Peace Region

Court update: double murder conviction, guilty please in abduction and shooting incidents

Newsrooms in Kitchener, Ontario say a former Valleyview resident has been found guilty of first degree murder after the death of a mother and daughter.CTV News, the Waterloo Region Record and kitchene...

Jul 19, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Grande Prairie area

A severe thunderstorm watch is now in effect for the Grande Prairie area.Environment Canada says that conditions are favourable for dangerous thunderstorms to develop, with the ability to produce stro...

Jul 19, 2019 Photo: Curtis Galbraith

First ever Rotary Rib Festival gets underway Friday

The 2019 Rotary Rib Festival is set to get underway today. Events kickoff down at the Montrose Cultural Centre at 11:30 this morning and go until 10 p.m. today and Saturday. Events go from 11:30 a.m. ...

Jul 19, 2019 Ribbers getting set up for the festivities on Thursday afternoon (Photo: Curtis Galbraith)

Close to $10 million ordered to be paid to unpaid hospital subcontractors

The Court of Queen's Bench in Edmonton today ordered another payment of just under $10 million be paid to various sub-contractors in the case of the unfinished Grande Prairie hospital.QB Master Scott ...

Jul 18, 2019 Graham Construction was removed as the general contractor on the project in September 2018 (Photo: Glory Przekop)

Calgary missing person case has ties to Grande Prairie

RCMP are working with Calgary Police to solve a nearly three-year old missing person case with ties to the Peace.Abdikadir Tukhov was reported missing by friends in December of 2016. He was last seen ...

Jul 18, 2019

Six local operations to take part in Open Farm Days

Alberta Open Farm Days are set for August 17 and 18.A half-dozen operations in the Peace will be taking part this year.Star Bright Farms near Bay Tree will be offering caramel samples, hay rides, and ...

Jul 18, 2019 Photo from the Alberta Open Farm days Facebook page

Sportsplex fishing pond re-opened after nearly two months

The fishing pond at the Crosslink County Sportsplex is finally re-opened, after being shut down for nearly two months because of an illegal industrial oil waste dump in a nearby storm drain that seepe...

Jul 18, 2019 Photo: Facebook / County of Grande Prairie

AHS bringing mobile mammography service to Hythe

Women aged 50-74 in Hythe and surrounding area will have access to mammogram screen tests at the beginning of August.Alberta Health Services will be sending their local mammography trailer to the comm...

Jul 18, 2019

Highway 43X bypass set to open next month

The Highway 43X bypass is set to open in about a month's time.Alberta Transportation Regional Director Ryan Konowalyk says that the targeted time of completion is the end of August."We're currently fi...

Jul 18, 2019

320,000 litres of oil, produced water spill near Swan Hills Saturday

SWAN HILLS, Alta. - A large spill of crude oil and produced water at a Cardinal Energy facility near Swan Hills is being cleaned up.The Alberta Energy Regulator has few details about Saturday's spill ...

Jul 17, 2019