Category Archives: Peace Region
Sign language club gets a hand from social media
A Grande Prairie couple enthusiastic about learning more sign language has reached out to the community to create an American Sign Language Club. Founders of the ASL Club of Grande Prairie Sooraya Nut...
Mar 24, 2018
Court update: Jail time set in two cases, trial date set in another
A Peace River court has handed down a jail sentence after the 2015 hold-up of the ATB branch in Berwyn. Christopher Trevor Lawrence was given a four year, nine-month sentence February 23 for a charge ...
Mar 23, 2018
Anticipated snowfall misses Grande Prairie, warning now ended
The snowfall warning has now ended for the Grande Prairie, Beaverlodge, and Valleyview regions. Environment Canada issued a winter storm watch Wednesday morning and upgraded it to a snowfall warning W...
Mar 23, 2018
New Catholic school coming to Grande Prairie
The 20 new schools announced today by the province includes one for Grande Prairie. The government says it will be a new Grande Prairie and District Catholic Schools K to 9 for O’Brien Lake West...
Mar 23, 2018
RCMP warning of tax scam
Grande Prairie RCMP has received reports of aggressive phone calls from people claiming to be collecting money for the Canada Revenue Agency. Police say the scam most commonly involves the caller tell...
Mar 23, 2018
County reeve and energy minister weigh in on budget
The County of Grande Prairie Reeve and MLA for Dunvegan Central Peace Notley are reacting following Thursday's provincial budget. The finance minister announced an increase funding for education, heal...
Mar 23, 2018
Alberta Transportation issues travel advisory
As we remain under a snowfall warning, Alberta Transportation has released a travel advisory for parts of northwestern and central Alberta. According to Environment Canada, the Grande Prairie region c...
Mar 22, 2018
Over 150 people gather in Peace Region to remember loved ones
People traveled to Grande Prairie from all over western Canada to commemorate their missing and murdered loves ones this week. An event called Natawihowin was held at the Entrec Centre at Evergreen Pa...
Mar 22, 2018
Expect a fiscally restraint budget says GPRC political science professor
A political science professor at GPRC doesn’t expect too much local infrastructure spending in Thursday's provincial budget. Dawn Moffat-McMaster says while it is an election budget, the NDP wil...
Mar 22, 2018
Suspect in Ontario attack also facing drug charges in Grande Prairie
Police in Ontario are looking for a man who is also facing drug charges in Grande Prairie. Peel Regional Police say 25-year-old Ronjot Singh Dhami is a suspect in what they call a “vicious assau...
Mar 21, 2018