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Games are restarting, but few reporters will be there
Many familiar pregame sights won't be back when baseball and the NBA return later this month. Managers won't exchange lineup cards at home plate and basketball lineup introductions won't feature speci...
Jul 8, 2020
Last Northwestern Alberta pro rodeo still on the schedule cancelled
The Field of Dreams Pro Rodeo that was set for August 4 and 5 in La Crete has been cancelled due to COVID-19.It was the last pro rodeo for Northwestern Alberta still on the schedule. All of the Rodeo ...
Jul 8, 2020
M.D. of Smoky River area back to zero active cases of COVID-19
The M.D. of Smoky River area returned to zero active cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, as the province added 46 new cases.In the Peace Region, there remains one active case in the City of Grande Prairie...
Jul 8, 2020
Fateful meeting has Vancouver's Stuart Macdonald on Korn Ferry Tour
Stuart Macdonald wasn't quite sure what Golf Canada's Derek Ingram wanted to talk about when he was called up to his hotel room in early January, but the men's head coach was direct as soon as the con...
Jul 8, 2020
With a satirical fictional memoir, Jim Carrey gets real
NEW YORK - When Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon handed in the book they had toiled on for eight years -- a satirical "anti-memoir" about Carrey's life but with increasingly extreme flights of absurdity -- ...
Jul 8, 2020
Kanye West breaks with Trump, claims 2020 run is not a stunt
NEW YORK - Kanye West says he is no longer a Trump supporter. The rapper, who once praised President Donald Trump and said the two share "dragon energy," tells Forbes that he is "taking the red hat of...
Jul 8, 2020
Houston scraps Texas GOP’s in-person convention due to virus
Houston officials on Wednesday cancelled the Texas Republican Party's in-person convention, saying the spread of the coronavirus made it impossible to hold the event as scheduled. Mayor Sylvester Turn...
Jul 8, 2020
Network: Shepard Smith joins CNBC for weeknight news program
NEW YORK - Shepard Smith, who abruptly quit Fox News Channel last October amid the ascendancy of opinionated programming, will bring a nightly newscast to CNBC this fall. CNBC announced Wednesday that...
Jul 8, 2020
Brooks Brothers, worn by Lincoln and Kennedy, goes bankrupt
NEW YORK - Brooks Brothers, the 200-year-old company that dressed nearly every U.S. president, filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday, the latest major clothing seller to be toppled by the coronavi...
Jul 8, 2020
Reverend Forbes Homestead and Pioneer Hospital opens to visitors
The oldest log home and the first hospital in Grande Prairie has once again opened its doors to the public.The Reverend Forbes Homestead and Pioneer Hospital, which is a designated Provincial Historic...
Jul 8, 2020