Category Archives: Peace Region

GPFA fire risk now at Moderate Level
The fire danger in the Grande Prairie Forest Area has risen slightly from low to moderate.While cooler temperatures and recent rain have lowered the overall risk, wildfires can still start in dry area...
Jul 24, 2025

Local author featured in anthology collection
A Beaverlodge resident will have her writing published in an anthology collection from the Alberta Romance Writers' Association.Kirsten Clark's short story On the Straight and Narrow will be included ...
Jul 23, 2025

Medical camp for young people underway in Grande Prairie
A medical camp for 50 students from the Peace in on until Friday, July 25, in Grande Prairie.They are learning about working in medicine from students from the University of Alberta's medicine program...
Jul 23, 2025

$11.2 million Provincial investment to help settle family disputes
An additional $3.2 million on top of an $8 million investment from the province will now be used to help support families. With this $11.2 million, the Family Justice Strategy will be expanding to Gra...
Jul 23, 2025

AHS confirms measles infected person visited Fairview Health Complex July 17-18
Alberta Health Services is notifying the public of another incident of a person with a confirmed case of measles visiting a public Fairview location.This individual has been reported visiting the Fair...
Jul 23, 2025

City of Grande Prairie expands canvassing for tax assessment records
The City of Grande Prairie is expanding the list of neighbourhoods included in its 2025 property assessment canvassing.As of May of this year, City crews have been working to ensure accurate, up-to-da...
Jul 23, 2025

Crop conditions improve but still below historical averages in the Peace
The July 15 provincial crop report says 27.6 per cent of the major crops in the Peace were in good or excellent condition as of that date.That is up from 23.6 per cent in the July 8 report.The five ye...
Jul 23, 2025

Mounties recover multiple stolen trucks recovered in Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie RCMP's Crime Reduction Unit recovered two stolen trucks in separate incidents last week.On July 15, 2025, a stolen truck was observed driving recklessly and the driver was taken into cu...
Jul 22, 2025

Peace Country historian David Leonard passes away
Well-known Peace Country historian David Leonard has died.An obituary posted to social media says Leonard died in Edmonton on July 3 "after a brief illness." He was 80 years old.The obituary says he w...
Jul 22, 2025

Culvert replacement work in Hamlet of DeBolt
The Municipal District of Greenview has temporarily closed an intersection in the Hamelt of DeBolt for culvert replacement work.The intersection at 1 Street East and Alberta Avenue is closed to all tr...
Jul 22, 2025