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Best of Alberta Curling Championship 50/50 hoping to support local curling clubs
Curling Alberta and the Grande Prairie Curling Centre are hoping they can play a big role in helping curling in the province get back on its feet post-pandemic.The two organizations have launched the ...
Jan 04, 2022
Ottawa announces details of $40 billion Indigenous child-welfare settlement
Ottawa has officially announced it has reached agreements in principle with First Nations partners to compensate children harmed by its underfunding of child welfare.The federal Liberal government say...
Jan 04, 2022
Armani cancels men's Milan show, Paris haute couture
ROME (AP) - Designer Giorgio Armani said Tuesday he was cancelling his Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani men's fashion shows in Milan this month and his Prive haute couture show in Paris because of so...
Jan 04, 2022
Eriksen eyes comeback from cardiac arrest, targets World Cup
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Christian Eriksen is targeting a comeback from his cardiac arrest to play for Denmark in the World Cup in November. The 29-year-old Eriksen has not played since collapsing d...
Jan 04, 2022
Recent positive COVID-19 tests have James, Radford unsure if they'll skate at trials
Recent positive COVID-19 tests could keep Vanessa James and Eric Radford out of Canadian figure skating's Olympic trials this week. Canada's top-ranked pair team this season revealed on a conference c...
Jan 04, 2022
Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard's sex assault trial postponed again due to COVID-19
TORONTO - Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard, the frontman for the band Hedley, has once again seen his sexual assault trial postponed as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. Hoggard was initially set to s...
Jan 04, 2022
Biden urges concern, not alarm as omicron surges
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm Tuesday as the U.S. set new records for daily reported COVID-19 cases and his administration struggled to ease concerns about testing ...
Jan 04, 2022
Zelinka, Pendrel bring wealth of experience as top athletes to coaching careers
Jessica Zelinka was among the finest female athletes on the planet in the heptathlon, an event that requires excellence across seven different running, jumping and throwing disciplines. Yet, when the ...
Jan 04, 2022
Matthews returns negative COVID-19 test, not ruled out for meeting with Oilers
Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews returned a negative result for COVID-19 on a PCR test one day after a rapid test came back positive. Head coach Sheldon Keefe says the team is awaiting furth...
Jan 04, 2022
County residential snow removal continuing despite cold weather
County of Grande Prairie crews resumed snow removal work Tuesday morning and are set to continue while temperatures remain above minus 35. The County said in a release, crews began snow removal in Hyt...
Jan 04, 2022