Category Archives: Peace Region
Traffic delays downtown starting Saturday
Motorists are being advised of delays starting Saturday in downtown Grande Prairie, so crews can install temporary traffic lights. According to the city, "both 100 Street and 102 Street at the interse...
May 04, 2018
Preliminary hearing set in Grande Prairie murder case
Alberta Justice says preliminary hearing dates have been set in a Grande Prairie murder case. The hearing for Justice Watt-Blais will be held February 4 and 5, 2019. He is facing a murder charge after...
May 04, 2018
More interest in sexual abuse training sessions than anticipated
A program to train frontline workers on how to deal with sexual assault victims has drawn a huge response from the community. Three full sessions with 15 people each have been held since the ‘Re...
May 04, 2018
No seeding yet in the County of Grande Prairie
County of Grande Prairie Ag. Fieldman Sonja Raven says seeding in the County has not started yet. “Things are coming along. Some land is draining. The wind, of course, is always helping. We̵...
May 03, 2018
May 3 marks Arbor Day
Close to 1800 Grade 1 kids from around the Peace went home with a tree seedling Thursday. This marked is Arbor Day, a day set aside to celebrate the importance of trees. More celebrations are coming u...
May 03, 2018
Bear spray incident leads to jail time
A man charged after a shoplifting incident led to two people being bear sprayed has been given a jail sentence. Alberta Justice says Macauley Boivin admitted to single counts each of assault with a we...
May 03, 2018
Too soon to say if more mosquitoes will be buzzing around GP this year
It’s hard to say at this time if we will have more mosquitoes in the area this year or not. Amy Needham, Integrated Pest Management Technician with the City says mosquito development is based on...
May 03, 2018
Methane reduction plan Made in Alberta says Energy Minister
Both the provincial and federal governments recently announced regulations for cutting methane emissions by the energy industry. The target is to reduce these emissions by 40 to 45 percent below 2012 ...
May 02, 2018
Highway 43 west clean-up set for Thursday
More than 100 staff from the City’s Parks Operations department will be spending Thursday morning cleaning up garbage. They will be picking up litter along Highway 43 west from 7 a.m. until Noon...
May 02, 2018
RCMP looking for witnesses to an assault
Grande Prairie RCMP are looking for a suspect or suspects involved in the assault of two males. On Thursday, April 26, officers responded to a report of an assault with a weapon on 100 Avenue near 112...
May 02, 2018