Category Archives: Peace Region
Poor visibility with Fog Advisory in place
Environment Canada has issued a Fog Advisory Grande Prairie, Beaverlodge, Valleyview and areas. The advisory includes: Co. of Grande Prairie near Beaverlodge Hythe and Demmitt Co. of Grande Prairie ne...
Jan 29, 2019
Sexsmith's last wooden elevator to become a museum
The work to restore the last wooden grain elevator in Sexsmith will start in June. Florence Blais with the community’s Elevator Preservation Committee says they will be replacing the shingles st...
Jan 29, 2019
GP Storm get financial help from City and highlights from City Council
The Storm hockey team is getting financial help from the city. Last night council passed a motion to approve zero-dollar rent for the 2018/2019 season and a $20-thousand rent for the 2019/2020 season....
Jan 28, 2019
Townes' "Somebody's Daughter" tops Canadian country charts
Grande Prairie’s very own Tenille Townes is sitting at the top of the country music charts in Canada. Townes’ single "Somebody’s Daughter" topped the MediaBase Canada’s singles...
Jan 28, 2019
“Critical Condition: The Opioid Crisis in Grande Prairie” to premiere next week
A video series produced to raise awareness about the opioid crisis in Grande Prairie is set to premiere next Tuesday. “Critical Condition: The Opioid Crisis in Grande Prairie”, which was p...
Jan 28, 2019
RCMP seek owner of lost money
On Saturday, December 8, 2018 a large amount of cash was turned into the Grande Prairie RCMP Detachment. The money was located in the area of 92 Avenue and 96 street on December 6, 2018. If you lost m...
Jan 28, 2019
Storm's rent & loan to be voted on at Council Monday
The Grande Prairie Storm will be a topic of conversation at Monday night’s city council meeting. Council will be voting on two motions involving the club which includes the club paying zero rent...
Jan 28, 2019
Local film and advertising company wins $20k in funding
A local film and advertising company has won a competition for funding through TELUS Storyhive. C.I.A. Solutions was one of the 30 winners of the indigenous directors’ competition for their proj...
Jan 27, 2019
Supervised consumption services vehicle to be part of HIV North open house
Anyone interested can have a look at HIV North’s mobile consumption services vehicle Monday. The organization is hosting an open house at Revolution Place. Sarah Boxall, HIV North’s Direct...
Jan 27, 2019
Ukrainian Cultural Society dance studio floods
A water leak occuring over the Winter holidays, has closed the Troyanda Society of Ukrainian Culture & Heritage dance studio. As a result, dance classes have come to a halt while the group works t...
Jan 26, 2019