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Agriculture sector scrambling to offset consequences of COVID-19 crisis
CALGARY - Canada's agriculture sector is warning of higher prices and potential food shortages if it it isn't designated an essential service and allowed to do business as usual during the COVID-...
Mar 26, 2020
What you need to know about the Quarantine Act as isolation becomes mandatory for returning travellers
Canada is making unprecedented use of the federal Quarantine Act in a bid to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The order, which went into effect early Wednesday, hours before it was announced,...
Mar 25, 2020
Loughlin, Giannulli: College bribery charges must be tossed
BOSTON - "Full House" Actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and other prominent parents urged a judge Wednesday to dismiss charges against them in the college admissi...
Mar 25, 2020
New COVID-19 restrictions start Monday at Grande Prairie Airport
The Grande Prairie Airport is going to start restricting hours.Starting Monday, commercial passenger service will be operating between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. The Air Terminal Building will be open during t...
Mar 25, 2020
GPREP asking residents to donate to local food banks during shortages caused by COVID-19
The Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership (GPREP) is urging community members and residents who can, to donate to local food banks. In a release, GPREP says there is an increased demand for fo...
Mar 25, 2020 The shelves at the Salvation Army food bank are still in need of replenishing, as donations have decreased during the unfolding of the COVID-19 crisis (Photo Credit: Facebook / Salvation Army Grande Prairie Community and Family Services)
CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie looking to keep Canadian football fans informed
TORONTO - Randy Ambrosie hasn't forgotten about CFL fans during the COVID-19 pandemic. The league's commissioner will hold a video town hall question-and-answer session with football su...
Mar 25, 2020
Albertans face heavy fines for violating public health orders
Premier Jason Kenney says too many people aren't getting the message when it comes to practicing proper social distancing and self-isolation, which is why the provincial government is bringing in legi...
Mar 25, 2020 Premier Jason Kenney put the province's legal foot down on Wednesday, announcing substantial fines to individuals who do not follow public health mandates (Photo: Government of Alberta)
Family: US believes ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson has died
WASHINGTON - The family of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson said Wednesday that U.S. government officials have concluded that he has died while in the custody of Iran. The family said in a statement ...
Mar 25, 2020
With a crash and a bang, B.C. residents applaud health-care workers
VANCOUVER - At the same time each night, Rev. Gary Paterson and about half a dozen other neighbours have begun gathering at least two metres apart on the rooftop patio of their building in Vancouver's...
Mar 25, 2020
CBC says it's working to restore the local TV news it shelved last week
TORONTO - The CBC says it's gradually restoring the local supper-hour TV news it recently shelved. Last week, the public broadcaster drew criticism when it announced it was temporarily scrap...
Mar 25, 2020