Peace Region

Snowfall warning issued for northern Peace Country

Many municipalities to the north of Grande Prairie have been placed under a snowfall warning by Environment Canada.Those include Birch Hills, Saddle Hills and Clear Hills County and the communities th...

Dec 10, 2019

County to crack down on illegal activities on crown land south of Correction Line

The County of Grande Prairie is taking action to stop illegal activities from taking place on unoccupied public land south of the Correction Line.Reeve Leanne Beaupre says residents, business owners a...

Dec 10, 2019

Two Peace Region women among winners of Alberta volunteer awards

Six Albertans were recognized at the 2019 Stars of Alberta volunteer awards in Edmonton on December 5th.The event is held to coincide with International Volunteer Day, which was started by the United ...

Dec 09, 2019 From left to right: Knud Petersen, Braydon Fix, Minister Aheer, Alicia Bjarnason, Penny Steffen, Maryanne Leathwaite, Madeleine (Maggie) Gervais (Photo courtesy of the Government of Alberta)

Structural study to be done on Clairmont Arena

County of Grande Prairie council has approved funding for an engineering check of the structural integrity of the Clairmont Area.The amount approved in $9850. The building has been closed since a leak...

Dec 09, 2019 Clairmont Arena (Photo from the Clairmont Community Arena Facebook page)

Two men charged after firearm discharged inside Grande Prairie residence

Two Grande Prairie males have been charged after a firearm went off inside a residence in the Lakeland neighbourhood. On November 24, 2019, RCMP responded to a report of shots being fired in a multi-f...

Dec 09, 2019

Charges laid against three Grande Prairie men after residential search recovered stolen mail

Grande Prairie RCMP recovered 46 pieces of mail, belonging to 46 individuals, when they executed a search warrant on December 1 at a home in the Highland Park neighbourhood after receiving calls from ...

Dec 09, 2019

Alberta's Fair Deal Panel to stop in Grande Prairie December 18

Peace Country residents will get to have their say on how Alberta should go about getting a "fair deal".The government appointed Fair Deal Panel will be making a stop in Grande Prairie on Wednesday, D...

Dec 09, 2019 Alberta's "Fair Deal Panel" will be holding their Grande Prairie Town Hall at the Teresa Sargent Hall in the Montrose Cultural Centre on December 18 (Photo: Shaun Penner)

Schaefer sets world burpee record

Stephen Schaefer has set a new world record.The Grande Prairie born and raised man, who is now serving as a police officer in Edmonton, officially completed 949 chest-to-ground burpees in one hour dur...

Dec 09, 2019 Stephen Schaefer is presented with his award for setting the world record of chest-to-ground burpees in one hour on Saturday in Edmonton (Photo: Twitter / @YEGPA)

Court update: Jail time after stolen property arrest, trial date set after what police called "a crime spree"

Alberta Justice says one of two people charged after what police described at the time as a "significant stolen property seizure" has been given a jail sentence in Grande Prairie court.Jeremi Daniel R...

Dec 09, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

County of Grande Prairie Council approves interim budget

County of Grande Prairie Council has approved an interim 2020 budget that includes a one per cent tax increase for all properties and a $3.4-million deficit.When three days of talks started Wednesday,...

Dec 09, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith