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'Baba Yaga' introduces with a virtual reality movie premiere
Last week Daisy Ridley and Jennifer Hudson went to a movie premiere together. They posed for photos and made remarks from a stage while an audience watched quietly. Or, more accurately, their avatars ...
Jan 22, 2021
Power outages reported in Grande Prairie Friday
UPDATE: Power has been restored to most affected areas.ATCO Electric says over 3,000 customers have been affected by a power outage that has hit several neighbourhoods in Grande Prairie Friday afterno...
Jan 22, 2021
Forge FC-Toronto FC Canadian Championship final to be played before April 6
While an exact date for the Canadian Championship final between Toronto FC and Forge FC has yet to be determined, the teams now have a deadline to meet for the matchup. CONCACAF confirmed Friday that ...
Jan 22, 2021
Winnipeg Jets forwards Patrik Laine, Nate Thompson head to injured reserve
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have placed forwards Patrik Laine and Nate Thompson on injured reserve.Laine has missed the past three games with an upper-body injury.The second overall pick in the 2016 ...
Jan 22, 2021
Penny Oleksiak, Kylie Masse among six swimmers named early to Canadian Olympic team
Strange times in sport create unorthodox decisions. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupting training and decimating the competition calendar led Swimming Canada to invoke the unforeseen circumstances claus...
Jan 22, 2021
Warkentin sees KXL permit cancellation as partisan move by Biden
Grande Prairie-Mackenzie's Member of Parliament believes the federal government must act swiftly in response to new U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to revoke a presidential permit to allow the Key...
Jan 22, 2021
A year after Wuhan lockdown, a world still deep in crisis
Nearly a year to the day after the Chinese city of Wuhan went into lockdown to contain a virus that had already escaped, President Joe Biden began putting into effect a new war plan for fighting the o...
Jan 22, 2021
Federal public safety minister suspends sale of decommissioned RCMP vehicles
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has suspended the sale of decommissioned RCMP vehicles, two days after a man in Nova Scotia was arrested for allegedly impersonating an officer while driving...
Jan 22, 2021
'Our Friend' is an opportunity for a good cry - if wanted
NEW YORK - If his new movie, " Our Friend, " makes audiences cry, Jason Segel can sympathize. He recalls being on an airplane and watching a movie that made him break down so uncontrollably that it go...
Jan 22, 2021
Insurance claims, payouts in Grande Prairie saw significant decreases in 2020
A new report from hellosafe.ca shows that in 2020 auto insurance claims and payouts dropped across Canada, including in Grande Prairie.The findings of the report shows a 30.48 per cent reduction on cl...
Jan 22, 2021