Category Archives: Peace Region
New City Council to be sworn in
A week after Municipal Elections in Alberta, the Grande Prairie City Council members will be sworn in tonight. Four new faces will be joining the council table including Dylan Bressey. He says it was ...
Oct 23, 2017
Flu shot clinics open Monday
With winter right around the corner, Alberta Health Services is encouraging everyone to get their flu shot. The province's annual influenza immunization program kicks off on Monday. AHS Medical office...
Oct 23, 2017
RCMP encourage residents to take measures to avoid copper wire thefts
RCMP are asking both city and county residents to take measures to avoid incidents of copper wire thefts. Since the start of the year, local Mounties say they have received numerous complaints, with s...
Oct 23, 2017
RCMP confirm they are investigating three Highway 40 shooting incidents
Grande Prairie RCMP confirm they are investigating three incidents of vehicles being shot at along Highway 40. The first happened Wednesday afternoon. Just before 4 p.m., a tanker truck southbound on ...
Oct 23, 2017
Local woman receives national volunteer medal
Grande Prairie's Lorna McIlroy was presented with the Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers by the Lietenant Governor Lois Mitchell earlier this week. "I would tell you that Lorna, she made significant and...
Oct 23, 2017
New President for the Grande Prairie Stompede
Trevor Denis will replace Terri Sudnik as the Grande Prairie Stompede President. He was elected to take on the position Thursday night at the Stompede's Annual General Meeting. Sudnik told our newsroo...
Oct 23, 2017
Student mental health funding announcement at GPRC Monday
Alberta's Advanced Education Minister will be in Grande Prairie today. Marlin Schmidt will be here to announce new funding for student mental health. He will be joined by officials from the College an...
Oct 23, 2017
Grimshaw workplace accident leaves one person dead
Occupational Health and Safety is investigating after a workplace accident in Grimshaw left one worker dead. Alberta Labour Spokesman Trent Bancarz says two workers were putting up a chain-link fence ...
Oct 23, 2017
Beaverlodge RCMP to operate as stand-alone detachment
The Beaverlodge RCMP Detachment will officially operate as a stand-alone Detachment as of December 1, 2017. Chief Superintendent John Ferguson says the decision to separate from the Grande Prairie Det...
Oct 23, 2017
Forestry Open House tonight
Three local forestry companies will talk about their future plans at an open house tonight. Weyerhaeuser's Traci Carter says this is the public's chance to ask questions. "We have Weyerhaeuser, Canfor...
Oct 20, 2017