Peace Region

Fentanyl-related fatality rate down in GP; remains highest in Alberta

Alberta Health's latest update on opioid related fatalities in the province shows Grande Prairie saw a slightly slower rate in accidental fentanyl-related poisoning deaths in the second quarter of 201...

Oct 01, 2019 Photo: Canadian Press File

Rotary Club of Grande Prairie donates $1,000,000 to create Daytime Homeless Shelter

The Rotary Club of Grande Prairie is funding the creation of a Daytime Homeless Shelter.A million dollars has been allocated from the organization to secure and renovate a building to house the shelte...

Sep 30, 2019 Rotary Club of Grande Prairie presents Mayor Bill Given and Council with a cheque to fund a new Daytime Homeless Shelter

New pediatrician comes to Grande Prairie

Infants, children, and adolescents have more access to local medical care, as a new pediatrician is now practicing in Grande Prairie.Dr. Salam Al-Jubouri has left his practice in Calgary to join the m...

Sep 30, 2019

Grande Prairie RCMP looking for suspects in hotel break-in

Grande Prairie RCMP are asking the public to help identify three suspects involved in a break and enter at the Wild Rose Country Inn earlier this month.Police were called to the hotel around 5:30 a.m....

Sep 30, 2019 Larger photos of all three suspects and descriptions can be found below (Photos: Grande Prairie RCMP)

Arrest made after property crime spree

Peace Regional RCMP arrested an area man accused of a spree of property crimes over the weekend.At around 8:05 AM on Saturday, September 28, Peace Regional RCMP were called to a business in the West H...

Sep 30, 2019

Minister of Advanced Education to visit Grande Prairie Regional College this week amid critiques of Alberta's post-secondary system

The Minister of Advanced Education will be coming to Grande Prairie Regional College on Wednesday.Part of his tour of post-secondary schools across Alberta, Demetrios Nicolaides says he is excited to ...

Sep 30, 2019

More new retailers coming to the Prairie Mall

hMore changes are coming to the Prairie Mall.General Manager Lionel Frey says two new retailers have agreed to set up shop sometime in 2020."Purdy's Chocolates. They will actually be opening in Februa...

Sep 30, 2019 Photo by Sheena Roszell

Canadian Cancer Society CIBC Run for the Cure to go October 6 in Grande Prairie

The 28th annual Canadian Cancer Society CIBC Run for the Cure goes next Sunday, October 6 in Grande Prairie.A nation-wide event that is held in many communities across Canada, donations are fundraised...

Sep 29, 2019 Photo from the Grande Prairie - Canadian Cancer Society CIBC Run for the Cure Facebook page

Grande Prairie truck driver sentenced to two years for fatal 2017 crash

A truck driver has been sentenced to two years for a causing a 2017 crash in northern Alberta that killed a man.Tyrel Burton of Grande Prairie, Alta., had pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing d...

Sep 28, 2019

Orange Shirt Day to be recognized this Monday

This Monday is Orange Shirt Day, a day dedicated to remembering and honouring Indigenous children who were sent away to residential schools in Canada.Several schools in the Grande Prairie area will be...

Sep 27, 2019