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Province announces commercial rent assistance and one-time payment to small businesses
EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has announced two significant measures it believes will help companies, particularly small businesses, weather the current economic crisis.Premier Jason Kenney...
Jun 6, 2020
Government looks to strengthen rights of patients
Proposed amendments to the Mental Health Act will strengthen patient rights and ensure those rights are respected while patients receive needed care.Bill 17, the Mental Health Amendment Act, proposes ...
Jun 6, 2020
RCMP ask for public's help locating missing teenager
Whitecourt RCMP is asking for the public's help in locating a missing teenager.13-year-old Myra-Mae Krahn was last seen on June 5, 2020, at the intersection of Highway 647 and Highway 751.Krahn is des...
Jun 6, 2020
'A huge moment for us': NHL exec. on players speaking out about social justice
Kim Davis lists off a range of emotions. They're the ones she's gone through since seeing the video of life slowly draining out of George Floyd's body as a white police office...
Jun 6, 2020
JDA Kings defenceman signs with Ontario Junior A club
The North West Junior (B) Hockey League's County of Grande Prairie JDA Kings have announced that defenceman Rylen Kleist has signed with the Dryden Ice Dogs. The 17 year old Grande Prairie native had ...
Jun 6, 2020
Bayern wears Black Lives Matter armbands, keeps winning
BERLIN - Wearing "Black Lives Matter" armbands, Bayern Munich came from a goal down to beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 and take another step towards a record-extending eighth consecutive Bundesliga title on...
Jun 6, 2020
Prosecutors: 2 Buffalo police officers charged with assault
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Two Buffalo police officers were charged with assault Saturday, prosecutors said, after a video showed them shoving a protester in recent demonstrations over the death of George Floyd ...
Jun 6, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:59 a.m. ET on June 6, 2020: There are 94,790 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 52,398 confirmed (in...
Jun 6, 2020
More protests against anti-black racism expected across Canada today
Anti-racism demonstrators are expected to gather across Canada today to protest police violence against black people.The rallies are the latest in a series of protests following the release of a video...
Jun 6, 2020
Familiar faces back behind the bench for PCFAC teams in 2020-21
The Peace Country Female Athletic Club have announced that their coaches from the 2019-20 hockey season will be back behind the bench for the 2020-21 campaign. The club announced on their Facebook pag...
Jun 6, 2020