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Grande Prairie adds 56 new COVID-19 cases, 27 recoveries
The City of Grande Prairie added 56 new cases of COVID-19, along with 27 recoveries for August 26, bringing the active case total in the City up to 427.Active cases in the County of Grande Prairie are...
Aug 27, 2021
Elective surgeries to be postponed at QEII to create dedicated COVID unit: AHS
Alberta Health Services says approximately 45 elective surgeries per week are set to be postponed at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Grande Prairie starting August 30 to increase bed capacity and c...
Aug 27, 2021
Storm send Meerman to Blackfalds for Zach Brooks
The Grande Prairie Storm have sent forward Brett Meerman to the AJHL expansion Blackfalds Bulldogs in exchange for forward Zach Brooks.Meerman, who is from Blackfalds, spent from 2019-21 with the Stor...
Aug 27, 2021
Out on the hustings, Trudeau confronted by father of victim from flight PS752
RICHMOND HILL, Ont. - Merzhad Zarei moved swiftly through a crowd of people waiting to meet Justin Trudeau at an outdoor food-truck festival north of Toronto, hoping to get the Liberal leader's attent...
Aug 27, 2021
CP NewsAlert: Manitoba brings back COVID orders, gives more freedom to vaccinated
WINNIPEG - Manitoba is bringing back some of its COVID-19 public health orders and will allow only people who are fully vaccinated to go to restaurants, bars, bingo halls and sporting events. Health M...
Aug 27, 2021
30 km/h school zones in Grande Prairie back in effect Monday
Drivers will need to ease up on the gas pedal in school zones, as the 30 km/h speed limit in school zones goes back into effect on Monday, August 30 in Grande Prairie.School zone speeds are in effect ...
Aug 27, 2021
Coroner releases report into 2020 death of six snowmobilers in Lac-St-Jean, Que.
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner has found that a lack of signage and an ill-fated decision to take an unfamiliar shortcut contributed to the deaths of five French snowmobilers and their guide in the Lac-S...
Aug 27, 2021
Crosswalk painting aims to honour Residential School victims, survivors
A crosswalk in Grande Prairie will soon be painted with orange handprints to help show community support to the Indigenous community, as well as the victims and survivors of the residential schooling ...
Aug 27, 2021
Ida aims to hit New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina anniversary
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell wants everyone who lives or works outside the city's levee protection system to evacuate well ahead of an expected hit by Hurricane Ida on Sunday. ...
Aug 27, 2021
Federal government posts $12.7B deficit for June, spending down and revenue up
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a deficit of $12.7 billion for June compared with a deficit of $33.6 billion in June 2020. The drop in the deficit came as spending dropped compared with a year ...
Aug 27, 2021