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Premiers don't want Emergencies Act used during COVID-19 pandemic
REGINA - Canada's premiers have sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying they do not want the Emergencies Act invoked over COVID-19. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe's office said the lette...
Apr 15, 2020
Council aiming to keep wild boar out of County of Grande Prairie
The County of Grande Prairie is looking to prohibit anyone from keeping wild boars under any circumstance within County boundaries.Following a request from an individual to start a wild boar operation...
Apr 15, 2020 When wild boar are at large, they are deemed a pest under the province's Agricultural Pests Act (Photo: dreamstime.com)
Cranberry Lake Rodeo cancelled
The COVID-19 pandemic means this year's Cranberry Lake Rodeo has been cancelled.The Cranberry Lake Rodeo Association made the announcement on its Facebook page Wednesday. The release says it was a dif...
Apr 15, 2020 Photo from the Cranberry Lake Rodeo Association Facebook page.
Trudeau bats away WHO questions, says Canada focused on fighting COVID-19
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused Wednesday to join the escalating global debate about the World Health Organization's handling of the COVID-19 crisis, insisting Canada remains f...
Apr 15, 2020
'What's going to happen?' Alberta teen recounts brush with death from COVID-19
OKOTOKS, Alta. - Matt Greenshields never worried about COVID-19 until he found himself thinking about death as he was being wheeled down the empty, darkened hallways of a hospital on his way...
Apr 15, 2020
Canada needs to increase testing capacity before life can return to normal: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada needs a much greater capacity to test for the novel coronavirus before life can return to normal. The federal government and public health officials ...
Apr 15, 2020
Harsh policing and big fines don't make people safer from COVID-19: criminologists
Corey Yanofsky, a data scientist living in Ottawa, took his dog out for a walk last week and ended up with an $880 fine for standing in the wrong place during the COVID-19 pan...
Apr 15, 2020
Wolfpack player James Cunningham likely laid low by virus after hamstring surgery
James Cunningham just wasn't feeling right, as if he was about to come down with something. So the Toronto Wolfpack hooker/scrum half, recovering from earlier hamstring surgery, was sent home some fiv...
Apr 15, 2020
Barker feels COVID-19 pandemic robbed XFL of time to establish a following
TORONTO - Jim Barker remains a member of a rare pro football fraternity. In 2001, Barker was the offensive co-ordinator with the Los Angeles Xtreme team that captured the first - and on...
Apr 15, 2020
City monitoring costs related to COVID-19
The City of Grande Prairie is monitoring all expenses related to COVID-19."At this time, we don't know if there will be any provincial or federal support for municipalities for expenses related to thi...
Apr 15, 2020