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An update on Canada's economy and fleeting tweets; In The News for March 5
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 5 ... What...
Mar 5, 2020
Provincial funding to boost surgical capacity at Grande Prairie Regional Hospital
The Grande Prairie Regional Hospital will have one more operating room than originally planned when it opens in 2021.The province announced Wednesday it was putting $100-million into renovating and ex...
Mar 5, 2020
1600 attendees expected at Mighty Peace Teachers' Convention
Close to 1600 educators have gathered in Grande Prairie for the annual Mighty Peace Teachers' Convention.Communications Director for the Convention Debbie Harris says they are coming from all over the...
Mar 5, 2020 Photo supplied by the Mighty Peace Teachers' Convention
Swan City Rotary Club's Cars for Christmas Lottery raises over $360,000
The money raised from the Swan City Rotary Club's 2019 Cars for Christmas Lottery was given to community groups and partners on Wednesday, March 4.Dave Cook, Chair of the Swan City Rotary Club Lottery...
Mar 5, 2020 Cheque being accepted by the Grande Prairie & District Catholic Schools Education Foundation (Photo: Emily Keller)
Baloney Meter: Did a Liberal tax cut help reduce poverty rates?
OTTAWA - "We cut taxes for the middle class. It was the first thing we did as a government in 2015, and it helped to lift more than one million Canadians out of poverty. And that's exactly why we...
Mar 5, 2020
Airstrike in northwest Syria kills 15 ahead of Moscow summit
BEIRUT - An airstrike on a rebel-held village in northwestern Syria hit a poultry farm where several displaced families were taking shelter early Thursday, killing at least 15 people including childre...
Mar 5, 2020
Without Indigenous consent for pipelines, expect more confrontations
OTTAWA - Canadians can expect more disruptive protests if the federal government pushes forward with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion against the wishes of some of the Indigenous communities it w...
Mar 5, 2020
Virus outbreak delays Xi's state visit to neighbouring Japan
TOKYO - Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Japan has been postponed so both countries can fight the coronavirus outbreak, Japan's chief government spokesman said Thursday. The visit had bee...
Mar 5, 2020
CRTC won't force wireless telecom companies to offer bills on paper
OTTAWA - Canada's telecom regulator won't force mobile service providers to offer customers paper invoices, at least not yet. But the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission i...
Mar 5, 2020
Lametti sows uncertainty over meaning of foreseeable death in assisted-dying bill
OTTAWA - Dr. Ellen Wiebe has helped 260 intolerably suffering Canadians end their lives over the past four years, including a few who likely would have lived up to another decade on the...
Mar 5, 2020