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Local FCSS teams to host virtual Seniors' Tea event
The Family and Community Support Services teams from the City and County of Grande Prairie, the towns of Wembley and Beaverlodge, the Village of Hythe and Seniors Outreach have joined to put on a virt...
May 22, 2020
City of Grande Prairie now at three active COVID-19 cases
For the third straight day, the City of Grande Prairie added a new active case of COVID-19 on Friday, while the province added 32 new cases for May 22.Read more: Ramona's Pizza staff member tests posi...
May 22, 2020
B.C. joins Alberta, Saskatchewan in barring out-of-province access to provincial campgrounds
Outdoor enthusiasts in Western Canada will have be camping closer to home this season - at least until further notice.Following similar decisions made by the Alberta and Saskatchewan governments, Brit...
May 22, 2020
Toronto FC rookie forward Achara thinking of family back home in Nigeria
TORONTO - You could forgive Toronto FC rookie Ifunanyachi Achara if he thought "Why me?" When the 16-year-old Achara came to the U.S. from Nigeria in 2014 to attend Berkshire High School in Massachuse...
May 22, 2020
Federal parties tap wage subsidy program to avoid layoffs as donations dry up
OTTAWA - Federal political parties are tapping into the emergency wage subsidy program to avoid laying off their staff as donations dry up during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Liberal...
May 22, 2020
California's April jobless rate higher than Great Recession
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's unemployment rate nearly tripled to 15.5% in April as the nation's most populous state lost more jobs in one month from the coronavirus than it did during the Great R...
May 22, 2020
Calgary and Brooks set for next phases of reopening on Monday
The provincial government provided a COVID-19 stage one update Friday morning.The update on Alberta's Relaunch Strategy focused on the cities of Calgary and Brooks. Ahead of stage one's May 14 start, ...
May 22, 2020
Provincial support helpful for Grande Prairie hotel industry
Update: The story has been corrected from an earlier version.Hotel operators in Grande Prairie are glad to see some more supports for the hospitality sector, as COVID-19 restrictions have taken a toll...
May 22, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 2:30 p.m. on May 22, 2020: There are 82,413 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 46,141 confirmed (includ...
May 22, 2020
Trump calls on churches to reopen this weekend
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday said he has deemed churches and other houses of worship "essential" and called on governors to allow them to reopen this weekend despite the threat of the...
May 22, 2020