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Extreme cold warning back in effect for Grande Prairie region
Environment Canada has issued another extreme cold warning for the Grande Prairie region.This includes the Grande Prairie-Beaverlodge-Valleyview forecast area.The warning comes as most places in the r...
Dec 30, 2021
2 Colorado cities evacuated by wind-driven wildfire
DENVER (AP) - Thousands of residents in two communities near Denver were ordered to evacuate Thursday because of wind-fueled wildfire that engulfed parts of the area in smoky, orangish skies. The city...
Dec 30, 2021
CP NewsAlert: Quebec imposes COVID-19 nighttime curfew starting on New Year's Eve
MONTREAL - Quebec's government is imposing a nighttime curfew that will begin on New Year's Eve in an attempt to reduce the high transmission of COVID-19 across the province and ease pressure on the h...
Dec 30, 2021
Slovakian goalie calls world juniors 'a joke,' criticizes organizers, COVID protocols
RED DEER, Alta. - Slovakia's goaltender at the world junior hockey championship says that this year's tournament was "a joke."Simon Latkoczy criticized the event's organizers In a pair of Instagram po...
Dec 30, 2021
Grande Prairie community rallies to replace vandalized Christmas inflatables
The Grande Prairie community has once again rallied together, this time, to support a local family whose inflatable Christmas decorations were vandalized on Christmas Eve. Every year, the Squires fami...
Dec 30, 2021
US children hospitalized with COVID in record numbers
SEATTLE (AP) - The omicron-fueled surge that is sending COVID-19 cases rocketing in the U.S. is putting children in the hospital in record numbers, and experts lament that most of the youngsters are n...
Dec 30, 2021
Biden, Putin hold call as tensions mount over Ukraine crisis
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin spoke Thursday amid growing alarm over Russia's troop buildup near Ukraine, a simmering crisis that has become further complicated in re...
Dec 30, 2021
Ontario caps arena crowds at 1,000 for sporting events as COVID-19 cases rise
TORONTO - The Ontario government has capped the crowd size for indoor venues at 1,000 spectators or 50 per cent capacity, whichever is less, as the province deals with an outbreak of COVID-19 cases. T...
Dec 30, 2021
Slovakian goalie calls world juniors 'a joke,' criticizes organizers, COVID protocols
RED DEER, Alta. - Slovakia's goaltender at the world junior hockey championship says that this year's tournament was "a joke." Simon Latkoczy criticized the event's organizers In a pair of Instagram p...
Dec 30, 2021
WestJet to cancel 15% of flights due to COVID-19 related staff shortages
CALGARY - WestJet Airlines Ltd. says it is being forced to cut 15 per cent of its flights through to the end of January as it deals with staffing shortages due to the Omicron variant.The Calgary-based...
Dec 30, 2021