Peace region residents are paying up to five times more for their electricity than fellow Albertans and the City of Grande Prairie is championing efforts to change that.  The city is pushing the province for a review of its electricity distribution regulations, asking for an equalization model that would eliminate the disparity in pricing across […]

Northern MLAs are coming together to seek changes to the proposed electoral divisions from the Electoral Boundaries Commission. The proposed boundaries would involve the resizing of electoral divisions, including the merger of Saddle Hills County with the Grande Prairie-Wapiti riding, and the removal of the Lesser Slave Lake riding. “If these factors are not considered […]

Two of Alberta’s remaining southern mountain caribou populations will be put at risk of local extinction if the province’s management plan for the Upper Smoky area goes ahead, says the Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA). The area is south of Grande Prairie in the Kakwa Wildland Park and includes about half of the Willmore Wilderness Park. […]

First-year students in the Veterinary Technology program at Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP) Fairview campus are “devastated” by the announcement of the campus closure.  Twenty-eight students started the two-year diploma program just two months ago, and learned of the closure at the same time media releases went out around 8:30 p.m. Oct. 29.  NWP said it is […]