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Canadians Adam Svensson, Taylor Pendrith sit in top 10 at Korn Ferry Tour event
GLENVIEW, Ill. - Two Canadian golfers sit in the top 10 at the halfway mark of the Korn Ferry Tour's Evans Scholars Invitational. Adam Svensson of Surrey, B.C., is two shots off the lead in third at 8...
May 28, 2021

Montreal's Team Bauer edges Calgary's Team Scotiabank at Secret Dream Gap Tour
CALGARY - Jessie Eldridge had a goal and an assist as Montreal's Team Bauer beat Calgary's Team Scotiabank 4-3 at the Secret Dream Gap Tour women's hockey tournament Friday. Kristin O'Neill, Alexandre...
May 28, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, May 28, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, May 28, 2021. There are 1,374,275 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,374,275 confirmed cases (39,903 active, ...
May 28, 2021

Grande Prairie RCMP to increase quad, UTV and boat patrols in popular areas this summer
The Grande Prairie RCMP say residents can expect to see them and the County of Grande Prairie Regional Enforcement Services officers with increased regularity this summer in the highly travelled areas...
May 28, 2021

Alberta could reach Stage 2 of reopening by June 10 as 60% vaccination threshold reached
The province is on track to reach Stage 2 of its "Open for Summer" plan as early as June 10, now that more than 60 per cent of Albertans aged 12+ have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine as...
May 28, 2021

'It's going to be electric': Habs, Leafs set to battle in Game 6 in front of fans
MONTREAL - Cole Caufield has played in front of exactly zero fans in his young NHL career. A packed-to-the-rafters Bell Centre would have exploded when the Canadiens rookie sniper buried his first NHL...
May 28, 2021

Province eyes moving Grande Prairie supervised consumption site inside Rotary House
Plans are in the works that could see supervised consumption services in Grande Prairie moved from the mobile unit parked outside the Rotary House to a permanent location within the facility.The poten...
May 28, 2021

Sheriff: Rail yard shooter had gun, ammo stockpile at house
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say the gunman who killed nine co-workers at a California rail yard had 12 guns and 22,000 rounds of ammunition at his home that he set on fire. Officials said Frid...
May 28, 2021

Grande Prairie records 11 COVID-19 recoveries, four new cases
The City of Grande Prairie added four new cases of COVID-19 and 11 recoveries for Thursday, May 27, bringing the active case total in the city down by seven to 106.Eight new cases and eight recoveries...
May 28, 2021

Canada's Josh Larsen travels the world, find rugby home with New England Free Jacks
Born on Vancouver Island and raised in Fiji, the Cook Islands and New Zealand, Josh Larsen now calls suburban Boston home as a member of the New England Free Jacks. But the six-foot-five, 249-pound lo...
May 28, 2021