Peace Region

More school bus cancellations Tuesday due to cold weather

For the second day in a row, all First Student school buses have been cancelled due to the extreme cold weather, effecting students in both the Grande Prairie Public and Catholic School Divisions.Buse...

Jan 14, 2020

$62,650 in grants support enhanced education initiatives at local schools

The Grande Prairie Public School Division Education Foundation has provided $62,650 in grants to support 26 initiatives at 14 local schools. The funding is being divided amongst public schools in Gran...

Jan 14, 2020 GPPSD Education Foundation (photo courtesy of the Grande Prairie Public School Division)

City approves updated outline plan for Kingsgate Landing neighbourhood development

City council is moving forward with the Kingsgate Landing neighbourhood development and the new outline plan after a public hearing on January 13.Council reviewed and approved changes to the Northeast...

Jan 13, 2020 Photo: EverythingGP

Prizes given out in Cars for Christmas Lottery

The Swan City Rotary Club made the draws in the Cars for Christmas Lottery Monday afternoon.Bethany Suderman from the County of Grande Prairie won $126,762.50 in the Christmas Cash draw.The top vehicl...

Jan 13, 2020

Arson investigation into McMillan wildfire continues

Fire investigators continue to investigate a wildfire that burned 273,000 hectares. The McMillan Complex fire stared May 18 last year north of Slave Lake along Highway 754. Slave Lake Wildfire Informa...

Jan 13, 2020 Photo supplied by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.

Rotary House kept busy as extreme cold lingers

The current cold snap the Grande Prairie area is under makes for unsafe conditions for people to be exposed to for a prolonged period of time.That rings especially true for those who may experiencing ...

Jan 13, 2020 Temperatures dipping down below -40 °C, the Rotary House has seen an influx of people seeking shelter, warmth and support (photo by Shaun Penner)

County of Grande Prairie suspends road clearing work due to cold weather

The County of Grande Prairie has temporarily suspended road clearing operations, due to the extremely cold weather. The County's weather procedure state that when the mercury falls below -35 degrees C...

Jan 13, 2020 A County of Grande Prairie snow plow clearing the roads (photo courtesy of the County of Grande Prairie)

School bus cancellations for January 13

All bus routes for the Grande Prairie Public, Grande Prairie Catholic and Peace Wapiti Public School Divisions have been cancelled all day today as a result of the extreme cold weather.Valhalla Commun...

Jan 13, 2020

Dismissing stigmas a big part of Alzheimer's Awareness month

January is Alzheimer's Awareness Month. The purpose of the month is to help bring awareness to the disease, and the people that have to battle alzheimer's and dementia on a daily basis. The campaign a...

Jan 13, 2020 Photo: Facebook / Alzheimer's Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories

RCMP remind Albertans of ways to protect themselves from property crime during vacations

Alberta RCMP are reminding people how to keep themselves safe from break and enters while on vacation through various tips called Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, or CPTED.While January ...

Jan 12, 2020