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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, March 10, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. There are 896,739 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 896,739 confirmed cases (30,442 active,...
Mar 10, 2021
GPCSD celebrating successful reverse food drive
Grande Prairie and District Catholic Schools are celebrating a successful food drive from this past weekend.On March 6, students, parents, staff, as well as members of the community gathered at St Jos...
Mar 10, 2021
Budget 2021 to fund second layer of paving on Highway 43X Bypass
Approximately $7 million in Alberta's 2021 Capital Budget will be going to complete the paving of the Highway 43X Bypass project.The bypass around the city's northwest was opened to traffic on Septemb...
Mar 10, 2021
Kansas AD Jeff Long fired after Les Miles debacle
Kansas athletic director Jeff Long resigned Wednesday, less than two days after the school mutually parted with Les Miles amid sexual misconduct allegations dating to the football coach's time at LSU ...
Mar 10, 2021
No resolutions concerning abortion to make it into policy debate at Tory convention
OTTAWA - Conservative party members will debate a range of policy proposals at next weekend's convention but so far, none will be about abortion. That's despite a flat-out push by anti-abortion groups...
Mar 10, 2021
Construction of Harry Balfour School replacement at Five Mile site expected to start in Fall 2021
Construction of the new school at the Five Mile Hall site in the County of Grande Prairie is slated to begin this fall, as the Peace Wapiti Public School Division has awarded the design contract to St...
Mar 10, 2021
Public safety minister grilled over quarantine hotel security after alleged assaults
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair is facing harsh questions over security under the federal quarantine program after reports of two incidents of alleged sexual assault. At a parliamentary com...
Mar 10, 2021
11 new COVID-19 cases, 25 recoveries in Grande Prairie
The City of Grande Prairie added 11 new cases of COVID-19 and 25 new recoveries, lowering the active case total in the city to 200 as of the end of day March 9.The County of Grande Prairie added 10 ne...
Mar 10, 2021
Toronto Blue Jays fall short against Baltimore Orioles in pre-season play
SARASOTA, Fla. - The Baltimore Orioles rallied for a 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in a seven-inning pre-season game on Wednesday.Baltimore erased a 2-0 deficit before clawing back from a 3-2 hol...
Mar 10, 2021
PMO knew existence of allegations against Vance, not specifics, in 2018: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his staff knew about the existence of an allegation of sexual misconduct by then-defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance in 2018, but that they only learned the s...
Mar 10, 2021