Peace Region

City of Grande Prairie launches public survey on 2020 budget

The City of Grande Prairie launched its public survey regarding the 2020 budget.Residents of Grande Prairie can fill out a survey to identify which services they find the most important, as well as to...

Sep 22, 2019 Photo: Curtis Galbraith

County Exploring Possible New Wapiti River Crossing

It is only an idea at this point, but the County of Grande Prairie is exploring an idea for a new crossing on the Wapiti River.Public Works Director Dale Van Volkingburgh says it is something they wan...

Sep 21, 2019

Early Morning Fire Destroys Travel Trailer

Grande Prairie Fire Department are investigating an early Saturday morning fire at Happy Trails RV Park. Crews were called to the structure fire at around 2:52 AM.Upon arrival, they found one travel t...

Sep 21, 2019

Two Arrested after Vehicle Stop Turns up Weapons and Drugs

Two people were arrested after an investigation into a vehicle with a stolen licence plate turned up weapons, drugs and counterfeit money. The Grande Prairie RCMP Crime Reduction Unit pulled over the ...

Sep 21, 2019

One Dead After Rollover near Grovedale

Grande Prairie RCMP are looking into the cause of a single vehicle crash on Wednesday afternoon that left one person dead.They say it occurred just after 5 pm on Wednesday, when a pick up truck rolled...

Sep 21, 2019

Grande Prairie Slo-Pitch League struggling with space

The Grande Prairie Slo-Pitch League went before the city to ask for more to be done at South Bear.Sue Lambright with the Grande Prairie Slo-Pitch League presented to the Community Living Committee on ...

Sep 21, 2019

Fundraising, awareness the reason behind GP man's bike ride from Edmonton to Grande Prairie

A Grande Prairie man will be embarking on a bike ride from Edmonton to Grande Prairie tomorrow to help raise funds and awareness for a close friend, who needs out of country medical treatments.Damion ...

Sep 20, 2019 Damion Podridske is riding his bike from Edmonton to Grande Prairie to raise money for his friend's treatment of Lyme disease in Mexico (Photo: Damion Podridske)

Wet weather continues to interrupt harvest

The latest crop report from Alberta Agriculture says farmers in the Peace have been able to do some swathing over the past week, but not much combining because of continued wet conditions. In the repo...

Sep 20, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

'Ronnie's Cupboard' hopes to feed those in need

Three ladies from the Farmers' Market have started to collect food that will be available to people who are living on the streets and are often going without anything to eat. Darice Rach, one of the w...

Sep 20, 2019 Ronnie's Cupboard is set up outside the Farmers' Market (Photo by Sheena Roszell)

Missing man found dead

Grande Cache RCMP have confirmed that a young man missing since January has been found dead.Police say the body of Tommy Harrington was found Sunday near where he disappeared January 5.He was on his w...

Sep 20, 2019