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AFSC hopes to process most inspections this week, commodity groups working on pandemic issues
The Agriculture Financial Services Corporation says unharvested crops remains its number one priority.AFSC says in a news release that there are what it terms "a large range of potential claims" on a ...
May 5, 2020 Combining of last year's canola crop at Boyd Farms near Fairview. Photo supplied by AFSC.
Petition to oppose federal firearm ban launched in Grande Prairie
An online petition has been launched by Bullets and Broadheads Shooting Centre Ltd in Grande Prairie, in an effort to oppose the federal government's recent announcement of a ban on owning any of 1,50...
May 5, 2020
Ford: MLSE asked about Toronto being a hub city should NHL resume its season
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the Toronto Maple Leafs' parent company has been in contact with the province about the possibility of Canada's biggest city serving as a so-called "hocke...
May 5, 2020
A look at some of the Canadians who have lost their lives to COVID-19
COVID-19 has sickened thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed hundreds. "While we can start to become numb to these numbers as time goes on, each one of these individuals had a life that...
May 5, 2020
Grande Prairie area yards facing increased vole population
The miniature pests known as voles are finding their way to Grande Prairie lawns in bigger numbers this spring compared to recent years, according to the City's Parks Department.The small rodents, als...
May 5, 2020
Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection announces online Try-It Day in June
The Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection's annual summer Try-It Day on June 6 is going to look a little different this year.Because of COVID-19, the Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection has be...
May 5, 2020 Photo: Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection Facebook
Fix on Friday to finally let moms-to-be receive CERB, Qualtrough tells MPs
OTTAWA - Expecting mothers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 in March, and have since been unable to access emergency federal aid, will receive a key benefit once a fix comes into effect on Friday. ...
May 5, 2020
Federal government earmarking $77M to keep food-processing industry safe
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday more than $77 million to help keep workers in the food-processing industry safe. The news comes as a Cargill meat-packing plant in High River, Alta., so...
May 5, 2020
Athleteics Canada awards Olympic spots to Dunfee, Hofbauer and Pidhoresky
OTTAWA - Marathoners Trevor Hofbauer and Dayna Pidhoresky and race walker Evan Dunfee have been nominated by Athletics Canada for their events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The International Olympi...
May 5, 2020
Leafs' Holl: American players waiting for 'concrete plan' before crossing border
TORONTO - Maple Leafs defenceman Justin Holl is ready to go. He's just waiting for the green light. Holl has spent most of the COVID-19 pandemic that shut down the NHL, and much of North Ame...
May 5, 2020