Category Archives: Peace Region

2024 Atikameg homicide leads to second-degree murder charges
Arrests have been made after a dead body was found in a wooded area of Atikameg First Nation at the end of 2024.A body was found on December 30, and was noted to have "suspicious injuries." RCMP's Maj...
Jul 29, 2025

AHS confirms measles case at the Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital
A person with measles has been confirmed to have visited a public area in Beaverlodge.Alberta Health Services says the individuals visited the Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital Emergency Department Frida...
Jul 28, 2025

Planned water outage starts in Bezanson
The County of Grande Prairie has begun its planned water service disruptions in Bezanson. The interruptions should last two to four hours between 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. while crews conduct water main ...
Jul 28, 2025

Alberta announces $114.6 million to support local infrastructure projects
The Alberta Government has announced new funding for local road, bridge and water infrastructure projects.Rural Alberta is the backbone of our province, driving economic growth, feeding the world and ...
Jul 28, 2025

Crop conditions deteriorating says latest crop report
The July 22 crop report from the province and AFSC says 21.7 per cent of the crops in the Peace were in good or excellent condition as of that date.That is down from 27.6 per cent in the July 15 repor...
Jul 28, 2025

Wabasca Hospital Emergency Department closed until July 28
The Wabasca Hospital emergency department will be will be temporarily closed until Monday, July 28 after reopening Sunday morning, July 27.Effective 6:00 p.m., the ED is closed due to an unexpected ga...
Jul 27, 2025

Earthquake reported 35 km from Grande Prairie July 26
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake occurred near Grande Prairie around 9:00 p.m. July 26.Earthquakes Canada is reporting the quake happened roughly 35 km south-southeast from the City and had a depth of 3.6 k...
Jul 27, 2025

Grande Prairie RCMP execute search warrant in Scenic Ridge July 17
A pair of Grande Prairie residents were arrested earlier this month and roughly a thousand grams of suspected narcotics were seized during the execution of a search warrant.On July 17, the Grande Prai...
Jul 27, 2025

MD of Greenview conducting road work on Range Road 225 July 28, 29
The MD of Greenview is temporarily closing Range Road 225.Starting Monday, July 28 the road will be closed intermittently for approximately two hours at a time from Township Road 685 and 692 to accomm...
Jul 27, 2025

Wabasca Hospital Emergency Department closed until Jul 27
The Wabasca Hospital emergency department will be will be temporarily closed until Sunday July 27.Effective 6:00 p.m. Saturday July 26, the ED is closed due to an unexpected gap in clinical personnel,...
Jul 26, 2025