Peace Region

Plus 1 Bottle Depot expected to be complete in May

We can expect to see the Plus One Bottle Depot in the Westgate Shopping Centre to be complete this spring. Signature Support Services Executive Director Darrin Stubbs has provided an update on the pro...

Mar 29, 2019

Energy Futures Roadshow coming to Grande Prairie

Peace Country residents can get a look into the future of energy next week during a two-day workshop being held in Grande Prairie.The session is known as the Energy Futures Roadshow, put on by The Ene...

Mar 28, 2019

Update provided on phase two of County Connector

The City and County say the County Connector's ridership is increasing, and the service is receiving positive feedback.The County's Director of Family and Community Support Services Kathleen Turner sa...

Mar 28, 2019 Photo by Jeromy Corrigan

Vandals, thieves target election signs in the Peace

There are reports from across Alberta about provincial election campaign signs being vandalized.In a post on her Facebook page, Central Peace-Notley New Democrat Marg McQuaig-Boyd says her signs have ...

Mar 27, 2019 From the Elections Alberta Facebook page

Slave Lake RCMP looking for suspect

Slave Lake RCMP say they are looking for a man who forced his way into a home. Mounties say on March 9 just before 7:30 p.m., a man knocked on the door and asked the girl inside if he could use the ph...

Mar 27, 2019 Sketch of the suspect provided by Slave Lake RCMP

23 fentanyl-related deaths in GP last year, 746 province-wide

The latest numbers from Alberta Health show that 23 people died in Grande Prairie from fentanyl related overdoses in 2018. That number is down from 27 deaths in 2017 and up considerably from 10 fatal ...

Mar 27, 2019

In the Woods Animal Rescue in need of help

In the Woods Animal Rescue from Nampa is operating at maximum capacity. To help find new homes for animals, the non-profit is hosting a Meet and Greet Adoption Event in Dawson Creek April 6 from 11 a....

Mar 27, 2019 Photo/ Tracy Strasky

No guarantees in local ridings as provincial election nears

The race for the Grande Prairie and GP-Wapiti seats in the provincial election should go right down to the wire.There are many reasons why that could be the case, as pointed out by GPRC Political Stud...

Mar 27, 2019 Photo: Facebook / Elections Alberta

HFCRD announces Catholic Conference Centre closure after fire

The Holy Family Catholic Regional School Division in Peace River has announced its Catholic Conference Centre will be closed for a minimum of four months. The closure comes after a fire in the school ...

Mar 26, 2019

New rules planned for Grande Prairie transit buses

Planning is underway which would allow rules for riding public transit to be posted inside buses. The idea was proposed at a city committee meeting on Tuesday by Transit Manager Steve Harvard.Harvard ...

Mar 26, 2019