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Chamber holds AGM, Gibson to return as chair
The Grande Prairie & District Chamber of Commerce has held its annual general meeting for 2020.Larry Gibson will serve as chair for a second-straight year after being re-elected. Tertius Genis wil...
Dec 4, 2020
Banff Centre Mountain Film & Book Festival World Tour moving virtually
The Banff Centre Mountain Film & Book Festival World Tour will go on this year despite COVID-19.The annual festival is one of the largest and most prestigious film festivals in the world, and this...
Dec 4, 2020
Ontario COVID-19 task force and Biden's mask plan: In The News for Dec. 4
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 4 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 4, 2020
Psychiatrist for the defence to testify for fifth day at van attack trial
TORONTO - A psychiatrist retained by the defence will testify for a fifth consecutive day today at the trial for the man behind Toronto's deadly van attack. Dr. Alexander Westphal says Alek Minassian ...
Dec 4, 2020
Statistics Canada to detail November jobs numbers amid expectations for small gain
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say this morning how Canada's job market fared last month as COVID-19 case counts rose along with a new round of public health restrictions. The labour force has clawed...
Dec 4, 2020
'My only wish:' Children asking pet charity to help their furry friends at Christmas
CALGARY - One child asks for a coat for her dog in case her family gets evicted. Another girl hopes Santa can bring her pet medication he needs. Another wishes for enough dog food. A charity that prov...
Dec 4, 2020
California ties new COVID-19 rules to hospital capacity
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California is on the brink of a new stay-at-home order that would close businesses and curb travel in regions that could see hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. Gov. Ga...
Dec 4, 2020
Metro Vancouver transit system confirms ransomware attack, says payment data secure
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver's transit authority is confirming that it was the target of a ransomware attack on part of its information technology systems. Ransomware is a type of malicious software th...
Dec 3, 2020
Rangers will not loan Lafrenière to Canada for world junior hockey championship
RED DEER, Alta. - Alexis Lafrenire will not be going for another gold medal this winter. Hockey Canada said in a statement Thursday that the NHL's New York Rangers will not loan Lafrenire to Canada's ...
Dec 3, 2020
Prairie provinces becoming hardest hit by COVID-19 in Canada
EDMONTON - The three Prairie provinces have become the epicentre of COVID-19's second wave in Canada -- surpassing Ontario and Quebec, the two most populous provinces that were initially the hardest h...
Dec 3, 2020