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COVID-19 health and safety protocols postpone Raptors-Pistons game
NEW YORK - The Toronto Raptors game against the Detroit Pistons scheduled for Tuesday at Amalie Arena has been postponed and tentatively rescheduled for Wednesday, pending additional COVID-19 test res...
Mar 1, 2021
COVID-19 outbreaks declared at Aspen Grove, St. John Paul II schools
There are now eight Grande Prairie schools under a COVID-19 outbreak status, as Aspen Grove School and St. John Paul II High School are now reporting being five and nine cases among individuals from t...
Mar 1, 2021
Alberta lifts some COVID-19 economic restrictions, delays others
EDMONTON - Alberta is opening up libraries and allowing low-intensity indoor group fitness workouts, like Pilates and tai chi, while it continues to monitor rates of COVID-19.The change is a fraction ...
Mar 1, 2021
COVID-19 fatality recorded in Grande Prairie as city adds 13 new cases
The City of Grande Prairie has recorded its 23rd death linked to COVID-19.Alberta Health says the latest fatality was a female in her 80s which occurred on Feb. 27, linked to the outbreak at the Herit...
Mar 1, 2021
AJHL announces first slate of schedule, Storm to resume season March 13
The Grande Prairie Storm will return to the ice starting on March 13, as the AJHL announced on Monday the first slate of their remaining regular-season schedule. Throughout the league, a total of 52 g...
Mar 1, 2021
Low-intensity indoor fitness, libraries green-lit by province as Step 2 of relaunch approved
Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta will be moving into Step 2 of its relaunch plan, loosening public health restrictions on some indoor fitness activities and libraries starting Monday.The province lai...
Mar 1, 2021
National panel advises against using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on seniors
OTTAWA - A national panel of vaccine experts says provinces should not use AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on seniors, opening the door for provinces to start vaccinating younger populations with the n...
Mar 1, 2021
Senate confirms Cardona as Biden's education secretary
The Senate voted Monday to confirm Miguel Cardona as education secretary, clearing his way to lead President Joe Biden's effort to reopen the nation's schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. Cardona, 4...
Mar 1, 2021
Women provide successful test of Calgary's curling bubble ahead of Brier
CALGARY - All systems are go for the Canadian men's curling championship after the women proved elite curling can happen in a pandemic. Curling Canada says no one tested positive for the COVID-19 viru...
Mar 1, 2021
MPs to hear from ministers, officials on safety of returning travellers in quarantine
OTTAWA - MPs will hear from federal ministers and officials as early as this week on the safety of returning travellers after two women were allegedly sexually assaulted during mandatory COVID-19 quar...
Mar 1, 2021