Category Archives: Peace Region
Crews put out fire in Muskoseepi Park Wednesday
UPDATE: (4:30 p.m. - A tender and two engines with 18 firefighters were used to battle the fire. It took 2 hours to fully extinguish and no injuries were reported. It was determined that the fire was ...
May 29, 2019 Grande Prairie Fire Department working to put out the blaze in Muskoseepi Park. Photo/ Courtney Almeida
Chamber chair welcomes changes to minimum wage, overtime rules
One local business person is welcoming provincial changes to minimum wage and overtime pay regulations. Grande Prairie & District Chamber of Commerce chair Dan Wong says businesses have been sayin...
May 29, 2019
Disabled Transportation Society looking at shuttering services due to current funding levels
The Disabled Transportation Society says a lack of funding and support from the city has forced them to cut back to essential services starting June 1, while possibly having to close their doors for g...
May 29, 2019 Photo: Shaun Penner
Corporate tax cut bill introduced
The province has officially introduced legislation that would see a cut in corporate taxes.The bill, called the Job Creation Tax Cut, would see the tax rate go from 12 percent to 11 percent July 1 and...
May 29, 2019 Photo supplied by the province.
Free bus service for Seniors' Week
Seniors' Week takes place in Alberta annually during the first week of June. In celebration, Oliver's Funeral Home is participating by offering free bus trips to seniors on June 3 to attend the weeks ...
May 28, 2019
Peerless Trout First Nation on evacuation alert
The Peerless Trout First Nation is on evacuation alert because of a wildfire.Slave Lake Forest Area fire watchers say the out of control blaze, located 14 kilometres southeast of Trout Lake, has burne...
May 28, 2019 The Trout Lake wildfire has burned 300 hectares. Photo supplied by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.
Provincial politicians meet High Level evacuees at GPRC
High Level evacuess lined up for financial assistance from the province at evacuation centres Monday.Municipal Affairs Minister Kaycee Madu and Grande Prairie MLA Tracy Allard met with some of the peo...
May 27, 2019 Grande Prairie MLA Tracy Allard and municipal affairs minister Kaycee Madu met with High Level evacuees at GPRC Monday. Photo by Curtis Galbraith.
Loewen named UCP caucus chair
He says it is a humbling honour.Central Peace-Notley MLA Todd Loewen has been picked as the caucus chair for the UCP."Obviously (I will be) chairing caucus meetings and there will be organizing the ca...
May 27, 2019 Photo from the Todd Loewen Facebook page
Bridge repairs start today on Township Road 734
The County of Grande Prairie says part of Township Road 734 will close for bridge repairs as of today.This will impact the stretch between Range Roads 65 and 70. Highway 59, along with Range Roads 65 ...
May 27, 2019 Supplied by the County of Grande Prairie
One man taken into custody after shots fired
Grande Prairie Rural RCMP are looking for more details of a report of shots being fired in the Clairmont area yesterday. The report came in to police at around 6:30 Saturday morning. Nobody was injure...
May 26, 2019