Peace Region

Impaired Driving Bus visits Grande Prairie area for the weekend

Drunk drivers beware: The Impaired Driving Bus is here.The RCMP will be deploying their Mobile Breath Test Unit this weekend around the Grande Prairie area at various check stops, looking to bust drun...

Jul 12, 2019 Photo: Shaun Penner

Bait quad used to track theft suspects

Beaverlodge RCMP say a bait quad led them to a couple of theft suspects.Police put out a quad equipped with a GPS tracker in an area near Hythe June 14. Mounties say this same area had seen a dozen br...

Jul 12, 2019

Wet conditions creating issues for Bear Creek Pool completion: City

The City says they are eager to get the outdoor pool at Muskoseepi Park open too, but that a quality product is paramount before they can open it up to the public"We hear the community and know there ...

Jul 11, 2019

Horse Lake man charged after stealing, crashing vehicle

A Horse Lake man is facing several charges following the recovery of a stolen vehicle. Police were notified of an erratic driver at around 7 a.m. on Wednesday on Highway 43 near Highway 672. It was re...

Jul 11, 2019

ALERT busts drug-trafficking ring with ties to Little Smoky

ALERT says they have busted a drug-trafficking ring that spanned Alberta and B.C.Project Embrace was completed after nine months of probing an Edmonton-based operation, which led to the arrest of six ...

Jul 11, 2019 Photo: ALERT

RCMP say bogus bills are being used in Grande Prairie

Grande Prairie RCMP say they are investigating several incidents where counterfeit money has been used at local businesses. Police say they had 20 such reports in recent days involving bills of variou...

Jul 11, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Council to discuss new economic development strategy for Grande Prairie

A city committee is recommending council approve a new economic development strategy.The city's senior economic development officer Rebecca Leigh says this is meant to be a long-term plan."The intent ...

Jul 11, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Local artists nominated for Canadian Country Music Awards

The nominations are in and the Peace Country will be well represented at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards this September. Grande Prairie's Tenille Townes has been nominated for four award...

Jul 11, 2019

Man prohibited from driving Canada-wide pulled over and charged in Hythe traffic stop

A man prohibited from driving in Canada is facing charges after he was pulled over in Hythe. According to RCMP, on the evening of June 22, around 10 p.m. officers pulled an SUV over for an occupant re...

Jul 11, 2019

Mayor Given looking ahead, not backward in opioid fight

Despite continued efforts by city officials, community groups and residents of Grande Prairie, numbers released last week by Alberta Health show Grande Prairie had the highest rate of fentanyl related...

Jul 11, 2019