Category Archives: Peace Region
“Critical Condition" premiere moved due to high demand
An overwhelming amount of community interest has caused the relocation of the Critical Condition opioid awareness event tomorrow. Critical Condition is a video series that highlights how the opioid cr...
Feb 04, 2019
Wired 2 Hire Youth Program now accepting applications
A program that offers free job training courses in Grande Prairie is now accepting applications. Wired 2 Hire, which is run and organized by the Grande Prairie Volunteer Services Bureau, is offering a...
Feb 04, 2019
RCMP Lay Charges Following Search Warrant
A 48-year-old Grande Prairie man is facing five drug-related charges after a search warrant was conducted over the weekend. The Grande Prairie RCMP executed a search warrant at a residence in a centra...
Feb 04, 2019
RCMP investigate incident in Crystal Heights, people asked to avoid the area
Update: The Hold and Secure at I.V. Macklin and Holy Cross have been lifted. (9:41 a.m.) RCMP are investigating an incident in the Crystal Heights neighbourhood and are asking the public to avoid the ...
Feb 04, 2019
Grande Prairie RCMP advise against unnecessary travel today
Grande Prairie RCMP have released a warning about local hazardous driving conditions and say unnecessary travel is strongly discouraged. With freezing temperatures, snow-covered roads and thick fog th...
Feb 04, 2019
NDP announce candidates for Grande Prairie riding
Two people are seeking the New Democrat Party nomination for the Grande Prairie riding in the next provincial election. Todd Russell is running against Melissa Byers. Russell ran for the NDP in GP Smo...
Feb 04, 2019
Extreme cold warning, fog, and bus cancellations
An Extreme Cold Warning remains in place for Grande Prairie, Beaverlodge, Valleyview and surrounding areas. With the wind chill it will feel like between -40 and -50 Monday morning. The extreme wind c...
Feb 04, 2019
Preliminary hearing in Grande Prairie murder case to start today
Alberta Justice says a preliminary hearing in a Grande Prairie murder case is set to start today. Justice Watt-Blais was charged after the December 2017 shooting death of Hannah Sutton. The 16-year-ol...
Feb 04, 2019
Oliver's to mark Flag Day by retiring old flags
Oliver’s has brought back its retired flags program again this year. Old flags it has collected over the last year will be retired and buried at the Grande Prairie Cemetary on February 15, which...
Feb 03, 2019
Extreme Cold replaces Snowfall warnings for Peace region
The snowfall warning has ended for the Grande Prairie, Beaverlodge and Valleyview areas, but the region is now under an extreme cold warning, along with the rest of Northern Alberta. Wind chill values...
Feb 02, 2019