Peace Region

Crop update from Alberta Agriculture: combining 53 per cent complete

More rain and snow is not what farmers in the Peace wanted to see. The latest crop report from Alberta Agriculture, dated October 22, says close to 53 per cent of the crop is now in, compared to 49.5 ...

Oct 25, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Local ABP delegate wants the organization to do more to stick up for ranchers

One local Alberta Beef Producers delegate wants his own organization to fight back.Fairview rancher John McArthur says ranchers have been asking about fast food chains promoting plant-based foods."The...

Oct 25, 2019 Photo by Muriel Lasure from www.dreamstime.com

Mayor Given says cuts to municipal funding "not a surprise"

Big cuts seemed to be the theme of the 2020 Provincial Budget, and Grande Prairie's Mayor is not surprised to see some of the city's funding getting the axe.Funding for Municipal infrastructure was sl...

Oct 25, 2019 City of Grande Prairie Emblem (photo by Emily Keller)

Good news in new provincial budget says local Chamber Chair

Grande Prairie & District Chamber of Commerce Chair Dan Wong says there is good news regarding the new Grande Prairie hospital and Highway 40 in the new provincial budget.The new hospital is still...

Oct 25, 2019

UPDATE: Highway 43 near Demmitt re-opened

UPDATE (2:57 p.m.): Highway 43 has been cleared and reopened for travel. RCMP would like to thank the public for their patience. Beaverlodge RCMP are on Highway 43 helping with the traffic as tow truc...

Oct 25, 2019 A look at the conditions along Highway 43 this morning (Photo submitted by a listener)

RCMP remind motorists to adjust driving due to snowfall

With snow coming down and area road conditions worsening, Grande Prairie RCMP are reminding drivers to slow down and adjust their driving.Roads and highways in the Grande Prairie area may be slippery ...

Oct 25, 2019 Photo of the road conditions in the Grovedale area this morning sent in by a listener

Snowfall warnings for the Peace have been lifted

UPDATE (4:00 p.m. Friday): Environment Canada has ended the snowfall warnings issued earlier for the Grande Prairie, Beaverlodge, and Valleyview areas, as well as the one for the BC Peace. A snowfall ...

Oct 25, 2019

New Alberta budget has money for new schools, maintains health care funding, no money for public sector pay increases

Finance Minister and GP-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews repeated the province would be cutting spending by 2.8 per cent over four years when giving the budget speech Thursday afternoon in the Alberta legislat...

Oct 24, 2019 Finance Minister and GP-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews delivers the budget speech in the Alberta Legislature.

Eastlink Centre's 25 metre pool temporarily shut down due to bacterial contamination

The Eastlink Centre's 25 metre pool has been temporarily shut down due to a bacterial contamination of pseudomonas aeruginosa.There is no timeline so far for when it will re-open, but all aquatics pro...

Oct 24, 2019 Photo: Curtis Galbraith

Snowfall warning in effect for Grande Prairie area

There is a snowfall warning in effect. Rain will begin overnight on Friday, but will change to snow as temperatures drop later Friday morning.Environment Canada has issued the warning for the followin...

Oct 24, 2019