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GPRC Students' Association hopeful for return to campus in fall
The Grande Prairie Regional College Students' Association is hopeful their classmates will be given the opportunity to return to the classroom this coming fall.Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March...
Mar 22, 2021
NHL postpones Oilers-Canadiens game after two Habs added to COVID-19 list
MONTREAL - The NHL has postponed Monday night's game in Montreal between the Canadiens and the Edmonton Oilers, making it the first contest in the all-Canadian North Division to be shut down due to CO...
Mar 22, 2021
Family of Filipina woman wants accounting of her death in Montreal hospital
MONTREAL - The family of a woman who died in a Montreal-area hospital last month is calling on the coroner's office to investigate after troubling circumstances of her death came to light in a publish...
Mar 22, 2021
County of Grande Prairie records fourth COVID-19 fatality, City adds 13 new cases
A fourth person has died as a result of COVID-19 in the County of Grande Prairie. Alberta Health says the death reported to them was a male in his 70's, a case which included comorbidities. Along with...
Mar 22, 2021
Police responding to active shooter at Colorado supermarket
BOULDER, Colo. - Authorities in Colorado responded to what they said was an active shooter at a supermarket Monday. It's unclear if anyone has been injured, but a shirtless man with blood running down...
Mar 22, 2021
Elgin Baylor, Lakers great and aerialist pioneer, dies at 86
LOS ANGELES - Elgin Baylor changed the very direction of basketball when he joined the NBA and brought his vertical feats of athletic brilliance to a largely horizontal game. He filled scoresheets and...
Mar 22, 2021
Federal, Quebec governments to spend $826 million to expand high-speed internet
TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. - For the second week in a row, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shared a stage with Premier Francois Legault Monday as they made a joint funding announcement aimed at improving acce...
Mar 22, 2021
Alberta holding off on moving to Step 3 of relaunch
Alberta's Minister of Health Tyler Shandro says the province will not be moving to Step 3 of the relaunch plan.The province is currently in Step 2, which was achieved after fewer than 450 people were ...
Mar 22, 2021
Legislation proposes preventing name changes for violent, dangerous, long-term offenders in Alberta
A loophole for anyone declared a dangerous, long-term, or high-risk offender could soon be eliminated.The Alberta Government has introduced the Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2021 (VSAA), which would...
Mar 22, 2021
Trudeau calls University of Ottawa professor's remarks 'Quebec bashing'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's had enough of "Quebec bashing" following controversial remarks from a University of Ottawa professor. At a press conference Monday, he and Quebec Premi...
Mar 22, 2021