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Sixteen new COVID-19 cases recorded in Grande Prairie
The City of Grande Prairie added 16 new cases of COVID-19 for December 2 alongside four more recoveries, increasing the City's active case total to 82 as of Wednesday.The County of Grande Prairie adde...
Dec 3, 2020
Nuggets star Jamal Murray crossing fingers that he can play for Canada at Olympics
DENVER - Playing for Canada's men's basketball team at the Olympics next year would be a wonderful opportunity for Jamal Murray, but the Denver Nuggets star has no idea how realistic that is at this s...
Dec 3, 2020
Liberals accuse Conservatives of disregarding court deadline, filibustering bill
OTTAWA - Federal Liberals are accusing the Conservatives of filibustering a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying and thumbing their noses at a looming court deadline.Government House l...
Dec 3, 2020
Sikh community in Grande Prairie rallies against Indian farm legislation changes
Members of the Sikh community in Grande Prairie spoke out against recent legislation passed by the Government of India, which they feel adversely impacts Indian farmers for the benefit of large corpor...
Dec 3, 2020
Climate change costs taking increasing chunk off Canada's GDP growth: study
Climate change costs are already taking an increasing bite out of Canada's economic growth and the country is falling behind other nations when it comes to planning for them, says federally funded res...
Dec 3, 2020
Trudeau tells United Nations to address COVID-19 inequality amid vaccine advances
OTTAWA - The world's fight against COVID-19 doesn't end with the successful distribution of a vaccine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. Trudeau said ...
Dec 3, 2020
Twist of fate: Prairie provinces become COVID-19 hot spot in pandemic's second wave
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 hi...
Dec 3, 2020
Grande Prairie RCMP charge two following traffic stop
The Grande Prairie RCMP have charged two people with unauthorized possession of identity information following a traffic stop on December 1.Mounties conducted the stop on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. They loc...
Dec 3, 2020
Raptors' Siakam wants to rediscover joy of playing after struggling in NBA bubble
Pascal Siakam wants to rediscover his love for the game. The Toronto Raptors forward struggled mightily in the NBA bubble near Orlando, Fla., when teams reconvened after the league's three-month COVID...
Dec 3, 2020
California imposes new virus rules based on ICU capacity
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will impose a new stay-at-home order for areas where capacity at intensive care units falls below 15%. Newsom announced the new plans...
Dec 3, 2020