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Council delays approval of Vehicle for Hire bylaw
City Council has put off approval of its new Vehicle for Hire Bylaw.Council voted not to have third reading at Monday's meeting after asking administration to come up with a section calling for GPS tr...
Mar 8, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, March 8, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:00 p.m. ET on Monday March 8, 2021. There are 890,698 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 890,698 confirmed cases (30,332 active, 838...
Mar 8, 2021
Defendant in deadly warehouse fire to serve sentence at home
OAKLAND, Calif. - Derick Almena, the master tenant of a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse that caught fire during a music event, killing 36 people, was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison, although ...
Mar 8, 2021
Police respond to calls as spider in vehicle causes a 'scramble' in B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - Police say an "itsy-bitsy" intruder inside a vehicle caused "scramble" on the weekend in Surrey, B.C. It also led concerned members of the public to call police about the possibility of...
Mar 8, 2021
Alberta's Bottcher hands Wild Card Three's Middaugh his first loss at the Brier
CALGARY - Manitoba's Jason Gunnlaugson moved into sole possession of first place in Pool A at the Canadian men's curling championship on Monday after an 8-5 victory over Wild Card One's Mike McEwen. G...
Mar 8, 2021
Alberta seeks ideas to improve COVID vaccine capacity
The Government of Alberta is looking for proposals on how it can better understand and explore opportunities related to its vaccine capacity.The province says they are looking for a long-term strategy...
Mar 8, 2021
Grande Prairie woman's hand-built igloo captures community's attention
Grande Prairie's Heather Rouzes is gained some attention and notarity online in the community this past weekend, after a friend of her's posted a picture of the igloo she built in her front yard on Fa...
Mar 8, 2021
Riverstone Public School placed under COVID-19 outbreak status
Outbreaks of COVID-19 are now being declared at 10 Grande Prairie schools, as Riverstone Public School was added to Alberta Health's outbreak list on Monday.The move means between five and nine cases ...
Mar 8, 2021
Alberta fully moves to Step 2 of easing COVID restrictions
Alberta is fully moving into Step 2 of its path forward plan, further easing restrictions around retail store capacity and more youth sports and performance activities.Last week, Alberta partially ent...
Mar 8, 2021
CP NewsAlert: Alberta lifts more COVID rules, increases retail shopping limit
EDMONTON - Alberta is lifting more COVID-19 public-health restrictions, including allowing more people to shop in retail stores and malls. Health Minister Tyler Shandro says the retail limit is increa...
Mar 8, 2021