Peace Region

Sentences given in two Grande Prairie drug cases

Alberta Justice says a Grande Prairie man charged after a drug bust in May of last year has been given jail time.David Guilbeault was handed a three-year sentence Tuesday in Grande Prairie court after...

Apr 04, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Road flooding not as bad as last year

Flooding has forced some temporary road closures in the County of Grande Prairie during spring runoff this year.Public Works Director Dale Van Volkingburgh says the flooding this year is not nearly as...

Apr 04, 2019 Flooding in the County of Grande Prairie in 2018. Photo supplied by the County.

Area residents wake up to snow on Thursday

Residents of the Peace Country have been greeted by a fresh layer of snow this morning, after several weeks of warm, spring like temperatures.Environment Canada is calling for about 2 cm to fall, befo...

Apr 04, 2019

Area residents wake up to snow on Thursday

Residents of the Peace Country have been greeted by a fresh layer of snow this morning, after several weeks of warm, spring like temperatures.Environment Canada is calling for about 2 cm to fall, befo...

Apr 04, 2019

Planning set to begin to address homelessness in the winter: City

With Rotary House imposing capacity regulations, the Saint Lawrence Centre has closed its doors for the coming weeks, and questions about what will happen come winter are starting to arise. The City's...

Apr 04, 2019

SPRA hands out awards

One individual and one group have been saluted by the South Peace Regional Archives with its Beth Sheehan Award.It is named for a local historian and philanthropist who used to keep an archival collec...

Apr 04, 2019 SPRA Executive Director Alyssa Currie presents Matthew Wozniak with his award. Photo supplied by the SPRA.

Man, tractor fall through ice on the Peace River

High Level RCMP say a man who tried to drive a tractor across ice on the Peace River has not been located after he and his machine went through the ice on Tuesday. Police say the man is 64-years-old a...

Apr 03, 2019

GPRC hosts annual Business Plan Tradeshow

Grande Prairie Regional College hosted its 7th annual Business Plan Tradeshow yesterday in the GPRC Theatre Concourse. Students in the Small Business Entrepreneurship class, a class in the college's b...

Apr 03, 2019 GPRC Business Plan Tradeshow

Police on scene of a collision at 68 Avenue and 100 Street

UPDATE - 4:45 p.m. April 3Grande Prairie RCMP say they responded to a collision that happend close to nine this morning on 68 Avenue and 100 Street.The crash involved an SUV and a marked police vehicl...

Apr 03, 2019

Failed robbery attempt at Great Northern Casino Wednesday morning

The main entrance at the Great Northern Casino is more open the usual, as a truck smashed through the front doors at around 6 a.m. and attempted to pull the ATM near the front of the building out with...

Apr 03, 2019 A failed burglary of an ATM left the front doors of the casino in need of replacement (Photo: Shaun Penner)