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Canadian Alphonso Davies named to Kicker magazine's Bundesliga team of the year
Canadian Alphonso Davies has made Kicker magazine's Bundesliga team of the season. The German sports magazine, founded in 1920, focuses mainly on football. The 19-year-old fullback from Edmo...
Jul 2, 2020
Atlantic Canada prepares to lift travel restrictions as regional "bubble" opens
Atlantic Canadians are closely eyeing travel requirements and coronavirus case numbers across the region as the four provinces prepare to open their borders to their neighbours Friday, an experiment t...
Jul 2, 2020
Grande Prairie International Street Performers Festival returns online for 20th anniversary
The Grande Prairie International Street Performers Festival will be back for its 20th anniversary from July 17-22, and this year it is taking place online. The popular downtown festival usually brings...
Jul 2, 2020
Grant funding applications open for preventative social services, transportation options
The County of Grande Prairie and Community Support Services is now accepting applications for 2021 to provide either preventative social programming or transportation options to seniors or people with...
Jul 2, 2020
First Nations coalition rejects recommendation to lift Sen. Beyak's suspension
OTTAWA - A coalition of First Nations chiefs and residential school survivors are rejecting new recommendations to lift Sen. Lynn Beyak's suspension from the Senate. They say her most recent anti...
Jul 2, 2020
Province announces Highway 3 twinning between Taber and Burdett
TABER, AB - The provincial government made a significant announcement in Taber Thursday morning.A 46-kilometre stretch of Highway 3 will be twinned between Taber and Burdett.Construction is slated to ...
Jul 2, 2020
Two women charged after drugs, guns seized in Innisfail
Two women have been arrested after a short-term investigation by ALERT's Red Deer organized crime team resulted in the seizure of a wide variety of drugs from a home in Innisfail.The two-week investig...
Jul 2, 2020
Inquiry into mass shooting in Nova Scotia facing delays due to 'technicalities'
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says technicalities are causing delays as the provincial and federal governments work out what form an inquiry into the April mass shooting that clai...
Jul 2, 2020
Feds extend COVID-19 isolation order for anyone entering Canada until Aug. 31
OTTAWA - The federal government has extended the mandatory quarantine order for most people entering Canada until the end of August to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Any travellers ent...
Jul 2, 2020
Coronavirus concerns freeze Vanilla Ice show
AUSTIN, Texas - Vanilla Ice has indefinitely postponed a Texas concert that drew fierce criticism due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 1990s rapper with the hit single "Ice Ice Baby" had been schedule...
Jul 2, 2020