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Grande Prairie records three new COVID-19 cases, five recoveries
The City of Grande Prairie recorded three new COVID-19 cases and five recoveries from December 20, bringing the active case count in the city down to 43.The County of Grande Prairie added six new and ...
Dec 21, 2021
Jurors in Kim Potter trial ask about not reaching verdict
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Jurors weighing the case of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright asked the judge after a full day of deliberations Tuesday what t...
Dec 21, 2021
CP NewsAlert: Alberta tightens COVID rules, cuts capacity for world junior hockey
EDMONTON - Alberta is bringing in stricter COVID-19 restrictions, including a capacity limit for the world junior hockey tournament. Premier Jason Kenney says large venues that seat more than 1,000 pe...
Dec 21, 2021
Premier Kenney announces targeted measures for province ahead of Christmas
The Alberta government has announced it will be taking additional steps to help slow the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The news comes as the province sees Omicron COVID-19 cases surge to new...
Dec 21, 2021
NDP MLA resigns from caucus after RCMP searches home
EDMONTON - A member of the Alberta Opposition has left caucus after reporting he is involved in a criminal investigation.NDP Leader Rachel Notley says Edmonton-South legislature member Thomas Dang has...
Dec 21, 2021
NewsAlert: NHL players not going to Beijing Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns
NHL players won't be going to the 2022 Beijing Olympics, a person with direct knowledge of the decision said Tuesday. The move by league and the NHL Players' Association comes amid COVID-19 concern th...
Dec 21, 2021
MLB payrolls drop 4%, back to 2015 level
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball payrolls dropped 4% in 2021 compared to the league's last full season, and the $4.05 billion total was the lowest in a fully completed year since 2015. Falling pa...
Dec 21, 2021
A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada and restrictions being brought in to try to stem the spread of the Omicron variant: - Quebec is reporting for a third day in a row a record number of cases...
Dec 21, 2021
Olympic team doctor confident Canada "can get a team in and out safely" from Olympics
The explosion of COVID-19 cases amid the new highly contagious Omicron variant couldn't come at a worse time for the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Less than seven weeks before the Games open on Feb. 5, outbr...
Dec 21, 2021
Friends of slain Montreal teen take up handgun fight, seeking ban at federal level
MONTREAL - Close friends of a Montreal teen killed in an apparently random act of gun violence last month have banded together in an effort to change gun laws. The group have named themselves Ensemble...
Dec 21, 2021