Category Archives: Peace Region
Peace Regional RCMP investigating multiple Peace River break and enters
Peace Regional RCMP are investigating multiple break-and-enter incidents that took place last month.On March 15, Mounties responded to a report of a break and enter to a business around 100 Street, wi...
Apr 22, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 35945460 © Alexandru Cuznetov | Dreamstime.com)
Classroom Champions stop in Hythe features Alberta Olympian
A Canadian Olympian will be doing a Classroom Champions presentation today (Wednesday, April 22) at Hythe Regional School.Kacie Bosch competed in 3x3 basketball in the 2024 Paris Olympics.Bosch says t...
Apr 22, 2026 (Image Credit: Classroom Champions/Facebook.)
2026 Smile Cookies Campaign begins April 22
The Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation is kicking off the 2026 Smile Cookies campaign Wednesday, April 22.Volunteers with the Sargent Family Foundation and the Grande Prairie Regional Hospita...
Apr 22, 2026 ”A-Team” van ready to deliver 22,000 Smile Cookies to Grande Prairie schools (Image Credit: Evertying GP Staff/Erika Rolling)
GPPS to assume all city policing duties by October
The Grande Prairie Police Service has entered it's final phase of the Grande Prairie police transition. GPPS says they are two years ahead of schedule and have a date set for the force to assume all c...
Apr 22, 2026 GPPS (Image Credit: EGP Staff)
Aquatera announces battery donation recipients
Aquatera Utilities has announced the first-quarter recipients of their 2026 Battery Donation program.The program provides a safe way for customers to recycle household batteries at Aquatera's eco cent...
Apr 21, 2026 (Image Credit: Aquatera Utilities Inc.)
Winter snow clearing transitions to spring operations
The City of Grande Prairie says with warmer temperatures now sticking around, winter road maintenance is shifting towards spring maintenance. This means snow clearing and ice control are in the rearvi...
Apr 21, 2026 100th Ave east in downtown Grande Prairie on April 21, 2026. (Image Credit: Erika Rolling)
PRSD secures grant funding for Youth Commercial Driver Pathway
Peace River School Division has received a grant from Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors to support their North Peace Commercial Driving Academy.Over $950,000 has been awarded to aid the ac...
Apr 21, 2026 (Image Credit: Peace River School Division)
Goodwill taking part in "Earth Day Clean UP"
Residents may notice Goodwill Employees out cleaning up around their communities on Earth Day (Wednesday, Apr. 22). Starting at 11 a.m., 1,200 employees province-wide will take part in "Earth Day Clea...
Apr 21, 2026 ID 130156925 © Prostockstudio | Dreamstime.com
Evacuation order issued for Old Fort, B.C., due to landslide
The province of British Columbia issued an evacuation alert due to landslide risk late Monday night (April 20) for residents in Old Fort; a community situated along the banks of the Peace River, south...
Apr 21, 2026 (Image Credit: Peace River Regional District)
Riverstone students to hear presentation from three-time Paralympian on Tuesday
Some Grade 3 to 7 students at Grande Prairie's Riverstone Public School will be part of a Classroom Champions presentation with a decorated Paralympian today (Tuesday, April 21).Wheelchair racer Austi...
Apr 21, 2026 (Image Credit: Classroom Champions/Facebook.)