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Biden wins Kansas primary conducted with all-mail balloting
TOPEKA, Kan. - Joe Biden has overwhelmingly won a Democratic presidential primary in Kansas that the state party conducted exclusively by mail because of the coronavirus pandemic. The former vice-pres...
May 3, 2020
Alberta parks partnership rules to be released, critics call for consultation
EDMONTON - Albertans are expected to learn Monday how they can take up to 164 provincial parks and recreation sites off the hands of a government that no longer wants them. The decision, announced in ...
May 3, 2020
Security guards in high demand, face more stress on job during COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred an enormous demand for security guards, whose job descriptions have been expanded to include temperature checks, grocery store crowd control and - in at least one cas...
May 3, 2020
'The work is still getting done': NHL teams preparing for unusual draft
Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning and his NHL counterparts usually have the luxury of a picture that's mostly come into focus. A normal draft year will see scouts and execut...
May 3, 2020
Organizers hoping to bring back drive-in theatre
The excitement surrounding a drive-in style movie in Grande Prairie last week became quite obvious.On Friday, April 24, over 100 vehicles showed up to the parking lot of Bullets and Broadheads Indoor ...
May 3, 2020 Drive-in movie night at Bullets and Broadheads. Photo: Shane Clausing
Chiefs concerned about mental health impacts of COVID-19 in their First Nations
OTTAWA - A few months before the novel coronavirus arrived in Canada, the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation at Loon Lake, Sask. was already raising the alarm over suicides in the community...
May 3, 2020
Civil service saw COVID-19 benefit programs as 'Dunkirk'-style rescue effort
OTTAWA - It was a sunny March 18 when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented the government's first big attempt at containing the economic fallout from COVID-19 in the form of an $82-billio...
May 3, 2020
Looser COVID-19 rules mean more activity, but there may be some confusion
WINNIPEG - People in some provinces will enjoy more freedom Monday as restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic are loosened. But the change appears set to leave some workers looking for child car...
May 3, 2020
S Korea says troops exchange fire along N Korean border
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea says its troops have exchanged fire with North Korea along their tense land border. The Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul says North Korean troops fired several bu...
May 2, 2020
Weapons, drugs seized in Clairmont traffic stop
A pair of Clairmont residents have been charged after a traffic stop led to the discovery of drugs and weapons.Grande Prairie RCMP say they were patrolling in Clairmont shortly after midnight on April...
May 2, 2020 A sawed-off rifle, a knife and various drugs were uncovered during a traffic stop in Clairmont on April 21 (Photo: Grande Prairie RCMP)