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First responders honour final alarm for County firefighter, wife
Uniformed first responders lined 100 Street outside Oliver's Funeral Home in Grande Prairie Tuesday afternoon to honour one of their own.Nearly 100 first responders and their spouses waited outside th...
Sep 1, 2020
Crop quality in Peace Region trailing rest of province in latest report
Alberta Agriculture's most recent crop report, dated August 25, says one per cent of the Peace Region crop had been combined. Five per cent had been swathed.59.8 per cent of the crop in the Peace was ...
Sep 1, 2020

Three new COVID-19 cases, three recoveries in Grande Prairie
Alberta added 164 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, three of which came in the City of Grande Prairie.The three new cases in the Swan City come as there were three more recoveries on August 31, leaving...
Sep 1, 2020

Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine efforts
Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly, as some earlier reports suggested, scientists have found. Tuesday's repo...
Sep 1, 2020

Grande Prairie identified as community "most in need" of new continuing care spaces
The City of Grande Prairie has been identified as a community "most in need" of more continuing care spaces by the Alberta government.A detailed analysis by Alberta Health Services has identified the ...
Sep 1, 2020

Former British Columbia chief justice Lance Finch dies at 82
VANCOUVER - Lance S.G. Finch, a former chief justice of British Columbia, has died at the age of 82. Chief Justice Robert J. Bauman says as a judicial leader, Finch was strong, steady a...
Sep 1, 2020

Miranda Lambert leads CMA noms, Luke Combs' streak continues
NASHVILLE - Country star Miranda Lambert turns her "Wildcard" into an ace as she's the leading nominee at the 2020 Country Music Association Awards, including her first entertainer of the year nominat...
Sep 1, 2020

Music world to conductor Seiji Ozawa: Happy 85th birthday
BOSTON - The Boston Symphony Orchestra is asking the music world to help it celebrate former conductor Seiji Ozawa's 85th birthday Tuesday. The orchestra is encouraging fans to honour his birthday on ...
Sep 1, 2020

Deceased former principal secretary of N.B. vice-regal office embezzled funds: RCMP
FREDERICTON - A senior civil servant who had control of the former New Brunswick lieutenant-governor's finances is accused of siphoning hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds ...
Sep 1, 2020

Roglic displays strength on Tour's 1st mountain stage
ORCIERES-MERLETTE, France - After just four stages at the Tour de France, the balance of power is already clearer: Primoz Roglic and his Jumbo-Visma team are looking like the ones to beat. Roglic, the...
Sep 1, 2020