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Restriction Exemption Program key for keeping Grande Prairie recreation facilities open, safe
City of Grande Prairie administration says the implementation of the Government of Alberta's Restriction Exemption Program at certain recreational facilities in Grande Prairie is the best way to move ...
Sep 18, 2021

COVID-19 vaccinations jump since passport announcement
CALGARY, AB. - Premier Jason Kenney says COVID-19 vaccine bookings have nearly tripled in the province since he announced a passport system.Kenney says in a Facebook live video that nearly 25,000 vacc...
Sep 18, 2021

Singh sets his sights on prairie Conservative-held seats hit hard by COVID-19
SASKATOON - Jagmeet Singh criticized the COVID-19 pandemic responses of Saskatchewan and Alberta's provincial governments as the federal NDP campaign focused on Conservative-held seats in the prairie ...
Sep 18, 2021

New Democrats put Tory-held Edmonton riding, with low vote turnout, in their sights
OTTAWA - A young two-spirit Mtis leader hopes he can deliver one of the biggest upsets of the election campaign, if he can persuade apathetic voters to head to the polls Monday. NDP candidate Blake De...
Sep 18, 2021

Search of shore and waters underway for two men missing off Labrador coast
MARY'S HARBOUR, N.L. - A search is underway for an overdue fishing vessel with two men on board that departed a small coastal community in Labrador on Friday morning. The nine-metre boat with two outb...
Sep 18, 2021

Edmonton Oilers re-sign forward Kailer Yamamoto to one-year contract
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have extended the contract of forward Kailer Yamamoto by a year. The Oilers and the 22-year-old from Spokane, Wash., agreed to a one-year deal worth $1.175 million. Yama...
Sep 18, 2021

US ramps up plan to expel Haitian migrants gathered in Texas
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) - U.S. officials said Saturday that within the next three days, they plan to ramp up expulsion flights for some of the thousands of Haitian migrants who have gathered in a Texas ci...
Sep 18, 2021

Storm drop season opener in Drayton Valley
The Grande Prairie Storm's comeback came up just short in their season opener Friday evening, as they fell 5-4 in overtime against the Drayton Valley Thunder.After falling behind 4-2 midway through th...
Sep 18, 2021

Vancouver Whitecaps want to get back to winning ways in MLS game against Colorado
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps must punch above their weight Sunday in Denver against the Colorado Rapids in a bid to climb into the Major League Soccer playoff picture. Vancouver (7-8-8) ended a...
Sep 18, 2021

N.S. premier tells people who protested at public health doctor's home to 'grow up'
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative premier has asked people who protested proof-of-vaccination policies outside the home of the province's chief medical officer of health to consider act...
Sep 18, 2021