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Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta providing $545,000 to local charities
The Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta will be providing $545,000 to help support local charities in the community that are responding to COVID-19. The $545,000 comes from the Government of ...
May 21, 2020
Alberta to change restrictions on foothills coal mining to ease development
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is changing coal policies to make it easier to develop open-pit mines in one of the province's most sensitive areas. Alberta says it will abolish land use zones in it...
May 21, 2020
Twenty-eight soldiers test positive for COVID-19 after working in care homes
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says 28 military members have tested positive for COVID-19 after being deployed to help at long-term care facilities in Ontario and Quebec. That represents a dramati...
May 21, 2020
Alberta to change restrictions on foothills coal mining to ease development
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is changing coal policies to make it easier to develop open-pit mines in one of the province's most sensitive areas.Alberta says it will abolish land use zones in its...
May 21, 2020
Film: 'Roe' plaintiff says her anti-abortion switch was act
WASHINGTON - Norma McCorvey loved the limelight. Better known as "Jane Roe," her story was at the centre of the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide. At first she was...
May 21, 2020
Marcel Bellefeuille returns to University of Ottawa as head football coach
OTTAWA - Marcel Bellefeuille is back as the University of Ottawa's head football coach. The school announced Bellefeuille's return Thursday. Bellefeuille served as the school's head coa...
May 21, 2020
Canada rugby calendar still up in the air because of pandemic restrictions
TORONTO - With July internationals already called off due to the global pandemic and the likely cancellation of the Americas Rugby Championship later this summer, Canada's top rugby players may n...
May 21, 2020
2020 property tax notices in the mail for County residents
Approximately 20,000 property owners in the County of Grande Prairie will be receiving their 2020 property tax notices in the mail in the coming days.Along with tax notices, the County has sent out in...
May 21, 2020
Local MLA removes swarm of bees from vehicle in Valleyview
Central Peace-Notley MLA Todd Loewen helped out a traveller in Valleyview who had a swarm of bees enter his vehicle.In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Loewen said he received a call from the traveller,w...
May 21, 2020
Trudeau pledges help to increase COVID-19 testing in Ontario and Quebec
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will be speaking with the premiers today about how Ottawa can help provinces massively scale up their COVID-19 testing capacity to fend off a p...
May 21, 2020