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Council Meeting highlights
Highlights from Grande Prairie City Council meeting on Monday, May 3:- An idea to complete a second-floor mezzanine at the new activity/reception centre at the same time the facility is built was defe...
May 4, 2021
Rewrite 'hollow' federal gun bill, victims' families urge Liberals
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's firearms legislation is "an offensively hollow bill" that should be completely revamped, say family members and colleagues of those who died in tragic shooting sprees...
May 4, 2021
NACI advice on 'preferred vaccines' for COVID-19 sparks confusion, anger
OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is coming under fire after contradicting the advice Canadians have been receiving for weeks to take the first vaccine against COVID-19 that the...
May 4, 2021
Montreal comic creators suing Marvel, say Iron Man suit looks 'strikingly' familiar
MONTREAL - When Montreal-based comic book company founders Ben and Raymond Lai watched the 2018 Marvel movie "Avengers: Infinity War," they said they knew they had to sue Marvel Entertainment - again....
May 4, 2021
Mexico City metro overpass collapses onto road; 15 dead
MEXICO CITY - An overpass in Mexico City's metro collapsed Monday night, sending a train plunging toward a road, trapping at least one car under rubble and killing at least 15 people, authorities said...
May 4, 2021
Edmonton Oilers clinch playoff spot with 5-3 win over Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - Connor McDavid had four points and the Edmonton Oilers clinched a playoff spot with a 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday. The Oilers captain had two goal and two assists and Jess...
May 3, 2021
'Horrible' weeks ahead as India's virus catastrophe worsens
NEW DELHI - COVID-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with no end in sight to the crisis and a top expert warning that the coming weeks in the country of nearly 1.4 bill...
May 3, 2021
Grande Prairie City Council to discuss pair of funding requests from STARS
City Council has sent a pair of funding requests from STARS to the committee level for more discussion and for administration to look at possible funding sources.STARS went before council to ask the c...
May 3, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Monday, May 3, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Monday May 3, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 226,014 new vaccinations administered for a total of 14,051,490 ...
May 3, 2021
Cole Caufield scores his second OT winner, Canadiens edge Leafs 3-2
MONTREAL - Cole Caufield scored at 4:43 of overtime as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in a potential North Division playoff preview Monday.The rookie sniper took a pass fr...
May 3, 2021