Category Archives: Peace Region
Fatal hit-and-run leads to charges against Grande Prairie man
Charges have been laid against a Grande Prairie man after a fatal hit and run in late October. The counts against 37-year-old Terris Truax include dangerous driving causing death, failure to remain at...
Dec 11, 2018
Long-time County of Grande Prairie employees saluted
Over 40 team members with the County of Grande Prairie were honoured over the weekend with Long Service Awards. Two people received awards for being with the County for 15 years, 16 others received aw...
Dec 11, 2018
Flood assistance available to Beaverlodge residents
People with the province’s Disaster Recovery Program will be in Beaverlodge today and tomorrow. They will be taking applications from those looking for help rebuilding after the huge flood in th...
Dec 11, 2018
Alberta Review Board hearing for Goodridge today
The Alberta Review Board will decide on Daniel Goodridge’s future today. The hearing will be held this afternoon at 2 p.m. at Alberta Hospital, where Goodridge has been staying ever since his mu...
Dec 11, 2018
Police investigate suspicious death in Pouce Coupe
Dawson Creek RCMP are investigating a suspicious death after a body was found in the parking lot of the Pouce Pub in Pouce Coupe over the weekend. Saturday evening officers responded to the call. The ...
Dec 10, 2018
County Connector officially launches
There was a big crowd on hand Monday morning in Clairmont at the Wellington Resource Centre as dignitaries from across the region celebrated the launch of the County Connector. The Honourable Brian Ma...
Dec 10, 2018
Arrest made in 2017 suspicious death
RCMP in the BC Peace have made an arrest in connection with a nearly two-year-old suspicious death in Pouce Coupe. Police surrounded a Charlie Lake home Saturday and, after some attempts at negotiatin...
Dec 10, 2018
RCMP seize $50K in counterfeit cheques, stolen health care cards in stolen vehicle
Two people have been arrested and face a slew of charges relating to counterfeit money and stolen identification after RCMP tracked a suspicious vehicle north of the city. The vehicle turned out to be...
Dec 10, 2018
Local airport traffic on track for record-breaking year
The Chief Executive Officer at the Grande Prairie Airport says passenger movements this year are on a record pace. So far in 2018, there have been 377,000 passengers in an out of the airport, thatR...
Dec 10, 2018
Banner year for local Community Foundation
The Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta announced on Wednesday that they had disbursed over $221,000 throughout the region this year. That is a 32 per cent increase from last year. The money ...
Dec 09, 2018