Category Archives: Peace Region

UPDATE: Thanks to help from the public by sharing the school bus theft and vandalism story and pictures, it only took hours to identify the suspects. A media release was circulated Thursday afternoon,...

Alberta municipalities will be getting some money back from the province to help pay for costs they've acquired to get things in order before cannabis becomes legal next month. Premier Rachel Notley m...

The first development permit has been approved for a cannabis retail store in the Clairmont industrial area. The County of Grande Prairie amended bylaws in August 2018 that would allow business owners...

The Fraser Institute says a study it has done shows a hike in Alberta’s minimum wage won’t do much to reduce poverty. That research found 92 percent of minimum wage earners do not live in ...

With the region growing and the college moving towards university status, GPRC’s Board of Governors has launched an online survey to get feedback from residents as they plan for the future. Boar...

A rental company in Alberta is banning smoking, eating or growing cannabis in all of its properties across the province, including in Grande Prairie. Boardwalk is telling its tenants that despite mari...

Grande Cache Emergency Services is warning residents of concerning bear activity. The animals are entering the town at night and going through garbage cans prompting Fish and Wildlife officers to inve...

Grande Prairie & Area Safe Communities will be hosting events to mark National Rail Safety Week this week. Acting Executive Director Cindy Blinston says rail safety is especially important in a co...

High Prairie RCMP have made an arrest in relation to a robbery involving a firearm on August 22, 2018. That night, at roughly 8 p.m. a High Prairie police officer spotted a male suspect running from a...

The Reeve of the Municipal District of Greenview says there is a lot of work to do following the Grande Cache vote in favour of dissolution. Out of 1,097 ballots, 1,065 voted to dissolve the town into...