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County of Grande Prairie announces updates to 2020 Property Tax Payment Plan
The County of Grande Prairie has announced its updated plan regarding property tax payments for 2020.Earlier this week council approved keeping its property tax deadline date for June 30, 2020, howeve...
Apr 9, 2020
Lawyers, advocate call for inmate release before COVID-19 spreads
The number COVID-19 cases in prisons is rising, prompting Canada's criminal lawyers and an inmate advocacy group to call on the federal and provincial governments to reduce the number of peo...
Apr 9, 2020
Western Alberta unemployment jumps to 7.1 per cent in March
The Province has released the Alberta Labour Force Statistics for March 2020, which shows a province-wide increase in the unemployment rate.The rate for Alberta in March, 2020 was at 8.7 per cent, com...
Apr 9, 2020
2020 Grande Prairie Stompede cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
The 2020 Grande Prairie Stompede has been cancelled. The event was set to run on May 27 - May 31.The Grande Prairie Board of Directors for the event say the cancellation was decided under the recommen...
Apr 9, 2020 Photo: EverythingGP Staff
Canadian track and field trials for Tokyo Games to remain in Montreal
MONTREAL - The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic track and field trials for next year's Tokyo Games will remain in Montreal. Athletics Canada announced Thursday that the trials will take place next year...
Apr 9, 2020
Controls can keep Canadian COVID-19 deaths under 22,000, health agency says
OTTAWA - With strong control measures, the federal public health agency projects that 11,000 to 22,000 Canadians could die of COVID-19 in the coming months.The Public Health Agency of Canada says shor...
Apr 9, 2020
Oilers forward Cave remains in medically-induced coma at Toronto hospital
TORONTO - Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave remains in a medically-induced coma at a Toronto hospital after suffering a brain bleed earlier this week. The Oilers, through Cave's family, provided an u...
Apr 9, 2020
Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony postponed due to COVID-19
ST. MARYS, Ont. - The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame is posting its 2020 induction ceremony because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Former Toronto Blue Jays first baseman and two-time World Series champion ...
Apr 9, 2020
Conservatives not holding up aid bill, but want to see improvements: Scheer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says his party isn't deliberately holding up a new financial aid package for COVID-19 relief. Scheer says constructive conversations are ongoing between his ...
Apr 9, 2020
Canada lost 1,011,000 jobs in March, unemployment rate up to 7.8%; StatCan
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada reports the economy lost 1,011,000 jobs in March, the worst recorded single-month change as the COVID-19 crisis began to take hold, lifting the unemployment rate to 7.8 per ...
Apr 9, 2020