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Metro Vancouver transit system confirms ransomware attack, says payment data secure
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver's transit authority is confirming that it was the target of a ransomware attack on part of its information technology systems. Ransomware is a type of malicious software th...
Dec 03, 2020
Rangers will not loan Lafrenière to Canada for world junior hockey championship
RED DEER, Alta. - Alexis Lafrenire will not be going for another gold medal this winter. Hockey Canada said in a statement Thursday that the NHL's New York Rangers will not loan Lafrenire to Canada's ...
Dec 03, 2020
Prairie provinces becoming hardest hit by COVID-19 in Canada
EDMONTON - The three Prairie provinces have become the epicentre of COVID-19's second wave in Canada -- surpassing Ontario and Quebec, the two most populous provinces that were initially the hardest h...
Dec 03, 2020
Sixteen new COVID-19 cases recorded in Grande Prairie
The City of Grande Prairie added 16 new cases of COVID-19 for December 2 alongside four more recoveries, increasing the City's active case total to 82 as of Wednesday.The County of Grande Prairie adde...
Dec 03, 2020
Nuggets star Jamal Murray crossing fingers that he can play for Canada at Olympics
DENVER - Playing for Canada's men's basketball team at the Olympics next year would be a wonderful opportunity for Jamal Murray, but the Denver Nuggets star has no idea how realistic that is at this s...
Dec 03, 2020
Liberals accuse Conservatives of disregarding court deadline, filibustering bill
OTTAWA - Federal Liberals are accusing the Conservatives of filibustering a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying and thumbing their noses at a looming court deadline.Government House l...
Dec 03, 2020
Sikh community in Grande Prairie rallies against Indian farm legislation changes
Members of the Sikh community in Grande Prairie spoke out against recent legislation passed by the Government of India, which they feel adversely impacts Indian farmers for the benefit of large corpor...
Dec 03, 2020
Climate change costs taking increasing chunk off Canada's GDP growth: study
Climate change costs are already taking an increasing bite out of Canada's economic growth and the country is falling behind other nations when it comes to planning for them, says federally funded res...
Dec 03, 2020
Trudeau tells United Nations to address COVID-19 inequality amid vaccine advances
OTTAWA - The world's fight against COVID-19 doesn't end with the successful distribution of a vaccine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. Trudeau said ...
Dec 03, 2020
Twist of fate: Prairie provinces become COVID-19 hot spot in pandemic's second wave
EDMONTON - The three Prairie provinces have become the epicentre of COVID-19's second wave in Canada - surpassing Ontario and Quebec, the two most populous provinces that were initially the hardest hi...
Dec 03, 2020