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'Nothing to be envious about:' Experts caution against following U.S. lead on COVID
Canadians may be looking with envy at the United States as it lifts COVID-19 restrictions and distributes vaccinations, but experts say key indicators show there's no reason to covet our southern neig...
Apr 15, 2021
Storm set to resume season following another lengthy layoff
The Grande Prairie Storm are back on the ice and heading on the road for the first time since their season came to a halt on April 1.The club is opening up a four-game cohort series against the Fort M...
Apr 15, 2021
Alberta teachers demanding full rewrite of draft K-6 curriculum
EDMONTON - The Alberta Teachers' Association is urging the government to slam the brakes on its draft education curriculum for young students, calling it potentially damaging to child development.Asso...
Apr 15, 2021
Political party governing Montreal mulls disarming police and redirecting funds
MONTREAL - The political party governing Montreal is questioning whether all city police need to carry firearms at all times. Projet Montreal adopted a motion during the municipal party's recent conve...
Apr 15, 2021
Legal challenge seeks to overturn Quebec ban on cannabis T-shirts, other products
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge is hearing the final day of arguments in a head shop's challenge of a provincial law that bans the sale of cannabis-themed products. The co-owner of Prohibitio...
Apr 15, 2021
Barbers, artists help defy vaccine myths for people of colour
SAN DIEGO - In a Washington, D.C., suburb, Black and Latino barbers are busting myths about the coronavirus vaccine while clipping hair. Across the country, a university researcher in Phoenix teamed u...
Apr 15, 2021
Judge: R. Kelly to be moved to NYC for sex-trafficking trial
NEW YORK - A federal judge gave the green light Thursday to move jailed R&B singer R. Kelly to New York City to go on trial this summer after several delays. Kelly has been held in Chicago, where ...
Apr 15, 2021
Vancouver Aquarium now owned by Dollywood theme park operator Herschend Enterprises
VANCOUVER - A privately owned entertainment company based in the United States is the new owner of the Vancouver Aquarium. The aquarium says in a statement 100 per cent ownership has been acquired by ...
Apr 15, 2021
Food truck applications for City of Grande Prairie properties opens Monday
The City of Grande Prairie will begin accepting applications from food truck operators that wish to set up on City property starting Monday, April 19 until May 2.Hayley Kramps, the Recreation Programm...
Apr 15, 2021
Bellator 257 a family affair for Canadian mixed martial arts trio
Bellator 257 will be a family affair Friday when former featherweight champion Julia (The Jewel) Budd and lightweight Lance Gibson Jr. share a card for the first time. Budd, 37, is Gibson's stepmother...
Apr 15, 2021