Peace Region

Teenage fire fighters who died in 1944 will be commemorated on Saturday

The Peace Country Historical Society is holding a free event at the Grande Prairie Museum on Saturday, November 16, to commemorate two local teenagers who lost their lives battling the Moose Hill wild...

Nov 13, 2019 Site of the former Sanford Hill, newspaper clip of the pair (photos courtesy of Jeff Henricks)

Three more men charged in string of break and enters

Grande Prairie RCMP have charged three more individuals in relation to the rash of break and enters the City saw between July and October.Police say they received approximately 60 reports of break and...

Nov 13, 2019

City considering possible shadow population count

The Corporate Services Committee met Tuesday morning and adopted the results of the 2018 municipal census.While the results had already been made available, they needed to be approved by the province ...

Nov 13, 2019 Photo: Curtis Galbraith

Fire breaks out at north end business Tuesday night

The Grande Prairie Fire Department continues to investigate a fire that broke out at a commercial business on the City's north end Tuesday night.The building, located on 112 Ave near 99 Street, was fu...

Nov 13, 2019 Crews were still working at the scene just before 5:00 a.m. Wednesday morning (Photo: Shaun Penner)

Funding confirmed for Peace Country flood mitigation work

The new provincial government has confirmed funding for two local flood mitigation projects promised by the previous one. The first one is $1.3-million to the County of Grande Prairie for something ca...

Nov 13, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

UPDATE: Fog advisory ended for Grande Prairie area

UPDATE (7:09 a.m. Wednesday): Environment Canada has ended the fog advisory for the Grande Prairie, Beaverlodge and Valleyview areas. It has also ended the air quality advisory for the Grande Cache an...

Nov 12, 2019 Photocredit © Benoit Daoust | Dreamstime.com

Residential snow plowing starts Wednesday in Grande Prairie

City Hall says residential snow clearing will start Wednesday in Grande Prairie.Crews will be working in the Avondale, Cobblestone, College Park, Fieldbrook, Highland Park, Riverstone, Smith, and Swan...

Nov 12, 2019

Provincial budget expected to create significant impacts on city

Impacts on the city caused by the latest provincial budget were discussed at the Corporate Services Committee meeting on Tuesday, November 12. The provincial budget for 2019 to 2023 would see the amou...

Nov 12, 2019

Public input on health care sought at meeting in Spirit River

Local health care will be the subject of a meeting in Spirit River tonight. The Peace Health Advisory Council is inviting the public to share ideas and concerns.People can come for the entire meeting,...

County fire crews respond to house fire near Bezanson Tuesday morning

County Regional Fire Services were called to a fire at a home southwest of Bezanson early Tuesday morning.Crews from the Bezanson, Clairmont and Dunes stations were called to a home near Highway 670 a...

Nov 12, 2019 Photo: Facebook / County of Grande Prairie