Peace Region

More evacuations orders issued in Mackenzie County

More evacuation orders have been issued in Mackenzie County, as the Chuckegg Creek Wildfire continues to be stoked by dry and windy conditions.The order is issued for everyone in the area located nort...

Jun 19, 2019 Photo: Facebook / Alberta Government

Teenage girl charged with Manslaughter, Arson in death of Swan River woman

The RCMP Major Crimes North Unit has ruled a residential trailer fire that took the life of a woman on the Swan River Reserve back in April was in fact an act of arson, and a teenage girl is facing ch...

Jun 19, 2019

Evacuation alerts lifted for Widewater, Canyon Creek

An eight-hour evacuation alert for Canyon Creek and Widewater has been lifted. A nearby wildfire that started Monday was declared under control today. It burned a little over 15 hectares. An evacuatio...

Jun 19, 2019 Photo supplied by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry

UPDATE: AMBER Alert for Fairview area cancelled

UPDATE 2: RCMP say a suspect is in custody. No other details on that have been released.UPDATE: 11:22 a.m. The AMBER Alert has been cancelled. Jameson has been located, safe and unharmed. Alberta Emer...

Jun 19, 2019

Local farmers helping hungry people again this year

Some Peace Country farmers have gotten together again this year to help out hungry people around the world.The Bear Lake Growing Project has been around for several years.It will see the net proceeds ...

Jun 19, 2019 Photo by Jeanette Beyer from the Bear Lake Growing Project Facebook page

New Horizon CO-OP buys Hythe Bigway store

New Horizon CO-OP is expanding again.It is buying Hythe Bigway. It will open as a CO-OP on July 17. All employees will stay on. Hythe will become the eighth community to have a New Horizon CO-OP groce...

Jun 18, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Speeder caught doing 200 km/h on Highway 43

Grande Prairie RCMP's Integrated Crime Unit says it recently caught someone going nearly twice the legal speed limit on Highway 43.A young person was clocked driving 200 kilometres per hour near Valle...

Jun 18, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Pair in Saddle Hills County charged with theft of speedboat, batteries

RCMP in Saddle Hills County have recovered a stolen speedboat, trailer and several batteries that are believed to have been stolen from oilfield sites in the area during a search of a rural property n...

Jun 18, 2019

Recycling in GP: what can and cannot be mixed or recycled

When and when not to mix your recyclables can lead to a bit of confusion for some people when it comes to simply trying to properly dispose of their recyclables.The biggest reason for the confusion st...

Jun 18, 2019 Photo: Shaun Penner

Atikameg woman killed in van rollover Monday, driver charged

The driver of a van that was involved in an early morning single vehicle rollover northeast of High Prairie on Monday has been charged, after one of the van's passengers was killed in the crash.High P...

Jun 18, 2019