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Recoveries top 4,000 in Alberta as province adds 81 new COVID-19 cases
Alberta has added 81 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, while just one new case was identified in northern Alberta for May 8.Chief Medical Officer of Health in Alberta, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, also said 4,02...
May 8, 2020
Grande Prairie sees province's highest rate of fentanyl-related fatalities in 2019
Though the rate of apparent fentanyl-related poisoning deaths steadily dropped throughout 2019, Grande Prairie still saw the highest rate of fatalities among the province's major municipalities for th...
May 8, 2020
Bichette weighs in on South Korean baseball, empty stadiums and Jays' excitement level
With a few pro leagues resuming play around the globe, Major League Baseball fans are getting a glimpse of how things might look if big-league games return after this ext...
May 8, 2020
Feds reject eight million N95 masks from a single distributor
OTTAWA - The federal government has suspended shipments of N95 respirators from a Montreal-based supplier after about eight million of the masks made in China failed to meet specifications. ...
May 8, 2020
GPREP to launch PPE program for relaunching businesses
The Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership (GPREP) will be begin accepting applications next week for its PPE4Biz program, which will make personal protective equipment like gloves, masks and h...
May 8, 2020
2019 Bear Lake Growing Project wraps up after winter-long delay
by Jeanette BeyerThe 2019 Bear Lake Growing Project crop has been combined.Five combines picked up the 130 acres of canola in three hours on Wednesday after it had to stay out all winter. Money from s...
May 8, 2020
Peer pressure, public messaging will affect behaviour when rules loosen: experts
TORONTO - Peer pressure and public messaging will influence Canadians' ability and willingness to maintain safe behaviours as restrictions around COVID-19 begin to loosen, some experts say a...
May 8, 2020
First Nation, Metis, Inuit leaders concerned about Indigenous COVID-19 outbreaks
OTTAWA - First Nations, Inuit and Metis leaders are raising concern about a growing number of outbreaks of COVID-19 in Indigenous communities and say it's getting harder to find the money an...
May 8, 2020
Medicine Hat Police Service leads investigation on stormtrooper arrest in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) is clearing up some confusion regarding an external investigation.The investigation is looking into the actions of officers during an arrest on Mon...
May 8, 2020
Province to provide $147 million for northern Alberta flood relief
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it will provide $147 million in disaster relief for communities affected by flooding during spring ice breakup.Several northern Alberta communities, including Fo...
May 8, 2020