Peace Region

Grande Prairie locals win big in 2019 Rotary Dream Home Lottery

The 2019 Rotary Dream Home Lottery draw took place on Friday evening at the 1.4 million dollar Dream Home located in Carriage Lane Estates. Two Grande Prairie locals took home both the grand prize and...

Apr 27, 2019 Grand prize Dream Home winners Dwayne and Sandra Van Schaick of Grande Prairie. Photo/Courtney Almeida

Good news, bad news on urban park space says Tree Canada

Tree Canada says there is good news and bad news when it comes to having urban park space and more trees. President Mike Rosen tells Everything GP many Canadians are much more aware of how parks and t...

Apr 26, 2019 Jubilee Park in Grande Prairie/Photo by Curtis Galbraith

GP-Wapiti had highest percentage voter turnout across province

The official results are in from the 2019 Provincial Election, and the GP-Wapiti riding is sitting at the top of the voter turnout list.A total of 23,744 voters turned out in that riding, accounting f...

Apr 26, 2019

Islamic Association speaking out against Sri Lanka terrorist attacks

The Muslim community in Grande Prairie is strongly speaking out against the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka."We sympathize with the victims of these horrific attacks and offer our deepest...

Apr 26, 2019 Photo: Shaun Penner

Woman hospitalized after being struck by vehicle in High Prairie

A 69-year-old woman was taken to hospital after being struck by a vehicle that was backing up in High Prairie on Wednesday.The accident happened around 11:45 Wednesday morning in the parking lot of St...

Apr 26, 2019

Jail time in child porn case, trial dates set in two stabbing cases

A Grande Prairie man who was one of 14 men charged in a 2016 ALERT child porn bust has been given jail time.According to Alberta Justice, during an April 8 court appearance in Grande Prairie, James Mo...

Apr 26, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Fort St. John RCMP arrest two following attempt theft of multiple ATMs

Fort St. John RCMP have arrested two men following the attempted theft of an ATM from a gas station in the city.Just before 5 a.m. PDT on April 20, police responded to reports of a suspicious pickup t...

Apr 25, 2019

GPASC host event to mourn those lost and injured in workplace tragedies

An event to mourn those lost or seriously injured in workplace tragedies will be held Friday morning by Grande Prairie and Area Safe Communities.The ceremony will be held at the Safe Communities offic...

Apr 25, 2019

Saint Lawrence Centre no longer able to operate out of Rotary House

The Saint Lawrence Centre has announced over social media that it's now in the process of finding a new home. The announcement says the Centre is no longer able to operate out of Rotary House, and wor...

Apr 25, 2019

Province-wide student walkout being planned to protect privacy of GSA's

Students in Calgary are pushing for a province-wide protest about the Premier-Designate's stance on Gay-Straight Alliances in schools.This comes after Jason Kenney campaigned on the promise to repeal ...

Apr 25, 2019