Category Archives: Peace Region
Grande Prairie RCMP share police event statistics for October 2025
The Grande Prairie RCMP detachment has released their rough crime statistics for October 2025.Local Mounties are reporting that the total number of police events in the city decreased in October 2025,...
Nov 10, 2025
No on-site physician at Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital ED multiple times Nov. 10-14
The Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital emergency department will be without an on-site physician three times this week.Due to an inability to secure physician coverage, AHS says there will be no on-site p...
Nov 10, 2025
City of Grande Prairie announces Remembrance Day hours
The City of Grande Prairie is adjusting facility hours of operation for Remembrance Day.On Tuesday Nov. 11, multiple facilities will be closed including City Hall, City Service Centre, Montrose Cultur...
Nov 10, 2025
1,900 people around Grande Prairie without power
UPDATE as of 10:15 a.m. - Power has been restored.--------------People living in the southwest Grande Prairie city limits, to Dimsdale, all the way to Lake Saskatoon, and down to Pipestone Creek are w...
Nov 10, 2025
Wind warning issued for Peace Country
Environment Canada says the Peace Country is in for some gusty weather today (Nov. 10).According to the national weather office, Grande Prairie and area is expected to get winds of up to 90km/h. The w...
Nov 10, 2025
Two Remembrance Day ceremonies taking place in Grande Prairie Tuesday
There are two Remembrance Day ceremonies in Grande Prairie tomorrow (Tuesday, November 11).Army Navy & Air Force Veterans of Canada Unit 389 will hold its ceremony at the cenotaph in Jubilee Park....
Nov 10, 2025
Shots fired incident reported at Simon Lake November 8
Peace River Regional RCMP say there is no ongoing risk to the public following reports of shots fired in Simon Lake Saturday, November 8.Just after 10:00 a.m., Mounties received a report of shots fire...
Nov 09, 2025
Local athlete preparing for first international competition
A Grade 11 student at Peace Wapiti Academy has her sights set on representing Canada on the international stage.Indy Dorscheid is training to be a skeleton slider after being identified as having pote...
Nov 09, 2025
GPPSD elects new Chair and Vice Chair
The Grande Prairie Public School Division Board of Trustees has elected a new Chair and Vice Chair.At the first organizational meeting following the municipal election, the board elected Joan Nellis t...
Nov 09, 2025
Indigenous Veterans Day 2025 Ceremony held at Grande Prairie's Veterans Memorial Park
Grande Prairie's Veterans Memorial Park & Interpretive Centre held a ceremony for Indigenous Veterans Day Saturday, November 8.Members of local First Nations and Metis communities, gathered to hon...
Nov 08, 2025