Peace Region

City Council holds last meeting of 2019

Grande Prairie City Council held its last meeting of 2019 Monday.Council has approved having Mayor Bill Given write a letter to K Division, the head office of the RCMP in Alberta, asking that Grande P...

Dec 17, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

New equipment is coming to the hospital thanks to charitable donation

Paramount Resources LTD has made a charitable donation to buy new equipment for the Queen Elizabeth II hospital.The petroleum company has donated $50,000 to the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Founda...

Dec 16, 2019 Paramount Resources LTD presents cheque (photo courtesy of Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation)

Court update: Warrant issued in Fox Creek abduction case, sentence in one drug case, trial dates set in another

An arrest warrant has been issued for the man charged after an alleged abduction of three children in Fox Creek D'artangan Dirk Pool did not show up, nor did a lawyer appear on his behalf, during a sc...

Dec 16, 2019

MD of Greenview to improve first responder efforts by joining AFRRCS

The MD of Greenview is joining Alberta's First Responders Radio Communications System, or AFRRCS.AFRRCS is an encrypted communications system for first responders, and is already in use by emergency c...

Dec 16, 2019

Grande Prairie pair face additional charges in counterfeit money investigation

Two Grande Prairie residents are facing additional charges in relation to a counterfeit money investigation. This time from the other side of the province.31-year-old Kevin Charles Ross Dewar and 26-y...

Dec 16, 2019

Grande Prairie RCMP seize drugs and weapons following traffic stop

Grande Prairie RCMP seized drugs and weapons, and laid several charges against a woman, following a traffic stop in Clairmont on December 7.Shortly before 1:00 a.m., RCMP observed a suspicious vehicle...

Dec 16, 2019 Photo Credit: EverythingGP

Suspicious person complaint in Sexsmith leads to drugs and weapons charges

Two people are facing charges for drug and weapons offences, after Grande Prairie RCMP responded to a suspicious persons complaint in a rural area of Sexsmith. Just after 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Decemb...

Dec 16, 2019

Trades training opportunities for women coming to Grande Prairie

A partnership between Pembina Pipelines and Women Building Futures will see more skills training offered in Grande Prairie for women who want to learn a trade.Pembina is investing $200,000 in Women Bu...

Dec 16, 2019 WBF Student at WBF training facility (photo courtesy of Women Building Futures)

Alzheimer Society to host open house this Wednesday

The Alzheimer Society in Grande Prairie will be hosting an open house on Wednesday, December 18.Jennifer Simms, the Regional Lead for the Alzheimer Society for Alberta and Northwest Territories, says ...

Dec 15, 2019 Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories

Grimshaw duo charged in drug trafficking investigation

Peace Regional RCMP have charged two men from Grimshaw following a search of a home on Friday, as part of what police are calling a "lengthy investigation into regional drug trafficking".A search warr...

Dec 14, 2019