Category Archives: Peace Region

Search continues for missing toddler
Emergency personnel resumed the search early Sunday morning for a two year old boy that went missing from his family late Friday afternoon along the Wapiti River near the Canfor bridge. Yesterday, boa...
Jul 08, 2018

GPRHF receives sizable donations
The Grande Prairie regional Hospital Foundation received a couple financial boosts recently. Jason Kolosky, president of Aztec Engineering says their second annual ball hockey tournament raised over $...
Jul 08, 2018

RCMP searching for missing child
UPDATE – Search resumed Saturday morning after being suspended at 11pm Friday night due to darkness. RCMP are currently on scene with STARS Air Ambulance and Grande Prairie Technical Search and ...
Jul 07, 2018

Investigation ongoing after man is convicted in 1994 sexual assault case
Grande Prairie resident, Randolph Byron Dunlop, was found guilty of Sexual Assault with a Weapon, Break and Enter to Commit an Indictable Offence and Forcible Confinement by a Provincial Court Judge o...
Jul 06, 2018

Homelessness program on track to meet goal as year five approaches
People shared their experiences with homelessness at a Grande Prairie event at the Montrose Cultural Centre on Friday afternoon. Katherine Schmidt, Homeless Initiatives Supervisor says it was exciting...
Jul 06, 2018

ASIRT seeking witnesses to officer-involved shooting near Whitecourt
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has released some details on the officer-involved shooting near Whitecourt earlier this week. On July 3, RCMP were called out to look for a specific vehicle ...
Jul 06, 2018

Region's unemployment rate up
The region’s unemployment rate has increased for a third straight month. According to June numbers from Statistics Canada, the jobless rate is 6.7 per cent, up from May’s 6.5 and AprilR...
Jul 06, 2018

Cannabis retail business application deadline Friday
Friday is the last day to get business applications in for the first intake of cannabis retail store licenses. The City of Grande Prairie has put a cap on how many marijuana shops can open in the firs...
Jul 06, 2018

Update on Five Year Plan to End Homelessness to be presented
The Year Three Report Card for Grande Prairie’s Five Year Plan to End Homelessness is set to be presented today during an event. City Homeless Initiatives Supervisor Katherine Schmidt says the r...
Jul 06, 2018

June wetter than average in Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie received above average rainfall in the month of June. On average the City gets 76 mm of rain, this year Grande Prairie got 103.2 mm of precipitation. June was also slightly warmer than ...
Jul 05, 2018