Category Archives: Peace Region
Changes for County campground fees
County of Grande Prairie Council has approved some changes to camping fees. The cost for group bookings at all campgrounds except Pipestone will be lowered. “We just wanted to encourage group bo...
Apr 12, 2018
County starts final budget talks Thursday
County of Grande Prairie Council will start final budget deliberations Thursday Two days have been set aside for final budget talks. Council approved a $147-million dollar interim budget in early Dece...
Apr 12, 2018
City Councillor wants to start Uber conversation in Grande Prairie
A City Councillor is interested in sparking up a conversation around the Uber app, Grande Prairie, and how the two could intertwine in the future. After a recent conversation at a committee meeting an...
Apr 12, 2018
DeBolt firefighter starts fund-raiser for Humboldt bus crash first responders
A volunteer firefighter with the DeBolt Fire Department is raising money to help the emergency personnel that were called out to the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Clark Peters says he has worked in emer...
Apr 11, 2018
CN apologizes again for grain backlog, vows to get things moving
CN Rail is again apologizing to farmers in the Peace for not getting grain to market this winter. Executive Vice President Sean Finn says the company has not cleared the backlog in this area yet but i...
Apr 11, 2018
Memorial for Haugan being planned in Peace River
At the player’s entrance at the rink in Peace River, where Darcy Haugan coached the Navigators for 12 years, sticks have been set out along with Haugan’s old whiteboards he used to draw up...
Apr 10, 2018
City bus pilot project proposed for new school in Arbour Hills
The City of Grande Prairie is looking at trying out a two-month bus pilot project for the new school in the Arbour Hills neighbourhood. St. John Paul II Junior-Senior Catholic High School is set to op...
Apr 10, 2018
Housing starts up in the County but down in the City says CMHC
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says total home starts are down in Grande Prairie so far this year compared to last. There have been 14 starts through April, down from 24 through the first...
Apr 10, 2018
Coffee for Humboldt first responders
A local Primary Care Paramedic is looking to rally up support from emergency services and the public to let the first responders of the Humboldt Broncos Bus crash know Grande Prairie is here to suppor...
Apr 10, 2018
Annual Cash and Camping Lottery kicked off Monday, over half a million in prizes up for grabs
The 19th Annual Cash and Camping Lottery kicked off on Monday outside the Great Northern Casino. Co-Chair of the Lottery Committee Rachel White says there is a wide variety of prizes this year totalli...
Apr 10, 2018