Peace Region

Child care services at Dave Barr Community Centre to end in 2020

As of June 30,2020, the City of Grande Prairie will no longer be running child care services out of the Dave Barr Community Centre.This past September, the City began exploring it's future with the ch...

Oct 29, 2019 Dave Barr Community Centre (photo by Shaun Penner)

Canfor backing sale to Pattison owned firm

Based on the direction given by an independent committee of its board of directors, the Canfor Corporation is backing the bid from Jim Pattison's Great Pacific Capital Corp. to take the lumber product...

Oct 29, 2019 Canfor owns and operates the sawmill in Grande Prairie (Photo: Shaun Penner)

Red Arrow's first year serving Grande Prairie a small success

Red Arrow has been providing a bus service between Grande Prairie and Edmonton for a full year now.John Stepovy, director of business development for Red Arrow, says the first year has been okay, with...

Oct 29, 2019

City looking for public input into Affordable Housing Strategy

Grande Prairie City Council will meet next week for a Council Committee of the Whole meeting to discuss the Affordable Housing Plan draft that was introduced in early October.The plan includes the pot...

Oct 29, 2019

Grande Prairie coffee roaster hopes smokey techniques fuels Dragon's fire

A local coffee roastery is making a pitch on Dragon's Den. Ole Smokes Coffee is appearing on the CBC show, where the owner Tim Sanford, is looking for some national recognition, and to potentially mak...

Oct 28, 2019 Ole Smokes Coffee (Facebook)

Spirit River RCMP send out safety reminder after bullet holes found in a home

Spirit River RCMP are asking people to remember firearm safety after bullet holes were found in a rural home near Spirit River.Police say they got a call about the bullet holes on October 4 and believ...

Oct 28, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

City offering assistance in building neighbourhood skating rinks

Neighbourhood Park Skating Rinks will be appearing once again in Grande Prairie this winter.The City is accepting applications from residents who want their neighbourhood park transformed into an outd...

Oct 28, 2019 Outdoor Rink (City of Grande Prairie Facebook)

Court update: accused murderer pleads guilty to reduced charge, short sentence in carjacking

Alberta Justice says a man charged after a Grande Prairie murder has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter.Trevor Eldon Martineau entered the plea during a court appearance on October 21 ...

Oct 28, 2019

Friday snowfall leaves thousands of Peace region residents without power

Around three thousand customers in the Grande Prairie area were without power as a result of Friday's snowfall in the region. Some residents told EverythingGP that they were still without power as of ...

Oct 27, 2019 photo supplied by a listener

Four local youth earned Duke of Edinburgh award for work on improving self, community

Four local youth involved in the 3rd Grande Prairie Scout troop were presented with the Duke of Edinburgh award on Tuesday, October 22, in recognition of their work to improve themselves and their com...

Oct 27, 2019 Left to Right: Karsten Andersen, Jaryn Anderson, Chris Thiessen, Kyler Bayko, Tyler O’Handley (photo courtesy of the 3rd Grande Prairie Scouts)