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Suspects arrested in Maskwacis area homicide
Two people have been charged in connection to a homicide last month in the Maskwacis area.Just after 8:15 a.m. on April 12, Maskwacis RCMP responded to a report of an unresponsive male lying on Herman...
May 7, 2020
Premier announces support for cattle operations facing COVID created backlogs
Premier Jason Kenney hopes to mitigate some of the financial losses faced by those raising cattle.He announced what he hopes will be a $42-million shared investment into the Fed Cattle Set Aside Progr...
May 7, 2020 Photo: Government of Alberta
Pandemic highlights existing barriers for those with communication disabilities
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted long-standing barriers preventing Canadians with communication disabilities from fully accessing the health-care system, according to advocates across the co...
May 7, 2020
Supreme Court to review Ontario ruling that jeopardized multiple verdicts
TORONTO - Canada's highest court agreed Thursday to review an Ontario ruling that could cause scores of criminal cases in that province to be thrown out over how changes ...
May 7, 2020
Recoveries in Alberta top 60 per cent as province reports 54 new COVID-19 cases
Alberta added 54 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, while the North Zone saw a decrease of three cases to its total for May 7. Cases in the North went from 229 on Wednesday to 226 for Thursday. The de...
May 7, 2020
4-H clubs taking sale online
The Kleskun and Bezanson 4-H Multi Clubs will be holding their steer and lamb sale online this year.These sales are usually held in person as part of 4-H Achievement Days, but those are not going ahea...
May 7, 2020 Photo from the 4-H 2020 Facebook page.
Leafs forward Alexander Kerfoot looks back at up-and-down start in Toronto
TORONTO - Alexander Kerfoot has been waiting out the COVID-19 pandemic like most NHL players. There's been board games with family, backyard competition, workouts, Netflix, some reading and plent...
May 7, 2020
Texas salon owner jailed for defying governor's order freed
DALLAS - A Texas salon owner who was jailed for defying Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's public health orders walked out free to cheering supporters on Thursday, shortly after the governor weakened his m...
May 7, 2020
GPRC President and CEO to chair new economic recovery taskforce launched by Alberta colleges
The President and CEO of Grande Prairie Regional College, Dr. Robert Murray, is to chair a new Economic Recovery Taskforce launched by the eleven Comprehensive Community Colleges in the province.The t...
May 7, 2020 Photo: Liam Verster
Presidential politics, sidelined by pandemic, poised for Trump-fuelled comeback
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's re-election efforts appear to be showing new signs of life despite lingering concerns about whether the accelerated reopening in parts of the United States could prompt a s...
May 7, 2020