Category Archives: Peace Region

City council approves 2026 budget
City council approved the 2026 budget at its last meeting of 2025 on Monday.The budget calls for a 4.34 per cent property tax increase. Of that, 2.42 per cent is for city services and 1.92 per cent fo...
Dec 09, 2025

Highlights from Monday's meeting of Grande Prairie City Council
Grande Prairie City Council held its last meeting of 2025 on Monday. Besides the approval of the 2026 budget, some other things were discussed. Those included the following:Inclusivity and programming...
Dec 08, 2025

Snow removal in La Glace Tuesday, December 9
County of Grande Prairie crews are conducting snow removal operations in the Hamlet of La Glace Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.When the digital "no parking" signs are visible, that means temporary restrictions...
Dec 08, 2025

Parking Ban on Priority 1 and 2 routes now in effect
Parking bans are now in effect in Grande Prairie.Priority Roads Parking BansThe parking ban restricts vehicles from parking on Priority 1 and 2 roads from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday throu...
Dec 08, 2025

Save Fairview Campus collects over 4,000 signatures
Over four-thousand signatures have been collected on a petition to keep the Northwestern Polytechnic campus in Fairview open.The Save Fairview Campus movement physically collected 4,169 signatures for...
Dec 08, 2025

Environment Canada says heavy snowfall possible for parts of the Peace
UPDATE: The BC Peace and the MD of Lesser Slave River also now have similar warnings in place.Environment Canada says it has issued what it calls a yellow warning for snowfall in parts of the Peace.It...
Dec 07, 2025

Plowing to start in Hythe, Clairmont on Monday
The County of Grande Prairie says residential snow removal will start Monday, December 8 in Hythe and Clairmont.Street parking is not allowed between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. The county says vehicles left on...
Dec 07, 2025

Grande Prairie horseman wins award at Agribition that is rarely given out
A Grande Prairie horseman has won an accolade at Canada's biggest agriculture show that isn't given out very often.Gordon Frentz won the 2025 Top Teamster of the Year at the Chore Team Competition at ...
Dec 07, 2025

Ribbon-cutting marks official completion of Highway 40 twinning project
A ribbon-cutting held Saturday afternoon on the highway's median just north of the traffic circle marked the official completion of the Highway 40 twinning project Officials from the MD of Greenview a...
Dec 06, 2025

Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors under new leadership
At its annual general meeting held Thursday, the Grande Prairie & District Chamber of Commerce welcomed some new members to its board of directors and announced some award winners. Lori Pollock wi...
Dec 06, 2025