Category Archives: Peace Region

Peace Regional RCMP says on April 29, 2025, members were out in the community of Peace River conducting proactive patrols in the area of 100 Avenue and 101 Street when they saw a person riding a dirtb...

FORT ST. JOHN - The City of Fort St. John, B.C., says a wildfire that prompted evacuations last night is not actively threatening any structures. But in an update posted at 8:40 p.m. Thursday, it says...

A Grande Prairie resident has been crowned the winner of a pageant competition celebrating body positivity.Hannah Schulz was named Miss Fuller Woman 2025 as part of an event that uplifts women who emb...

UPDATE: May 2 - The wildfire danger has been upgraded to very high in the Grande Prairie Forest Area.The Wildfire Information Office is asking people to keep an eye on their surroundings and call 310-...

Graduation season kicks of Peace Wapiti Public School Division today (Friday, May 2).From now until June 24, PWPSD will be holding cap and gown ceremonies and marches to recognize the graduating class...

Peace Wapiti Public School Division has revealed their nominee for the Edwin Parr Award, which honours first-year teachers. Bailey Gardecki, who teaches Grade 1 and 2, has been recognized for her outs...

BC Wildfire is still battling "a cluster of wildfires" along Highway 52, southwest of Dawson Creek. The highway remains closed in both directions by RCMP while crews battle the five blazes. Two blazes...

The City of Grande Prairie has upgraded the fire advisory issued in April to a fire restriction. Effective as of noon today (Thursday, May 1), any open burning is prohibited, including smudge fires, b...

Residents in the community may have noticed the City of Grande Prairie starting its "annual inspection blitz for mobile cooking units." To receive their business license, 28 mobile vendors are undergo...

EDMONTON - Two First Nations chiefs are accusing Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of "attempting to manufacture a national unity crisis" and are calling on her to stop stoking the fires of separatism. S...