Category Archives: Peace Region

Slow down, stay alert say RCMP after van strikes pedestrian
The Grande Prairie RCMP are asking drivers to slow down and stay alert in these road and weather conditions after a van hit a pedestrian Friday. A 19-year-old woman was crossing the street in a marked...
Feb 10, 2018

McCuaig-Boyd disappointed Autumn Lodge offer rejcted
The MLA for Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley says she is disappointed an offer to postpone the closure of Autumn Lodge in Berwyn has been rejected. In a Facebook post from yesterday, Marg McCuaig-Boyd sa...
Feb 10, 2018

Clean up underway at Grande Prairie Airport
While residents of the swan city have been digging themselves out of the immense amount of snow which we received over the last week, so has the staff at the Grande Prairie Airport. Director of Operat...
Feb 10, 2018

This area will be busy for several years says Beaupre
County of Grande Prairie Reeve Leanne Beaupre talked about roads and budgets today at a Rotary Club of Grande Prairie lunch. She says part of the reason the County puts so much into roads and bridges ...
Feb 09, 2018

Region’s unemployment rate dips slightly
Our region’s unemployment rate fell slightly in January and is now the same as the national rate. According to Statistics Canada the area that includes Grande Prairie and stretches from Jasper t...
Feb 09, 2018

Odyssey House applauds Safer Space certificates program
There’s now grant money available for landlords in the fight against family violence. In August 2016, the Alberta government announced funding that would allow people in violent living situation...
Feb 09, 2018

Culvert replacement on Range Road 133
The County of Grande Prairie says it is replacing a culvert along Range Road 133. It is the Albright Creek bridge culvert just north of Highway 43. Traffic will be down to one alternating lane and spe...
Feb 08, 2018

Important step ahead for Grovedale daycare project
Grovedale is a step closer to having its first licensed daycare. The Grovedale Daycare Society has been given a $440,0000 grant by the M.D. of Greenview. Society Executive Director Lisa Arlint says th...
Feb 08, 2018

Grande Prairie Regional Tourism Association seeking more funding
An organization tasked with bringing people to the region for leisure is asking for more money from its municipal partners. Grande Prairie Regional Tourism Association Chair Johnathan Clarkson says th...
Feb 08, 2018

February's Bylaw Enforcement Education Program is disabled parking
There is an ongoing issue in Grande Prairie with people using disabled parking spots when they don’t have a valid permit. This month, enforcement officers will be cracking down on those drivers ...
Feb 07, 2018