Category Archives: Peace Region
Travel not recommended for Grande Prairie region after freezing rain
A freezing rain warning has ended for the Grande Prairie region. But Mounties are not recommending travel in the area due to extremely icy roads. According to 511Alberta.ca, Highway 43 from the BC bor...
Jan 13, 2019
AHS hosting presentation on Gender and Sexual Minority Youth
Alberta Health Services is offering a free presentation for Gender and Sexual Minority Youth on Monday evening in Grande Prairie. It is for any member of the public who is seeking support or resources...
Jan 13, 2019
Family pleads for help finding missing young man
It’s been one week since Tommy Harrington went missing in a snowstorm approximately 70 kilometres north of Grande Cache. The family is pleading for the public’s help in finding Tommy, and ...
Jan 12, 2019
GPRC recruits new Vice President, Academics and Research
The Grande Prairie Regional College is going to see a new face in the near future. The GPRC announced it’s hired current Dean of the Centre for Applied Arts and Sciences at Lethbridge College Dr...
Jan 12, 2019
Côté family moves on from Grande Prairie Storm hockey
The Grande Prairie Storm made two deals at the 2019 CJHL trade deadline that sent brothers, Cruz and Walker Ct to opposite parts of Western Canada. The departure of the Falher natives marks the end of...
Jan 11, 2019
RCMP address concerns about new impaired driving laws
Some lawyers throughout the country have issues with Canada’s new impaired driving laws. They say the new rules could lead to people having to provide breathe samples at home or even at a restau...
Jan 11, 2019
Woman who grew up in Woking accepting Indigenous Leadership Award
A woman who grew up north of Grande Prairie will be accepting the Alberta Chamber of Resources Indigenous Leadership Award. Urban Systems Indigenous Community Consultant and Project Engineer Jessica V...
Jan 11, 2019
Dawson Creek to host first big local agriculture event of 2019
It is the first big agriculture event of 2019 in the Peace. Close to 140 head of cattle will be on display Friday and Saturday at the 21st Peace Country Beef Congress. It will be held at Dawson Creek&...
Jan 10, 2019
Police seize guns, cash and approximately $600,000 worth of illegal drugs
A search warrant has led to police finding guns, drugs and over $90-thousand dollars in cash in a Grande Prairie home. RCMP searched an apartment on the west side of the city on January 8 after receiv...
Jan 10, 2019
Flu cases up across North Zone
Cases of Influenza A across Northern Alberta have already exceeded totals of each of the last two years, in part due to a different strain of flu. In previous seasons, the strain known as H3-N2 was th...
Jan 10, 2019