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97 per cent of survey respondents say recreation is important to them, want municipalities to work together
Ninety-seven per cent of the households surveyed in June of this year by the Grande Prairie Regional Recreation Committee say recreation is important to them.This group covers the City and County of G...
Sep 11, 2020
Trudeau, Tam defend Canadian response times to COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government began preparing for a possible pandemic as soon as it received the first alert about a mysterious cluster of pneumonia cases in China...
Sep 11, 2020
Council of Federation to go virtual as face-to-face meeting in Quebec nixed
QUEBEC - A premiers meeting that had been rescheduled for this month in Quebec City has been cancelled. Premier Francois Legault told a news conference today in Quebec City he hopes the...
Sep 11, 2020
Trudeau defends WE deal, despite battered charity's plan to close in Canada
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't second-guessing his government's choice of WE Charity to administer a student service grant - a move that sparked controversy and ultimately prompted ...
Sep 11, 2020
Michael Cohen launches podcast; Rosie O'Donnell is 1st guest
For nearly a decade, Michael Cohen was at odds with Rosie O'Donnell in part because his boss - President Donald Trump - was engaged in a long feud with the comedian and talk-show host. On Monday, Cohe...
Sep 11, 2020
Saddle Hills County ready for the next step in $40 million water line project
Saddle Hills County says a $40 million water project it has been working on for five years is ready to move ahead.This would include building a new supply intake on the Peace River and a 36-kilometre ...
Sep 11, 2020
Norad leaders past, present call for new approach to North American defence
WASHINGTON - The deputy director of operations and the former commander of North America's shared continental defence system are urging Canada and the United States to get serious about bringing ...
Sep 11, 2020
PM agrees to virtual meeting devoted to federal health transfers to provinces
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has agreed to hold a virtual first ministers meeting on federal health care transfers to the provinces and territories. His agreement during a conference call wi...
Sep 11, 2020
RCMP seek help in locating missing 31-year-old
UPDATE Sept. 15: Grande Prairie RCMP says Tyler Armstrong has been located, and is safe and unharmed.Grande Prairie RCMP is asking for the public's help locating Tyler Armstrong.Mounties say there's c...
Sep 11, 2020
Victims of ex-senator Don Meredith deserve better than ongoing delays: lawyer
OTTAWA - A lawyer for some of the victims of ex-senator Don Meredith says someone in the upper chamber needs to show courage and bring an end to seven years of deliberations over how to address the ha...
Sep 11, 2020