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Detective says metal rod found in garbage at Edmonton hotel where Cindy Gladue died
EDMONTON - A detective has told a jury that Edmonton police found a metal rod in the garbage collected at the city hotel where Cindy Gladue's body was found in June 2011. Det. Nancy Ho has testified a...
Jan 12, 2021
Seven new COVID-19 cases, nine recoveries in City of Grande Prairie
There were seven new cases of COVID-19 recorded in the City of Grande Prairie for January 11 alongside nine more recoveries. This brings the active case total in the Swan City down to 157 as of the en...
Jan 12, 2021
US to require all arriving passengers to get COVID-19 test
NEW YORK - Anyone flying to the U.S. will soon need to show proof of a negative test for COVID-19, health officials announced Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requirement expand...
Jan 12, 2021
Nunavut officials urge residents to get COVID vaccine, about 400 shots given so far
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut officials are urging residents to get immunized against COVID-19 as the vaccine starts to roll out across the territory. Chief public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, ...
Jan 12, 2021
Chuck Norris manager says actor was not at U.S. Capitol riot
NEW YORK - Chuck Norris' manager says the "Walker, Texas Ranger" star was not present at last week's deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. A photo of a man resembling Norris apparently with a member of the...
Jan 12, 2021
Sundance adds Coogler-produced ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
The Ryan Coogler-produced Fred Hampton film "Judas and the Black Messiah" will have its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival before heading to HBO Max and theatres, programmers announced Tuesday. Da...
Jan 12, 2021
Grande Prairie Chamber calls for regional approach in reopening businesses
The Grande Prairie and District Chamber of Commerce has written a letter to Premier Jason Kenney and the Alberta Government, asking for a regional approach to be considered when it comes to reopening ...
Jan 12, 2021
US prosecutors weighing sedition charges in Capitol riot
WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors are considering sedition charges against at least some of the Trump loyalists who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week and will be examining the movement and money flow ...
Jan 12, 2021
Meteorologist says Monday windstorm a very unusual event for January
Some Grande Prairie area residents are busy cleaning up after a quick but damaging windstorm came through through the region late Monday afternoon. At around 3:00 p.m. on January 11, winds in the Gran...
Jan 12, 2021
Slave Lake Town Council working around MLA Rehn on priority issues
EDMONTON - The mayor of Slave Lake says the town is now working around its provincial legislature member in order to get things done for the community.Mayor Tyler Warman says United Conservative MLA P...
Jan 12, 2021