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Grande Prairie drops below 100 active COVID-19 cases
The City of Grande Prairie added four new cases of COVID-19 and 14 recoveries for Friday, May 28, bringing the active case total in the city down by ten to 96.This is the first time the city has been ...
May 29, 2021
Health Canada extends expiry of thousands of AstraZeneca shots by an additional month
TORONTO - Health Canada says it is extending the expiry date for thousands of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses by a month. The federal department says it made the decision to help use up exis...
May 29, 2021
Toronto FC says it plans talks over future of disgruntled striker Jozy Altidore
Toronto FC says it plans to use the international break to determine the future of disgruntled star striker Jozy Altidore with the club. News that the U.S. international was at odds with TFC emerged t...
May 29, 2021
Dancing like there's no COVID-19: Paris hosts test concert
PARIS (AP) - Thousands of people, masked and tested for the coronavirus, packed inside a Paris arena for a concert Saturday as part of a public health experiment to prepare France to host big events a...
May 29, 2021
Group: Spot where car hit 'School of Rock' actor is unsafe
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago intersection where an actor who appeared in the movie "School of Rock" was killed while riding his bicycle was flagged three years ago by a traffic safety group as "notoriou...
May 29, 2021
Quebec reports 410COVID-19 cases following the first night without curfew.
Quebec is reporting 410 new cases of COVID-19 today following the first night without the long-standing curfew meant to curb virus spread. The provincial government lifted the nighttime curfew that ha...
May 29, 2021
Canada coach John Herdman picks squad for crucial CONACACF World Cup qualifiers
Coach John Herdman has chosen his troops for a crucial World Cup qualifying stretch in June that could see Canada advance to the final round of CONCACAF qualifying.With injuries, form and availability...
May 29, 2021
MLA Loewen wants Health Minister to answer questions on Fairview doctor shortage
The MLA for Central Peace-Notley says doctor shortages are an issue that keeps coming up in his constituency.The emergency rooms at both the Fairview Health Complex and the Sacred Heart Community Heal...
May 29, 2021
Aboriginal Head Start program students to be celebrated with parade Saturday
The Grande Prairie Friendship Centre Aboriginal Head Start program will be celebrating the third annual Aboriginal Head Start Urban and Northern Communities Day of Recognition as well as some of its g...
May 29, 2021
P.E.I. senator looks to amend budget bill to deal with issue of EI zones on island
OTTAWA - A senator from Prince Edward Island is pushing for a change to the government's sweeping budget bill that she says would entrench an unfair situation on the island that the Trudeau Liberals h...
May 29, 2021