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Grande Prairie mayor supportive of provincial COVID measures
Grande Prairie Mayor Jackie Clayton is encouraging residents to follow the new measures that have been put in place by the Alberta government Friday, aimed at stemming the rise in new COVID-19 cases a...
Sep 03, 2021
Grande Prairie Outdoor Pool closing for season Monday
With a return to school and summer soon to wrap up, the Grande Prairie Outdoor Pool will be closing following the Labour Day long weekend. Monday will be the last day of operation for the summer seaso...
Sep 03, 2021
Section of Range Road 63 temporarily closed for reconstruction
The County of Grande Prairie says a section of Range Road 63 between Highway 59 and Secondary Highway 672 is now closed for reconstruction. Detours have been set up along Range Roads 62 and 64, with t...
Sep 03, 2021
Grande Prairie adds 48 new COVID-19 cases, 47 recoveries
The City of Grande Prairie added 48 new cases of COVID-19 along with 47 recoveries for Thursday, September 2, bringing the active case total in the Swan City up to 492.In the County of Grande Prairie,...
Sep 03, 2021
Elections Canada posts cap of about $30M on three big parties' campaign spending
OTTAWA - Canada's chief electoral officer has announced the initial ceiling on parties' expenditures in the election campaign now in full swing. The spending limits are based on the length of the vote...
Sep 03, 2021
Alberta announces $100 gift card as incentive to get fully vaccinated as cases surge
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney, two months after declaring victory over COVID-19, is now offering $100 to Albertans who aren't fully vaccinated to curb nation-leading cases of the illness that have a...
Sep 03, 2021
Depth key as depleted Vancouver Whitecaps look to extend three-game win streak
VANCOUVER - When Thomas Hasal last made a start for the Vancouver Whitecaps, the team was at the bottom of the Western Conference standings, desperate to turn its season around. Now, as the 22-year-ol...
Sep 03, 2021
Canada could see above 15K daily COVID-19 cases next month, Tam says
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says there is an urgent need for more people between 18 and 39 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to reduce the impact of the Delta variant. "This is a cr...
Sep 03, 2021
Fortin's lawyers fight bid to toss his lawsuit over removal from vaccine post
OTTAWA - Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's lawyers are fighting a federal attempt to quash their client's lawsuit over his removal as head of Canada's vaccine distribution campaign. In a newly filed Federal Cou...
Sep 03, 2021
Palace: Princess Charlene of Monaco's health 'reassuring'
PARIS (AP) - Monaco's Princess Charlene is in "reassuring" condition after being suddenly hospitalized with complications from a serious sinus infection, the principality's palace said Friday. Princes...
Sep 03, 2021