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City council changes cannabis bylaw regulation, postpones final reading on business license requirement
Grande Prairie city council has approved an amendment to the part of the Business License Bylaw that covers cannabis retailers.The change will allow the same business entity to hold more than one cann...
Nov 16, 2020

Alberta facing 'exponential growth' of COVID-19 cases: top doctor
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province is at a dangerous plateau, with almost 3,000 new COVID-19 cases in the last three days, 20 new deaths and overwhelmed contact tra...
Nov 16, 2020

Murder trial begins for mother accused of beating daughter with belt, spatula
EDMONTON - Shalaina Arcand's siblings were asleep in another room when the five-year-old was hit in the head so hard that she died in hospital four days later, a trial judge heard Monday. The girl's m...
Nov 16, 2020

City of Grande Prairie up to 92 active COVID-19 cases, 20 more deaths recorded in Alberta
Alberta recorded 20 more deaths linked to COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, as Alberta Health is reporting another 860 new cases across the province for November 15.One of those fatalities was in the N...
Nov 16, 2020

Manitoba reserve on lockdown after all residents at care home infected with COVID-19
WINNIPEG - Every resident of a long-term care home on a northern Manitoba reserve where the number of infections almost doubled in a day has tested positive for COVID-19, says the Indigenous community...
Nov 16, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Canada surpasses 300,000 COVID cases, more than 100,000 in past month
Canada reached a troubling milestone on Monday, surpassing 300,000 total COVID cases since the pandemic began earlier this year, and health experts are alarmed - but not surprised - by the rapid growt...
Nov 16, 2020

After breakout 2019, all is quiet with Andreescu in '20 - so what's on tap for '21?
When we last heard from Bianca Andreescu on the tennis court, a left knee injury forced her to withdraw from the WTA Finals. That capped a breakthrough but injury-plagued 2019 season that saw her make...
Nov 16, 2020

Trudeau government to usher in new privacy legislation
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is poised to introduce legislation aimed at better safeguarding the privacy of Canadians in the digital era.The bill, to be tabled in the House of Commons on Tuesday, w...
Nov 16, 2020

Snowfall warnings issued for parts of the Peace Region
There is a snowfall warning out for the Peace River-Fairview-High Prairie-Manning forecast area.The warning covers Birch Hills, Saddle Hills and Clear Hills counties, the MDs of Fairview, Spirit River...
Nov 16, 2020

Despite chaotic season, coach Greg Vanney keeps steady hand on Toronto FC tiller
TORONTO - Going into the 2020 season, Toronto FC looked to build on the second-half surge that had carried it to the MLS Cup final last November for the third time in four years. Consistency and conti...
Nov 16, 2020