Category Archives: Peace Region

Public assistance wanted in string of break and enters around Grande Prairie
Mounties in Grande Prairie say several industrial area businesses/properties along Highway 40 and 668 were broken into this week. It is believed the string of break-and-enters appear to have occurred ...
Jan 09, 2025

University of Calgary partnering with Grande Prairie's Re-imagining the Family Justice System Initiative
An initiative that proved successful in Grande Prairie will be influencing a shift in family justice practices from the University of Calgary. A $26.8 million philanthropic gift from Alberta Law Found...
Jan 09, 2025

TELUS services impacted in Valleyview area
As of January 9, TELUS communications says customers in Northwest Alberta are experiencing a failure of wireline and wireless services in their network due to cable damages.The damages were done by un...
Jan 09, 2025

Grande Prairie man to appear in court following drug seizure
A Grande Prairie resident will be appearing in court next week facing 13 charges following a drug seizure in late November.On November 28, Grande Prairie RCMP executed search warrants in Mountainview ...
Jan 09, 2025

Fairview RCMP arrest leads to 21 charges laid
Fairview RCMP received a call regarding a suspicious vehicle on 101 Avenue in that community on Monday, January 6 which led to two arrests.Wesley Gordon Potratz, a 48-year-old Fairview resident had 20...
Jan 08, 2025

Ground-breaking ceremony held for new Rising Above facility
An addiction and mental health support not-for-profit in Grande Prairie hosted a ground-breaking ceremony for its new facility earlier in the week. Sixty residents, including members of Grande Prairie...
Jan 08, 2025

Nominations open for County of Grande Prairie 2025 Municipal Election
The County of Grande Prairie is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Municipal Election. Interested residents will be able to run to join County Council and represent one of nine electoral divisions...
Jan 08, 2025

Overdose deaths on the decline in Grande Prairie
New numbers have been released by the provincial government on acute substance use around Alberta.In the latest Alberta substance use surveillance system update, it shows up until September of 2024 th...
Jan 08, 2025

Registration open for Special Olympics Grande Prairie Polar Plunge fundraiser
Special Olympics Grande Prairie is holding a Polar Plunge fundraising event next month.You are invited to jump into a pool of cold water to help raise funds for the Special Olympics Alberta Summer Gam...
Jan 08, 2025
GPPSD trustees to vote on contract agreement with non-instructional employees on January 14
The Grande Prairie Public School Division board will vote on a new contract with its non-instructional employees at its meeting next Tuesday, January 14.The division announced that a tentative deal wi...
Jan 08, 2025