Category Archives: Peace Region

Cenovus sells Peace Region assets
CALGARY – Oilsands producer Cenovus Energy Inc. is selling northwestern Alberta oil and gas assets for $625 million as part of a process to reduce its $9.5-billion debt burden. The sale is to in...
Aug 09, 2018

Air quality at high risk in Grande Prairie area
UPDATE: (4;45 p.m.) The AQHI now stands at 9 in Grande Prairie, 8 in Rycroft and Beaverlodge. As smoke gets carried onto the prairies from wildfires in British Columbia, it is becoming more noticeable...
Aug 09, 2018

Home starts down in City, up in County
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says housing starts in Grande Prairie this year are trailing last year’s pace. CMHC says there have been 72 total starts through July this year compar...
Aug 09, 2018

Construction crews hit gas line near west end of Grande Prairie
ATCO Gas crews are making repairs after a construction crew hit a gas line earlier today in west Grande Prairie along 97 Avenue. ATCO says there is typically a gas leak in these situations, but the am...
Aug 09, 2018

Ten-year sentence for former GP resident; guilty pleas in firearm, police chase incident
Alberta Justice says a former Grande Prairie resident has been given a 10-year sentence for manslaughter by a Wetaskiwin court. Gerald Peter Krahn pleaded guilty earlier this year to a reduced charge ...
Aug 09, 2018

Enforcement Services Officers focusing on distracted driving and unlawful parking for August
Enforcement Services Officers in Grande Prairie will be focused on distracted young drivers for the month of August as part of the Selected Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP). Ross Gear with Enforceme...
Aug 09, 2018

New sober community centre opens in Grande Prairie
A new centre has opened in Grande Prairie and the membership fee is sobriety. In partnership with Canada in Progress, Hearth Social Profit Company has launched a sober community centre called The Shop...
Aug 08, 2018

Day 100 for walk from GP to PEI
Grande Prairie’s Jimmy Lefebvre is into Day 100 of his cross-Canada journey on foot. He passed through Quebec City a couple days ago. Lefebvre is walking from his parent’s house in Grande ...
Aug 08, 2018

Fire advisory issued for GPFA
Several factors have led to a fire advisory being put in place for the Grande Prairie Forest Area. Alberta Agriculture and Forestry says those the include the hot, dry weather, low visibility, and lim...
Aug 08, 2018

Food Truck Fridays start this week
Food Truck Fridays will be coming to downtown Grande Prairie this week. The trucks will be located along the Mamawe Concourse by the Montrose Cultural Centre every Friday between 11 a.m and 2 p.m. thr...
Aug 08, 2018