Category Archives: Peace Region

RCMP are investigating a robbery at the Beaverlodge Hotel and Tavern. It happened Thursday, March 8 just before 1 p.m. Police say a man had come into the establishment and was playing the VLTs. He the...

A former Grande Prairie District Commander of the RCMP's Western Alberta District has been named the RCMP Commissioner. Brenda Lucki will be the first woman in the role permanently, a move Prime Minis...

The Grande Prairie Fire Department says a fire in the Mountview area highlights the value of working smoke alarms. Crews were called to a report of a chimney fire in the Mountview neighbourhood near 1...

UPDATE (1:38 p.m. Friday): Highway 40 has been reopened. A multi-vehicle collision has shut down Highway 40 in both directions at the bridge. One person has been taken to hospital with non-life threat...

Local RCMP are looking for witnesses following a fight outside of the Crown and Anchor last Sunday, that saw one man get stabbed. It happened around 12:30 a.m. March 4th in the smoking area outside th...

The County of Grande Prairie Farm Family of the year will be honoured Friday at the Peace Country Classic Agri-Show. The Eugene and Ruth Slette Family from La Glace has been farming and ranching in th...

Our region’s unemployment rate dropped in February. It is now 5.3 per cent, down from 5.9 per cent in January and 6.0 per cent in December. Our region includes Grande Prairie and stretches from ...

A Sex Trade Offender Program will run in Grande Prairie for the first time. Chief Crown Prosecutor Steven Hinkley says Saturday’s course, also referred to as John School, works as an out of cour...

Three local women were recognized Thursday at Teresa Sargent Hall for their work and influence in the Grande Prairie community. Former councillor and current President of the Downtown Association, Hel...

Two people are facing charges after what Grande Prairie RCMP are calling an attempted murder. Police say around 6 p.m. Tuesday, a man suffered multiple stab wounds during an altercation. It happened n...