Category Archives: Peace Region
UPDATE: Natural gas has been restored
UPDATE: ATCO has advised they’ve restored natural gas after a morning outage. “The frigid temps caused a gas outage in the Teepee Creek/Bezanson area NE of (Grande Prairie). Gas has been r...
Jan 12, 2018
Grande Prairie RCMP investigate death of young girl
Local Mounties are investigating the death of a child. The 23-month-old girl was brought to the QEII hospital Tuesday morning. “This week because there were police cars outside of the residence ...
Jan 12, 2018
Extreme Cold Warning still in place, but hopefully not for long
Grande Prairie residents have to deal with one more day of cold. The extreme cold warning is still in effect for the Grande Prairie region. The warning has been in place since Wednesday, but according...
Jan 12, 2018
Too cold to clear snow in the County
County of Grande Prairie Public Works won’t be clearing snow until it warms up a bit. Operations Manager Clint Diedrich explains that their procedure is to stop non-emergency road maintenance wh...
Jan 11, 2018
Drugs & guns seized during ALERT investigation
ALERT Grande Prairie has seized more than half a kilogram of cocaine, two guns and other drugs following a five-month investigation. The joint investigation — also involving Fairview RCMP, Peace...
Jan 11, 2018
RCMP Superintendent hoping to keep crime down even as economy improves
Crime trends were down all the way through 2017, according to the head of the Grande Prairie RCMP detachment. When it comes to 2018, Superintendent Don McKenna says there will be more chances for peop...
Jan 11, 2018
Three vehicle collision east of Beaverlodge
UPDATE (9:00 am): According to 511Alberta, the highway has re-opened There was a three-vehicle collision involving two pick-up trucks and a tanker east of Beaverlodge along Highway 43. The collision h...
Jan 11, 2018
Extreme cold warning issued for Grande Prairie area
Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for the Grande Prairie area and northern Alberta. In the forecast for the city, temperatures can reach minus 43 with the wind chill overnight Wedn...
Jan 10, 2018
Boxing fundraiser fights cancer
He had over 700 tickets sold for the event held in Westlock in 2017, and there are hopes of it being even bigger in 2018. Ridgevalley resident Scotty Cartwright is moving Fight for Hope to a facility ...
Jan 10, 2018
Youth to stand trial for 2016 stabbing death
A young person will stand trial for a 2016 stabbing death of a Grande Prairie man. RCMP were called to an apartment on the south side on November 30 around 4:30 p.m. to reports of an injured man. He w...
Jan 10, 2018