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County of Grande Prairie temporarily closing two roads starting Thursday
Starting Thursday, July 16, the County of Grande Prairie will temporarily close a section of Township Road 711 (also known as Spring Creek Road) for repairs.The County says that due to heavy spring fl...
Jul 15, 2020
Alberta Mountie gets probation for in-custody assault on Indigenous man
HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. - A Mountie has been given 15 months probation for assaulting an Indigenous man shortly after his arrest in northern Alberta. A judge convicted Const. Licio Soares, an ei...
Jul 15, 2020
County of Grande Prairie adds new COVID-19 case
The County of Grande Prairie added one more case of COVID-19 on Wednesday, as the province confirmed 82 new cases over the last 24 hours.This means there are now six active cases of COVID-19 in the Co...
Jul 15, 2020
Jets sniper Patrik Laine working to get back up to speed after long layoff
Patrik Laine said back in May there was a good chance he'd look "terrible" if the NHL resumed its season this summer. Like most players locked down during the COVID-19 pandemic, th...
Jul 15, 2020
Fire advisory lifted in Grande Prairie Forest Area
As of July 14, Alberta Wildfire says they have lifted its fire advisory in the Forest Protection Area for the Grande Prairie region.The reason for the change is that fire danger in the Grande Prairie ...
Jul 15, 2020
Ex-CFL player gets 3 months for college admissions scam in United States
A former Canadian Football League player was sentenced Wednesday to three months in prison for hiring someone take the SATs in place of his two sons. David Sidoo, who played professional football for ...
Jul 15, 2020
Gasol: It's pretty simple - it's being more responsible as human beings"
Marc Gasol spent part of the summer of 2018 on a rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea, helping pluck terrified people from the water, migrants fleeing Libya for the shores of Europe. Gasol was vo...
Jul 15, 2020
Canada's Sloan making most of time off to improve on slow start to PGA season
Although it's been a strange PGA Tour season with rescheduled events after a three-month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Roger Sloan has been grateful for the opportunities it's presented. Sloan, ...
Jul 15, 2020
Alberta to build five “recovery communities” for mental health and addictions
EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has announced the next step in their plan to address issues surrounding mental health and addictions.An investment of $25-million will support the creation of ...
Jul 15, 2020
Wendy’s Canada selects Coaldale greenhouse as their sole lettuce provider
COALDALE, AB - Whole Leaf could be about to rake in some serious green.Wendy's Restaurants of Canada has announced that it is now sourcing 100 per cent of its lettuce from one particular Canadian grow...
Jul 15, 2020