40 km south of the...

Feb 10, 2020 Mayor Bill Given, Reeve Leanne Beaupre, Reeve Dale Smith, and Minister Jason Nixon sign the memorandum of understanding (photo by Liam Verster)

Preliminary hearing in murder case underway

A preliminary hearing in a Bezanson-area murder case is underway. Randy Fiddler was charged after the death of 55-year-old Merna Fiddler on April 23 last year at a rural home. Five days have been set ...

Feb 10, 2020

Court update: sentence in child pornography case, break-in suspect sentenced for drug possession

WARNING: Some of the following subject matter is graphic.Alberta Justice says a one-year jail sentence has been handed out in a Grande Prairie child pornography case. Justin Doucet was also given two ...

Feb 10, 2020

Great Backyard Bird Count event to go at Saskatoon Lake Bird Sanctuary

A family event, that will collect information on the bird populations in the Peace Region will go at Saskatoon Island on Saturday, February 15.The event is part of the Great Backyard Bird Count, which...

Feb 09, 2020

RCMP investigating reports of a fight club in Grande Prairie

Grande Prairie RCMP have been in contact with local school districts, informing them of the possible involvement of students in a reported "fight club" that is allegedly happening in the city. Everyth...

Feb 08, 2020

Open house Tuesday for local group that works on balance between environment, energy industry

A group that works to have a balance between the environment and the oil and gas industry is offering people a chance to get involved.The Wapiti Area Synergy Partnership is holding an open house Tuesd...

Feb 08, 2020 Photo from the Saskatoon Lake Hall Facebook page

Daily Bread Program collects and delivers food to non-profit organizations in Grande Prairie

A local man is doing what he can to help those less fortunate, by collecting and delivering food to local non-profit organizations.Ken Hoveland started the Daily Bread Program seven months ago when he...

Feb 08, 2020

Alberta's Crime Watch members set to visit Swan City for annual symposium

Alberta Rural Crime Watch Association members are set to close in on the Swan City this month, as they meet up for their annual symposium on February 21 and 22, hosted by the Grande Prairie District R...

Feb 07, 2020 Photo: Alberta Rural Crime Watch Association

WestJet adds Dawson Creek to its flight network

WestJet has announced it will be adding another Peace Country destination to its network.Beginning April 26, WestJet will begin offering a daily, round-trip flight between Calgary and Dawson Creek, in...

Feb 07, 2020

Unemployment up in GP and Alberta, down across Canada

Employment statistics continue to paint a brighter picture across Canada, but not so much in Alberta.Statistics Canada released its labour force report for the month of January, saying the national ec...

Feb 07, 2020