Category Archives: Peace Region
Safety tape being cut, barricades being moved, on closed roads says the MD of Greenview
The MD of Greenview says people have been moving barricades and cutting safety tape around closed roads. Communications Officer Diane Carter says field staff have noticed this in recent days. “B...
Apr 27, 2018
2018 Rotary Club Dream Home winner announced on Thursday
Dave Ogreysik of Sexsmith was this year’s winner of the annual Dream Home which was valued at over a million dollars. The tool hand says he and his wife were driving when they heard his name ann...
Apr 26, 2018
UPDATE: Grande Prairie RCMP respond to collision on Highway 672
UPDATE April 27: The highway has been re-opened and spill cleaned April 26: The Grande Prairie RCMP are responding to a single vehicle collision on Highway 672 and Range Road 74. Thursday at 6:10 p.m....
Apr 26, 2018
PSAC lowers well drilling forecast numbers
The Petroleum Services Association of Canada has lowered its forecast for the number of wells to be drilled in Alberta this year. The new number is 3800, down from 4000 in the original forecast. The n...
Apr 26, 2018
Man arrested after police chase on Highway 2
A police pursuit on Highway 2 has led to the arrest of one man. Spirit River RCMP say around 1:45 p.m. today, they got a call of an armed robbery at a gas station in Rycroft. After leaving the gas sta...
Apr 26, 2018
Preliminary hearing set in grader shooting incident, trial set in drug case
Alberta Justice says a preliminary hearing has been set in the case where a city grader was shot at back in February. Dakota Jackson Grey is facing ten charges, including attempted murder. His hearing...
Apr 26, 2018
City has begun filling in potholes
With the recent influx of temperatures from cold to warm and melting of snow, city streets have taken a pounding. Transportation Services Manager Robert Carroll said City crews are making regular roun...
Apr 26, 2018
Minor downtown construction begins
Construction set to begin on alleyways in downtown Grande Prairie for the next few weeks is a reminder that some of the roads downtown will be closed this summer. Phase Three of the Downtown Rehabilit...
Apr 26, 2018
Anti-abortion bus ad. appeal dismissed
A group wanting to run a graphic anti-abortion ad on transit buses has seen its appeal dismissed by Alberta’s top court. The Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform had wanted to run the ad on bu...
Apr 25, 2018
Ice jam, rising water levels on the Beaverlodge River
An ice jam on the Bearlodge River is being blamed for water levels rising. In a media release from the County of Grande Prairie, they say the jam is located upstream from Township Road 720. They add t...
Apr 25, 2018