Category Archives: Peace Region
Peace Region municipalities recognizing Workers' Mourning Day
Multiple Peace Region municipalities are acknowledging Workers' Mourning Day today, April 28, remembering people who have lost their lives or suffered illness or injury as a result of their work. The ...
Apr 28, 2026 (Image Credit: City of Grande Prairie)
Watermain break closes 88 Avenue and 98 Street in Grande Prairie
A Water Main break has resulted in a road closure in Grande Prairie.Drivers are being asked to avoid the 88 Avenue and 98 Street intersection for the time being.Transit services will be adjusting thei...
Apr 28, 2026 (Image Credit: City of Grande Prairie)
Highlights from Monday meeting of Grande Prairie City Council
Grande Prairie City Council met on Monday for the first time since March 30. - The city recorded a budget surplus of $3,786,000 for 2025. Council approved dividing up the money between three reserve f...
Apr 28, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Galbraith.)
Potential measles exposure at GPRH ED
Residents who attended the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Emergency Department last week, may have been exposed to measles.According to AHS, an individual with Measles was at the ED two days last we...
Apr 27, 2026 Photo Courtesy AHS (Image Credit: Photo Courtesy AHS)
NWP hosting mass-casualty training event
Northwestern Polytechnic is hosting a multi-agency mass casualty training event Tuesday, April 28.Residents passing NWP's parking lot may hear loud noises and see simulated casualties while emergency ...
Apr 27, 2026 (Image Credit: Northwestern Polytechnic)
Ice jam advisory ended for Peace River
River breakup is almost complete on the Peace River. The Town of Peace River said in a social media update posted on Sunday, April 26, that most of the ice has cleared through the community and water ...
Apr 27, 2026 East facing view of the Peace River ice breakup on April 27, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. (Image Credit: Water Survey of Canada via Alberta River Basins website)
PWPSD welcoming new teachers supported through annual bursary program
Peace Wapiti Public School Division is welcoming four new teachers as part of their bursary program.Kellie Flett, Jodi Trapp, Jadeyn Lunn, and Bryce Bogdanek, all recipients of the Division's Teacher ...
Apr 27, 2026 (Image Credit: Peace Wapiti Public School Division)
Some elective surgeries being postponed at GPRH
Alberta Heath Services says due to an issue with medical device reprocessing at the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital, some elective surgeries that are scheduled or pre-booked may be getting postponed....
Apr 27, 2026 (Image Credit: File photo/Everything GP Staff)
Peace Region locals part of 2026 National Championship win
Two girls from the Peace Region have the right to call themselves national champions. Both Taylor Wasylchew and Kasey McLeod of Grande Prairie, were a part of the U18 Red Deer Chiefs' 4-3 overtime win...
Apr 26, 2026 U18 Red Deer Chiefs (Image Credit: 2026 Esso Cup website)
Alberta Open Farm Days registration closes April 30
Any places interested in being hosts for this year's edition of Alberta Open Farm Days have until April 30 to register.Last year, more than a dozen farms and organizations in the Peace acted as hosts....
Apr 26, 2026 (Image Credit: Alberta Open Farm Days.)