Category Archives: Peace Region
239-person delegation will represent Alberta at the Arctic Winter Games
Team Alberta North is set to get going at this year’s Arctic Winter Games. Alberta has sent a 239-person delegation of athletes, coaches, mission staff, chaperones, and cultural delegates. Grand...
Mar 18, 2018
Advice by Rice: book on former City Councillor available
A 76-page book of advice from former Councillor Helen Rice is available for purchase. With almost 40 years served on council, Rice retired as a member after the most recent election in 2017. In order ...
Mar 18, 2018
Multiple vehicles involved in crashes on 100th street
UPDATE: According to the County of Grande Prairie’s Facebook page, Range Road 63 between Highway 43X and Township Road 724 is also closed at this time due to a motor vehicle accident. Emergency ...
Mar 17, 2018
GPRC President's Awards handed out
Grande Regional College recognized seven people with it’s President’s Awards at a lunch Tuesday at Evergreen Park. Doug Morris was given the Board of Governor’s Award of Distinction....
Mar 17, 2018
Where to get your green beer today? There's a map for that!
If you’re planning to get your green on today for St Patrick’s Day and wondering where to go, Best Bar None has mapped out on their website, local establishments that are part of their saf...
Mar 17, 2018
Sentences handed out in three Peace Region court cases
A wanted man nabbed by some residents of Clear Hills County in November of 2016 has been handed a jail sentence by a Peace River court. Alberta Justice says Malcolm Testawits has been given a three-an...
Mar 16, 2018
Province says diversification programs are already paying dividends in the Peace
The provincial government says a pending new deal for a local business is proof its programs to boost the energy business are working. Tradesmen Enterprises, based in the County of Grande Prairie, is ...
Mar 16, 2018
Rural bus pilot project being considered
City Councillors will look at signing a letter of support for a project that would see buses travel from five surrounding communities into the city. Applications are due at the end of the month for th...
Mar 16, 2018
Grande Prairie woman charged after rural break in near Edmonton
A woman from Grande Prairie is among four charged following a break and enter at a rural property near Edmonton in which the suspects rammed the homeowner’s truck while he was inside it. The man...
Mar 16, 2018
Grande Cache gets Coal Community Transition Fund dollars
The Town of Grande Cache is getting some financial help from the government of Alberta. The town will get $325,000 through the Coal Community Transition Fund. "Coal communities have a proud history of...
Mar 16, 2018