Category Archives: Peace Region
Nominations open for Repka, Bowes awards
City Hall is accepting nominations for its George Repka and Bill Bowes awards. Both honour Grande Prairie volunteers. The City’s Richelle Richardson says the George Repka Award recognizes social...
Oct 08, 2018
Evacuation order expanded in Old Fort area
Eight more properties in the Old Fort area have been added to an evacuation order by the Peace River Regional District. The Evacuation Order is in effect for: – 9911 265 Road – 7711 Old Fo...
Oct 07, 2018
New DTA Executive Director settling into role
Wendy Bosch has spent approximately a month in her role as the new Executive Director of the Grande Prairie Downtown Association. She says she has some big shoes to fill after Helen Rice retired from ...
Oct 07, 2018
Underwater, shoreline surveys underway at Bear Creek reservoir
Crews are doing surveys in and around the Bear Creek reservoir this month. City project technologist Frances Bailey says that will include mapping what is underwater. “That way, we know the dept...
Oct 06, 2018
Court Update: Jail sentence in drug case, prelim. and trial dates set in other matters
An Edmonton court has handed a 45-month jail sentence to a Grande Prairie man charged after an ALERT bust two years ago in the Swan City. Alberta Justice says Justin Myles Stuart had pleaded guilty to...
Oct 05, 2018
South Bear Creek BMX skills park equipment vandalized
The South Bear Creek BMX bike skills park was vandalized last night. According to a volunteer, cables were cut to batteries on some construction equipment in addition to some gas being siphoned. She a...
Oct 05, 2018
HIV North team gaining knowledge at conference in Edmonton
Staff at HIV North Society are in Edmonton for a three-day conference collecting information to bring back to our area. Stimulus 2018 wraps up today and Executive Director Melissa Byers says they atte...
Oct 05, 2018
High Prairie RCMP looking for suspect after break-in
High Prairie RCMP are looking for a suspect after a retail break-in. On October 3rd, officers were called to the Bell Store and say a male broke into the store around 9:52 p.m. RCMP say the person bro...
Oct 05, 2018
Region's jobless rate down
Our region’s jobless rate is down for the second consecutive month to sit at 5.2 per cent in September. August’s unemployment rate was 5.9 per cent and was 6.7 in June. Grande Prairie is i...
Oct 05, 2018
Alberta RCMP promote #OperationImpact this weekend
Whether you’re going near or far for turkey this weekend, Alberta RCMP is encouraging both pedestrians and motorists to be cautious and arrive safely. Constable Mike Hibbs, with RCMP Integrated ...
Oct 05, 2018