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CFL informs member clubs its allowing limited access to team facilities
TORONTO - The CFL is allowing its teams to reopen their fitness facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The league sent a memo to its member clubs Wednesday allowing local players to partic...
May 27, 2020
Cheyenne Frontier Days cancelled for 1st time in 124 years
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Cheyenne Frontier Days, billed as the world's largest outdoor rodeo, has been cancelled for the first time in its 124-year history due to the coronavirus, the city's mayor told The As...
May 27, 2020
Salvation Army of Grande Prairie deploys food truck following closure of Community Kitchen
The Salvation Army of Grande Prairie is helping out the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre after the Community Kitchen was temporarily closed due to a team member testing positive for COVID-19 late last...
May 27, 2020
More than half of national parks to reopen next week after COVID-19 closure
Parks Canada says some operations at national parks, national historic sites, historic waterways, and national marine conservation areas will resume starting June 1. Twenty-nine of Canada's 48 na...
May 27, 2020
Fire ban lifted in County of Grande Prairie
The County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service has lifted its fire ban. Effective immediately, the fire bans for the Towns of Beaverlodge, Sexsmith, Wembley and the Village of Hythe are no longer ...
May 27, 2020
Don't make Kovrig suffer over Meng, says detained Canadian's boss
OTTAWA - The boss of one of the two Canadians imprisoned in China says he doesn't want the People's Republic to subject them to repercussions because today's court ruling went against i...
May 27, 2020
Deaf, hard-of-hearing Canadians ask for greater support during COVID-19 pandemic
Members of Canada's deaf and hard-of-hearing communities say they are among the many disabled residents feeling shut out by various aspects of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. They say many aspe...
May 27, 2020
Investigation launched after pin found in hot dog in Calgary park
CALGARY - Police in Calgary say they're investigating whether a hot dog found with a pin in it was an attempt at animal cruelty.Officers were called to Fish Creek Provincial Park in the city's southwe...
May 27, 2020
A look at Huawei Technologies and Meng Wanzhou
VANCOUVER - Some facts about Huawei Technologies and Meng Wanzhou: The company: Huawei was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei. The 75-year-old is Meng's father. The company is based in the tech hub of Sh...
May 27, 2020
Grande Prairie area playgrounds opening June 1
Playgrounds in the Grande Prairie area will be re-opened on June 1, as part of the area's regional approach to re-opening through the Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership (GPREP). The partner...
May 27, 2020