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County of Grande Prairie offices & facilities closing early
A County of Grande Prairie all-staff meeting will be affecting daily operations on Wednesday, November 27.Starting at 11:30 a.m., multiple county service offices and facilities will be closed:Administ...
Nov 26, 2024
B.C. health executive fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine loses EI appeal
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has dismissed an appeal by a "deeply religious" British Columbia health executive who said he was wrongfully denied employment insurance after being fired three years...
Nov 26, 2024
Shipping container of teddy bears pulled out of river near Montreal
MONTREAL - A shipping container full of teddy bears that fell into the St. Lawrence River near the Port of Montreal over the weekend has been successfully removed. An employee with the company Urgence...
Nov 26, 2024
Closing First Nations infrastructure gap could generate $635B: report
OTTAWA - Closing the First Nations infrastructure gap could generate $635-billion in economic output over the next seven years, a new report commissioned by the Assembly of First Nations says. The AFN...
Nov 26, 2024
Investigation into B.C. teen with bird flu finds no new cases, cause still unknown
British Columbia's provincial health officer says an investigation into the case of a teenager infected with avian flu has found no new cases or evidence of human-to-human transmission, while failing ...
Nov 26, 2024
County thanking residents for patience during Hythe water outage
The County of Grande Prairie is thanking residents of Hythe for their patience with the ongoing planned water outages.The outages are part of a valve replacement project being funded by a grant that i...
Nov 26, 2024
Man found guilty of holding down teen while he was raped at a youth center in 1998
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found a former leader at a youth detention center guilty of holding down a teen while he was raped in 1998. Bradley Asbury, now 70, was found gu...
Nov 26, 2024
‘Who profits on hunger?’ Inuit send pleading emails to minister about food costs
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - People in Nunavut and northern Labrador have been writing to Canadian government officials this year to say grocers were charging exorbitant prices despite receiving a federal subsi...
Nov 26, 2024
Man found guilty of holding down teen while he was raped at a youth center in 1998
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found a former leader at a youth detention center guilty of holding down a teen while he was raped in 1998. The jury deliberated over three days...
Nov 26, 2024
Boissonnault's former company suspended from federal procurement
OTTAWA - The federal government is barring a company previously co-owned by a Liberal MP and former minister from bidding on contracts with the federal government. Global Health Imports, which was co-...
Nov 26, 2024