Peace Region

GPREP called in to help with High Level wildfire

The Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership (GPREP) has been activated to assist with the High Level fire.Thousands of people are out of their homes near High Level, after a threatening wildfire...

May 21, 2019 (Photo credit: Facebook/Deb Stecyk)

Crime watch asking people to take precautions during seeding

The Beaverlodge Rural Crime Watch Association is offering advice to keep property safe during seeding.President Leanne Van Wagner says one thing people need to do is take the keys out of their trucks ...

May 21, 2019

Fire Advisory Issued for Grande Prairie Forest Management Area

A fire advisory is now in place for the entire Grande Prairie Forest Management area, as the wildfire hazard here has moved to very high due to dry conditions, rising temperatures and gusty winds. All...

May 20, 2019

State of Emergency and Evacuation Alert Declared for High Level

A state of local emergency and evacuation alert has been issued for the town of High Level, as a result of a fast growing wildfire.The Chuckegg Creek wildfire has almost tripled in soxe since last nig...

May 20, 2019 Photo courtesy Facebook/Deb Stecyk

Applications open for International Paper Foundation grant funding worth $80,000

International Paper Grande Prairie Mill has announced that in 2019 they will be once again awarding $80,000 worth of grant funding to community organizations through the International Paper Foundation...

May 20, 2019 Photo/ International Paper/ Facebook

County adopts Community Standards Bylaw following feedback

The new Community Standards Bylaw has now been officially adopted by the County of Grande Prairie, but with a few amendments to it based on public feedback.Regional Enforcement Services Manager Stuart...

May 19, 2019

Pair of Grande Prairie RCMP officers awarded Commendation of Bravery

Awards for bravery, outstanding service, life-saving and long service to four RCMP officers were awarded in Edmonton yesterday and two of them hailed from Grande PrairieSargent Shiloh Fragomeni, Const...

May 18, 2019

Injury Prevention Centre aims to prevent injury and death as quad season begins

For many, the May long weekend kicks off quad season in Alberta and people in this province use more quads per capita than anyone else in the county. On average, 14 people die in Alberta each year fro...

May 18, 2019

Court of Queen's Bench orders $13-million be paid to hospital contractors

The Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta announced in a Twitter post Friday that nearly $13-million of the court-held $30-million owed to contractors involved in the construction of the new Grande Prairi...

May 17, 2019

Peace Region farmers making progress on seeding

The May 14 crop report from Alberta Agriculture shows that seeding progress across the Peace is way ahead of last year's pace. The report says progress on major crops moved from an average of 2.4 perc...

May 17, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith