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Fire in Peace River destroys garage, no injuries reported
A structure fire in the South End of Peace River was extinguished Saturday night, but not before causing significant damage to an old vehicle garage.The Peace River Fire Department responded to the st...
May 4, 2020
Several provinces begin easing COVID-19 lockdown restrictions
OTTAWA - A much anticipated new phase in the COVID-19 pandemic starts today with several provinces beginning the process of slowly loosening some of their lockdown restrictions. Q...
May 4, 2020
Shula, winningest coach in pro football history, dies at 90
MIAMI - Don Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died Monday at his home, the team said. He was 90. Shula surpassed G...
May 4, 2020
Final evacuation order lifted in Fort McMurray as flooding cleanup continues
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - All mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo after a massive ice jam caused flooding and forced about 13,000 people out of ...
May 4, 2020
Shula, winningest coach in pro football history, dies at 90
MIAMI - Don Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died Monday at his home, the team said. He was 90. Shula surpassed G...
May 4, 2020
Union rallies as Cargill meat plant reopens after shutdown due to COVID-19
HIGH RIVER, Alta. - A massive meat-packing plant in southern Alberta has reopened for business two weeks after it was shutdown due to a large outbreak of COVID-19.A long line of cars and buses waited ...
May 4, 2020
Maple Leafs sign defenceman Mikko Lehtonen to one-year, entry-level contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Finnish defenceman Mikko Lehtonen to a one-year, entry-level contract for the 2020-21 season, the club announced Monday. The 26-year-old is comi...
May 4, 2020
Union rallies as Cargill meat plant reopens after shutdown due to COVID-19
HIGH RIVER, Alta. - A massive meat-packing plant in southern Alberta has reopened for business two weeks after it was shutdown due to a large outbreak of COVID-19. A long line of c...
May 4, 2020
Ceremony held aboard navy frigate as remains of recovered victim to be flown home
The crew of a Royal Canadian Navy frigate held a ceremony on Sunday to mark the transfer of the body of one of six personnel who died in a crash of a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter. The HMCS Frederict...
May 4, 2020
Peace Country farmers combining and seeding
The warmer, windy weather means Peace Country farmers have been able to get back to combining the crop that stayed in the field all winter.County of Grande Prairie Ag. Fieldman Sonja Raven says areas ...
May 4, 2020 Photo from the Alberta Canola Facebook page.