Category Archives: Peace Region
Court update: guilty plea after hatchet attack, stay against one man charged after Cadotte Lake death
Alberta Justice says a Leduc County man has pleaded guilty to one of the charges he was facing after a hatchet attack in Grande Prairie. Ronald Ernest Gauthier admitted to a reduced charge of assault ...
Feb 22, 2019
Warkentin calls Liberal stance on SNC Lavalin scandal "a cover-up"
The SNC Lavalin scandal continues to hound the federal government. This all erupted after the Globe and Mail reported that someone in the Prime Minister’s office pressured then-Justice Minister ...
Feb 22, 2019
Remembering Betty Carveth Dunn
We are remembering Betty Carveth Dunn today. The Grande Prairie-born and raised baseball player died at age 93 on January 27 in Edmonton, according to her obituary in the Edmonton Journal. Carveth Dun...
Feb 21, 2019
Downtown Association in talks with city after funding put on hold
Grande Prairie’s Downtown Association is worried about phase four of the Downtown Revitalization and Streetscapes project being put on hold. Council made the decision during 2019 budget delibera...
Feb 21, 2019
Education Minister defends curriculum changes as election nears
With a provincial election due this spring, the Alberta NDP government is continuing to try and make changes to the education curriculum despite the threat of Jason Kenney "scrapping" it, should he an...
Feb 21, 2019
Construction date and royalty grants announced for $2-billion project south of city
Nauticol Energy says construction of the first phase of a new, methanol plant near Grande Prairie will start in 2020. Premier Rachel Notley was in Grande Prairie for the announcement today. "As we fig...
Feb 20, 2019
Q&A tonight for Wembley crude by rail application
A development permit has come into the Town of Wembley from the companies wanting to build crude by rail facility in the community. Source Energy Services and Tidewater Midstream are looking at an exp...
Feb 20, 2019
MP says United We Roll Convoy made its message loud and clear
Our member of parliament is saying the United We Roll Convoy has made its message to Ottawa loud and clear. Grande Prairie-Mackenzie MP Chris Warkentin says the protestors made their voices heard on h...
Feb 20, 2019
Grande Prairie NDP candidate chosen
Todd Russell has been selected as the Alberta New Democratic Party Candidate in Grande Prairie for the 2019 election. Russell is a longtime resident of Grande Prairie and serves as the Captain of the ...
Feb 19, 2019
Ten CARES grants awarded throughout the region
The province has announced ten grants for Peace Region communities under its Community and Regional Economic Support program (CARES). The biggest grant is $282,000 for the MD of Greenview to help with...
Feb 19, 2019