Peace Region

GPFD investigating Thursday night fire in the city

A small fire broke out at the Courtyard Apartments Thursday evening, and the fire department and RCMP are looking into the root cause of it.The Grande Prairie Fire Department was called to the complex...

Sep 20, 2019

STARS embarking on ambitious campaign to replace aging helicopters

STARS is looking to replace some of its helicopters with new ones. Two of the five needed in Alberta are already flying out of Calgary. Three more are needed in this province The Grande Prairie base h...

Sep 19, 2019 A video image of the new Airbus H145 helicopter STARS has picked to replace its current fleet. Photo by Curtis Galbraith.

Prejudice, intolerance the focus of GPVSB conference Saturday

The Grande Prairie Volunteer Services Bureau will be hosting a conference on overcoming prejudices this Saturday.What is being called "NOT ME"... The Presumption of Tolerance, the full-day conference ...

Sep 19, 2019 Montrose Cultural Centre

Two people dead after apparent hit and run in Fort St. John

(UPDATE 1) A 26-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman, both residents of Fort St. John have died after a hit and run in Fort St. John Wednesday evening. It happened around 7 p.m. in the 10100 block of ...

Sep 19, 2019

Traffic circle being explored at Range Road 62, Highway 43X

Another traffic circle may be coming to Highway 43X.County of Grande Prairie Council has directed Administration to look at developing a traffic circle, that would create an intersection at Range Road...

Sep 19, 2019 The traffic circle would connnect this stretch of road through to the Whispering Ridge neighbourhood (Photo: Shaun Penner)

County hoping new report helps advocate for twinning of Highway 40

A report released by the County of Grande Prairie shows a big benefit to twinning a portion of Highway 40.The report, which was completed by Edmonton-Based economic consulting firm Nichols Applied Man...

Sep 18, 2019 This 19 kilometre stretch of Highway 40 sees an average of 10,000 vehicles per day (Photo: Shaun Penner)

Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign underway

The Tim Hortons Smile Cookie Campaign kicked off Wednesday in Grande Prairie.Every September, Tim Hortons in Grande Prairie sell smile cookies for $1, with all proceeds donated to the Grande Prairie R...

Sep 18, 2019 Sean Sargent and his A-Team van

Tuesday's food bank drive on track to bring in same record-breaking numbers as last year

Organizers with the Rotary Community Food Bank Drive are blown away after another very successful canvassing event in support of the Salvation Army. Lori Pollock, Co-Chair of the Rotary Community Food...

Sep 18, 2019 Volunteers at the warehouse where donations were dropped off Tuesday (Photo: Facebook/Johnathan Clarkson)

Saturday's Wings of Mercy organized search for Tommy Harrington called off

The Wings of Mercy Search for Tommy Harrington, planned for this Saturday has been called off. Founder of Wings of Mercy, Shane Michaels said in a Facebook post on Tuesday evening that Harrington's re...

Sep 18, 2019

Community divided in opinion of supervised drug consumption

Many opinions were shared during Tuesday's Supervised Consumption Committee town hall. With those opinions, came plenty of emotion.For what was maybe a smaller crowd attendance-wise than expected, the...

Sep 17, 2019 An attendee shares their thoughts on supervised consumption services in Grande Prairie during Tuesday' town hall at the Pomeroy Hotel (Photo: Shaun Penner)