Category Archives: Peace Region

Snowfall warning in place
Environment Canada has issued snowfall warnings for a good-size chunk of the Peace Country. Grande Prairie, Beaverlodge, and Valleyview, along with the BC Peace, are included. Warnings are also in pla...
Sep 11, 2018

City Council scraps cap for retail cannabis outlets
Grande Prairie City Council unanimously voted to remove a previously established cap on business licenses for retail cannabis distributors. Mayor Bill Given says even with the cap of 15 licenses remov...
Sep 10, 2018

Graham Construction says hospital was underfunded
Graham Construction says it did not get fired, it quit. The company has issued a statement regarding the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital saying it told the government in a letter dated August 17 that...
Sep 10, 2018

City-owned locations to see water supply turned off as temperatures dip
The City of Grande Prairie is shutting down the water supply to a number of City-owned sites as the forecast is calling for below freezing temperatures later this week. The sites impacted include the ...
Sep 10, 2018

Province to hire new builder for Grande Prairie hospital
The province is looking for a new builder for the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital. The Alberta government says it will soon issue a Request for Proposals after firing Graham Construction today. "This...
Sep 10, 2018

Reloadable bus passes launch in Grande Prairie
People who use the bus in Grande Prairie may notice a new type of fare box on board. The City of Grande Prairie has decided to run with a Superpass concept which replaces paper passes and tickets. Man...
Sep 10, 2018

Grande Prairie RCMP investigating sexual assault
Grande Prairie RCMP are looking for a suspect in a sexual assault that happened in July. Police say on July 26 at around 2 a,.m., a woman encountered a man at a convenience store. He then followed her...
Sep 10, 2018

GP Food Drive looking for volunteers as demand for food bank goes up
Demand for the local food bank has increased year over year, as organizers of the annual food drive put a call out for volunteers. The Rotary Community Food Bank Drive's Jerry Napier says they have ab...
Sep 10, 2018

AMA aiming for new roadside safety legislation
Drivers in Alberta could be seeing some changes when it comes to passing accident scenes on highways. Alberta is currently the only province where motorists passing an accident scene must slow down to...
Sep 10, 2018

Special weather statement: heavy, wet snow could fall Wednesday
A special weather statement has been issued for Grande Prairie and area. Environment Canada says it could snow midweek with a cool airmass invading "much of Alberta this week, bringing with it weather...
Sep 10, 2018