Category Archives: Peace Region
County closer to rolling out rural transit bus
The first route for the County of Grande Prairie’s Rural Transportation Pilot Project should roll out by the end of 2018. The county received just under $640,000 in operational funding from the ...
Oct 12, 2018
Smile Cookie campaign raises almost $56K
People in the Peace bought a lot of Smile Cookies last month. The Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation says in a post on its Facebook page that the annual fund-raiser collected $55,735 for the ...
Oct 11, 2018
Suspects crash into police vehicles before pursuit ends near Bonanza
UPDATE (3:18 p.m.) RCMP have arrested a 35-year-old man, known to police as a dangerous offender, and a 16-year-old girl after a pursuit ended near Bonanza. Police were called to the area of Webster a...
Oct 11, 2018
Grande Prairie woman wins $1-million top prize at Las Vegas slots tournament
Playing the slots at Evergreen Park’s Pines Restaurant & Casino has led to a million dollar win in Las Vegas for a Grande Prairie woman. Tanya S., who does not want her last name revealed, w...
Oct 11, 2018
Flu season is here, vaccines available Monday
With October marking the start of the flu season, vaccines will be available for the public next week. North Zone Lead Medical Officer of Health Dr. Albert De Villiers says it’s important for pe...
Oct 11, 2018
Evacuation alert issued for portion of Fort St. John
UPDATE (4:21 p.m.): The Evacuation order has been expanded to the islands south of Old Fort. The Peace River Regional District says one island has been impacted. FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – A slumping...
Oct 11, 2018
Increase in naloxone kits handed out by HIV North in Grande Prairie
The number of naloxone kits handed out by HIV North has increased this year. The Society’s Overdose Prevention Nurse Jessica Chalus says 1,994 kits have been given out between January 1st and Se...
Oct 11, 2018
Storage would expand use of new school theatre: GPLT Manager
The Grande Prairie & District Catholic Schools Board of Trustees will be asking the city and county for money to build a community storage facility. In a letter to Mayor Bill Given from Board Chai...
Oct 10, 2018
Local actor returns home to share wisdom at Peace Wapiti Academy
A Grande Prairie performer considers himself a ‘jack of all trades’. Grant Landry recently made a visit to the Peace Wapiti Academy, his old high school, to talk about everything and anyth...
Oct 10, 2018
Local farmers help RCMP arrest suspect
Peace Country farmers recently helped Grande Prairie RCMP track down a suspect accused of stealing a vehicle. Mounties had located a truck stolen in BC in a ditch on Highway 670 near Range Roads 40 an...
Oct 10, 2018