Category Archives: Peace Region
Bear Creek Folk Music Festival gets $87,500 worth of funding from the City
The City has approved $87,500 worth of funding to go to the Bear Creek Folk Music Festival. The funding was awarded to the festival, as part of the city's 2019 Large Scale Tourism Grant Funding progra...
May 07, 2019 2018 Bear Creek Folk Music Festival. Photo/ Martine Martell
11-year-old Blues fan from Grande Prairie off to Game 7
Jayden Linden, an 11-year-old St. Louis Blues fan from Grande Prairie received news Monday he would get the chance to see his favourite NHL team on the ice for Tuesday night's Game 7 match-up against ...
May 06, 2019 11-year-old Jayden Linden's reaction to finding out he is going to Game 7 Tuesday night. (photo credit to the St.Louis Blues)
Local horse club gives out $50,000 in donations
Schools, 4-H clubs, and community groups are splitting over $50,000 from the Peace Draft Horse Club. The money was collected during the most recent edition of Northern Spirit: A Celebration of Light, ...
May 06, 2019 Photo by Dylan Payne
No injuries in early morning mobile home fire
No one was hurt after a fire at a mobile home in the city early Monday morning. Just before 2 a.m. fire crews were called to structure fire. When they arrived, smoke and fire was coming from under the...
May 06, 2019
Man transported to Edmonton in life threatening condition after Highway 40 collision
STARS Air Ambulance says they transported a man, approximately 45 years old to an Edmonton hospital after a collision involving a semi and another vehicle. It happened Sunday morning about 60 km south...
May 06, 2019 (Photo credit: Facebook/STARS Air Ambulance)
Residents Allowed to Return Home After Morning Fire at Industrial Site
An early morning fire at Secure Energy's La Glace facility is now under control. At around 7:15 this morning the Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership was activated after the call came in rega...
May 05, 2019
Traffic Re-routed on Highway 40 After Collision
UPDATE - STARS Air Ambulance confirms that one person has been transported to a hospital in Edmonton. Details regarding the individual or the extent of their injuries were not released. Traffic is bei...
May 05, 2019
GPRC Convocation Held on Saturday
Over 300 students graduated from Grande Prairie Regional College on Saturday. President and CEO Don Gnatiuk presided over two ceremonies yesterday at Douglas J Cardinal theatre - one for graduates of ...
May 05, 2019 (L-R) Valedictorian Neil Reed and Salutatorian Ryan Beeston (photo courtesy GPRC)
Local museums collaborate to offer FREE admission for International Museum Day
In celebration of International Museum Day on May 18, the Grande Prairie Museum, Heritage Discovery Centre, and the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum are all offering free admission to the public from ...
May 05, 2019 photo courtesy Sheena Roszell
Snowfall Warning Ends but Weather leads to Cancellations
The snowfall warning has ended for the Grande Prairie region. Our city received a total of 12.6 cm of snow on Friday. According to 511alberta.ca, Highway 43 from the BC Border to Bezanson is snow cove...
May 04, 2019 Photo courtesy EverythingGP