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Alberta introduces bill to extend COVID-related emergency labour, health rules
EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced legislation to extend existing emergency health and labour rules tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.Health Minister Tyler Shandro says as case numbers fluctuate and new re...
Jun 18, 2020
WHL teams will need fans in seats to operate next season, says commissioner
CALGARY - Western Hockey League teams need their arenas at least half full with spectators next season to operate, according to the league's commissioner. The COVID-19 pandemic has shut down larg...
Jun 18, 2020
BDC ready to roll with loans for mid-sized companies hit hard by COVID-19
OTTAWA - Mid-sized Canadian businesses that are strapped for cash because of COVID-19 can now apply through their own banks to get loans of up to $60 million from the federal government. The loans, to...
Jun 18, 2020
Fares to be re-instated on Grande Prairie transit June 29
Starting Monday, June 29, users of Grande Prairie public transit will have to pay for their ride.The City says transit services is re-instating fare collection for all transit services, after fares to...
Jun 18, 2020
Billie Eilish gets 3-year restraining order for trespasser
LOS ANGELES - A judge has extended to three years a restraining order taken out by Billie Eilish against a man who repeatedly appeared at her Los Angeles home. In a hearing, Superior Court Judge Diann...
Jun 18, 2020
Senate ethics committee urges censure of Tory senator over trip to China
OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics committee is recommending that a Conservative senator be censured for breaching the upper house's ethics code when he accepted an all-expenses-paid trip to China in 2...
Jun 18, 2020
Too many visitors forces B.C. to shut park on Canada-U.S. boundary
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia park that straddles the 49th parallel with Washington state will be closed because it's overwhelmed with visitors using it as a cross-border meeting point. The governm...
Jun 18, 2020
Grande Prairie man killed in collision along Weyerhaeuser Road
A 27-year-old man from Grande Prairie has died following a collision on the Weyerhaeuser road, south of the City, on Wednesday evening.Authorities say from a preliminary investigation, an SUV travelli...
Jun 18, 2020
Bad chocks, brake training blamed for crunching of prime minister's plane
OTTAWA - Military investigators say the Royal Canadian Air Force plane normally used by the prime minister hit a hangar wall last year after a maintenance crew used the wrong chocks, and not enough of...
Jun 18, 2020
Bombers president Miller comes to defence of CFL commissioner Ambrosie
TORONTO - Winnipeg Blue Bombers president Wade Miller came to defence of embattled CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie on Thursday. Ambrosie has come under heavy criticism recently from CFL...
Jun 18, 2020