Peace Region

Volunteers desperately needed for Salvation Army Christmas Kettle campaign

The Salvation Army in Grande Prairie is calling for volunteers to help with the annual Christmas Kettle campaign.The not-for-profit is using the fundraiser to support programs and services operated in...

Dec 05, 2019 Betty Steel (L) and Gerrie Schubert (R) volunteering at the Christmas Kettle at the Co-Op

Suspects wanted following robbery at Beaverlodge tavern

Beaverlodge RCMP are on the lookout for two suspects following a robbery at a Beaverlodge tavern last week.On November 25 around 4:12 p.m., two men entered the establishment at the corner of 10 Street...

Dec 05, 2019

Toews voted MLA of the Year; Allard named Hardest Working

Finance Minister Travis Toews' peers have anointed him with the title of MLA of the year. The Member of the Legislative Assembly for GP-Wapiti was the top choice among his political peers in an inform...

Dec 05, 2019 Canadian Press File Photo

City looking at crosswalks near St. John Paul II, St. Catherine schools

City administration will be collecting information on the potential completion of pedestrian links near John Paul II Catholic High School, Saint Catherine School and Trader Ridge by next year.Represen...

Dec 05, 2019 Photo: Shaun Penner

Court update: Prelim. set in High Level murder, guilty plea in Grande Prairie stolen property arrest

Alberta Justice says preliminary hearing dates have been set in a High Level murder case.The hearing for Jesse Beckles will be held July 22 and 23.Beckles was arrested after the August 9 death of Nath...

Dec 05, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Hundreds gather to protest potential job cuts

Over 100 people gathered outside Grande Prairie City Hall on Wednesday, December 4, to protest provincial cuts to frontline health care positions.Members of Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE...

Dec 04, 2019 AUPE Rally (photo by Liam Verster)

Human remains found near Slave Lake identified, investigation ongoing

Police say human remains found in northern Alberta last fall have been identified as those of a Calgary man who disappeared under suspicious circumstances more than four years ago.Bradley Shaw, who wa...

Dec 04, 2019 Model render of Bradley Shaw (Slave Lake RCMP)

Alberta Health Services launches Toys for Tickets campaign

Alberta Health Services officially launched its Toys for Tickets campaign, which gives people who've recently received an AHS-issued parking ticket an opportunity to donate a new unwrapped toy rather ...

Dec 04, 2019 Photo Credit: Curtis Galloway

Halliburton suspending cementing operations in Grande Prairie, other parts of Alberta

Texas-based oilfield company Halliburton has announced it is suspending its cementing operations in Alberta at the end of this month.That will have an effect here in Grande Prairie, as the local opera...

Dec 04, 2019

International Day of Persons with Disabilities luncheon held Tuesday

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities Grande Prairie planning committee's annual event went Tuesday, December 3.The event was a luncheon and featured two speakers to discuss disabilities ...

Dec 04, 2019 Grande Prairie Mayor Bill Given giving a speech at the IDPD Grande Prairie event (Photo: Emily Keller)