Peace Region

5th Annual Try-It Day a huge success

The Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection held its 5th annual Try-It Day this past weekend despite the wet and soggy conditions.Executive Director of the Connection Karna Germsheid revealed to Ever...

Jun 12, 2019 (photo credit to the Grande Prairie Sport Connection)

Industry part of effort to make highways safer

It is not just politicians, police, and safety groups looking for safer driving on Highways 40 and 43.The industry is part of the push as well.A number of companies are part of the Coalition for Safer...

Jun 12, 2019 Debbie Hammond from the Coalition for Safer Alberta Roads tries out the AMA's Road Bot simulator. Photo by Curtis Galbraith.

More evacuees can return home tomorrow; GPREP still activated

The province says more people forced to evacuate because of wildfires will be allowed to go home tomorrow.Around 3500 evacuees will be going back to Wabasca-Desmarais and the Bigstone Cree Nation.Fire...

Jun 11, 2019

Grading on Range Rd 64 to begin today

Road grading on a 1.6 kilometre stretch of Range Road 64, just north of Township Road 710, is set to begin today.The County's Public Works department says the work should be completed by Friday, but i...

Jun 11, 2019 The projected area is highlighted above (Photo: County of Grande Prairie)

28-year-old charged following incident at Grande Prairie Airport

UPDATE: Alberta Justice says Gerrard is due back in Grande Prairie court July 3. A Grande Prairie man is facing multiple charges following an incident at the Grande Prairie Airport.The Grande Prairie ...

Jun 11, 2019

Fort St. John RCMP looking for robbery suspect

Fort St John RCMP are looking for a male suspect after responding to a report of a robbery near the fair taking place in the Walmart parking lot during the last weekend in May.Police received a report...

Jun 11, 2019

County grants over $3 million for bridge replacement, road upgrades

Council for the County of Grande Prairie has approved just over $2 million worth of work on two stretches of road on Township Roads 724 and 730, as well as just over $1.2 million for the replacement o...

Jun 11, 2019

Bail hearing delayed in murder case

A bail hearing in a Bezanson-area murder case did not go ahead in Grande Prairie court Monday as planned.The defence for Randy Fiddler says it needs more time to work out a plan for where Fiddler woul...

Jun 10, 2019

Crime spree leads to charges for Grande Prairie man

What RCMP are calling a two-day crime spree has led to a string of charges against a Grande Prairie man.Police say on May 31 at around 3 a.m. they came across a man loading stolen items into a cargo t...

Jun 10, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Slave Lake RCMP Officer charged with assault of detained male

SLAVE LAKE, Alta. - An RCMP officer is accused of beating up a man while he was under arrest at the Slave Lake detachment in northern Alberta in September 2017.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Te...

Jun 10, 2019