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Kotb cries on 'Today' show; Baby Shark takes on hand-washing
From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to cancelling events, here's a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reacting to the spread of the coronavirus, which most...
Mar 27, 2020

Beaverlodge Town Council approves budget
Town Council in Beaverlodge has approved a new budget that includes a 3.38 per cent property tax increase.In a release, the Town says it was wanting to maintain existing services and programs with a m...
Mar 27, 2020 Photo from the Town of Beaverlodge Facebook page

Vancouver Whitecaps taking care of more than business during COVID-19 pandemic
Co-owner Steve Nash led a live workout on Instagram. Staffers are calling friends and family as well as season ticket-holders to check up on them. The Vancouver Whitecaps are staying busy - and in tou...
Mar 27, 2020

B.C. measures appear to have slowed the increase in COVID-16: health officer
VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says she's starting to see "glimmers of hope" in the fight against COVID-19 with an apparent flattening in the number of cases. The province&nbs...
Mar 27, 2020

Tory leadership candidates asked to stop calls, fundraising as vote postponed
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidates are being asked to stop fundraising and making calls to party members following a decision to suspend the race. But at least one candidate says it is unfair...
Mar 27, 2020

City lays off 330 temporary and casual staff
The City of Grande Prairie has laid off 330 casual and temporary workers. The majority of those laid off Friday were employed at the recreation and event facilities Eastlink and Revolution Place, whic...
Mar 27, 2020 Eastlink Centre (photo by Shaun Penner)

Winter storm warning issued for BC Peace, snow also predicted for the Alberta side
There is a winter storm warning and snow squall watch out for the BC Peace.The winter storm warning says snow will start this afternoon and that there could be 30 to 40 centimetres by Sunday.The wind ...
Mar 27, 2020

Trudeau seeking U.S. decision on troops at border; calls possibility a mistake
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it would be a mistake for the United States to position troops near the Canadian border. Trudeau says today he's told that to the T...
Mar 27, 2020

Grande Prairie's Lambert reflects on his first season in the WHL
The 2019-2020 hockey season was one to remember for Grande Prairie's Edge Lambert.The 17-year-old (at the time the season began) was set to become a member of the Grande Prairie Storm for this past se...
Mar 27, 2020 Photo Credit: Judy Simpson

Rural doctors and mayors ask city-dwellers to stay home and not tax system
Rural health-care providers and small-town politicians are pleading with snowbirds and city-dwellers to stay at their primary homes during the COVID-19 pandemic rather than self-isolating in more remo...
Mar 27, 2020