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Local man builds backyard gym amid COVID-19 closures
A Grande Prairie area man has been putting his imagination to good use during the COVID-19 pandemic, while feeding his desire to get a proper workout in.Sixteen weeks ago, while out of work and unable...
Jul 29, 2020
Randy Rainbow memoir to be released in late 2021
NEW YORK - Randy Rainbow's first book is very much about Randy Rainbow. St. Martin's Press announced Wednesday that Rainbow's memoir "Playing With Myself" is scheduled for release late in 2021. The Em...
Jul 29, 2020
Manitoba First Nation takes first steps to get jurisdiction over children in care
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba First Nation has begun the process of creating its own child welfare system under controversial federal legislation that allows Indigenous groups to enact their own laws. Op...
Jul 29, 2020
Thunderstorm watches for some areas still in place
UPDATE: The severe thunderstorm warning that was out earlier for parts of Northern Sunrise County has ended.There is now a severe thunderstorm watch in place for the Slave Lake area. The Grande Cache ...
Jul 29, 2020
Epstein's ex-girlfriend tries late bid to seal testimony
NEW YORK - A British socialite charged with recruiting three girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse made a last-minute bid Wednesday to stop the public release of her 2016 testimony in a civil ca...
Jul 29, 2020
Dodgers' Kelly suspended 8 games for buzzing, mocking Astros
HOUSTON - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly was suspended for eight games by Major League Baseball on Wednesday, a day after throwing a fastball near the head of Houston's Alex Bregman and mocking...
Jul 29, 2020
Former NHL coach Mike Babcock joins Vermont as adviser to coaching staff
Former NHL coach Mike Babcock is joining the University of Vermont's men's hockey program as an adviser to the coaching staff. The Catamounts said on their website that Babcock will be "a resource for...
Jul 29, 2020
Lee Anna Osei honouring brother through Black Canadian Coaches initiative
Lee Anna Osei's brother Samuel would have turned 31 on May 26 - the day after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, sparking an American uprising. It was an...
Jul 29, 2020
Alberta adds 133 new cases of COVID-19, three more deaths
Alberta added 133 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, as there was one new case identified in the City of Grande Prairie.The new case in Grande Prairie comes as there were two more recoveries, droppin...
Jul 29, 2020
Canada urged to avoid 'vaccine nationalism' in race for COVID-19 cure
OTTAWA - A top American health expert is praising Canada for not succumbing to "vaccine nationalism" because of its efforts to push for fair global distribution of a cure for the COVID-19 pandemi...
Jul 29, 2020