Peace Region

City unveils new interactive Traffic Planner Map

The City of Grande Prairie has unveiled a new interactive Traffic Planner Map on its website that highlights construction projects going on around the city and how you can best plan your commute durin...

May 17, 2019 Photo: City of Grande Prairie

Special guests take over morning shows Thursday to talk Coalition for Safer AB Roads and impaired driving

The Coalition for Safer Alberta Roads and special guests visited Everything GP, Big Country 93.1 and Q99 Thursday morning to talk about the coalition and impaired driving. "The coalition is a non prof...

May 17, 2019 From left to right: Debbie Hammond (Coalition for Safer Alberta Roads), Cindy Blinston (GP & Area Safe Communities), Sgt. Cameron Palfy, Lyle West, Tyler Wold.

House fire in County brought under control

A house fire near Range Road 50 and Township Road 734 has been brought under control by County Regional Fire Services.Around noon today, crews from the Clairmont and Dunes station arrived to see the h...

May 16, 2019 Photo: County of Grande Prairie

Dale Smith appointed as new Reeve for M.D. of Greenview

With Dale Gervais stepping down as Reeve of the M.D. of Greenview, councillor Dale Smith has been appointed to the role.Smith has served as the councillor for Ward 5-New Fish Creek since 2013 and has ...

May 16, 2019 Photo: M.D. of Greenview

Fire advisory lifted in the County of Grande Prairie

The fire advisory in the County of Grande Prairie has been lifted thanks to the rain that has both fallen and is expected in the next few days. The advisory has also been lifted in the towns of Beaver...

May 16, 2019

Court update: Robbery and stabbing cases lead to jail sentences

Alberta Justice says a man arrested after a hold up last summer at the Jackpot Grill has been given jail time. Justin Keith Starratt pleaded guilty to a charge of using an imitation firearm and a redu...

May 16, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Area Redevelopment Plan to come for facilities in the Avondale neighbourhood

The City is in the process of creating an Area Redevelopment Plan for the Avondale neighbourhood. The plan assesses the land containing the Composite High School, Peace Wapiti Academy, the Leisure Cen...

May 16, 2019 The redevelopment plan will engage will all landowners (pictured) along with the Avondale Neighbourhood Association. Photo/ City of Grande Prairie

Billion dollar pipeline to move natural gas liquids from the Peace

CALGARY - Shares in Keyera Corp. rose by as much as nine per cent after it announced it will proceed with a long-anticipated $1.3-billion pipeline to bring natural gas liquids from northwestern Albert...

May 15, 2019 From the Keyera Corp. Facebook page

Eight-year anniversary of Slave Lake fire

This week marks the eight-year anniversary of the Slave Lake wildfire. The blaze burned into the community May 15, 2011. More than 7000 people were forced to evacuate. That included the entire populat...

May 15, 2019 Photo from Wikimedia Commons

UPDATE: Fire advisory ends in Grande Prairie Forest Area

UPDATE: (4:45 p.m. May 15) The fire advisory has now been lifted in the Grande Prairie Forest Area.The rain has brought the fire hazard down to moderate and more rain and cool weather are in the forec...

May 15, 2019 Photo supplied by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry