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Semi rollover on Dunvegan bridge halts traffic for several hours
UPDATE: 511 Alberta says that, as of 1:14 a.m. on Tuesday, January 12, the overturned semi blocking Highway 2 north of the Dunvegan Bridge has been cleared, and the road has reopened to traffic.A semi...
Jan 11, 2021
Grande Prairie city committee to review mask bylaw
City Council has decided to send its Face Covering Bylaw, also known as the Mask Bylaw (C-1426), to the committee level for review.Interim Mayor Jackie Clayton says Council wants more information from...
Jan 11, 2021
2021 Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Alberta goes virtual
On a more normal year, Albertans would be getting ready to take a plunge into cold water as part of the Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Alberta.Due to COVID-19 though, the ...
Jan 11, 2021
Province expanding vaccination program to paramedics, emergency medical responders
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province is ramping up and expanding COVID-19 vaccinations to include paramedics and other emergency service workers.Kenney says almost 47,000 doses ha...
Jan 11, 2021
Nova Scotia cancels playdowns; Murphy back to Brier, Brothers gets Scotties invite
Nova Scotia became the latest province to cancel its curling playdowns Monday due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, it further stoked the debate on how best to decide on provincial representative...
Jan 11, 2021
City of Grande Prairie adds 12 new COVID-19 cases, four recoveries
The City of Grande Prairie recorded 12 new cases of COVID-19 for January 10 alongside four more recoveries, bringing the active case total in the City to 159.Three new cases were recorded in the Count...
Jan 11, 2021
Sister says brother's ashes that seemed lost in transit are now home
VANCOUVER - A woman says her little brother can now be laid to rest after his ashes reached her Metro Vancouver home from Edmonton weeks later than promised. Courtney Baker says her mother in Maple Ri...
Jan 11, 2021
More than half Manitoba's active COVID-19 cases are in First Nations population
WINNIPEG - Vaccine distribution has begun on a handful of Manitoba reserves as a task force reports that 61 per cent of the people with active COVID-19 in the province are First Nations.Manitoba's Fir...
Jan 11, 2021
Wind warning issued in Grande Prairie as strong gusts emerge Monday
UPDATE: The wind warning has been lifted in the Grande Prairie-Beaverlodge-Valleyview forecast area.A wind warning has been issued for the Grande Prairie area Monday afternoon.The warning is in effect...
Jan 11, 2021
Source: Pandemic will result in '21 Queen's Plate race being pushed back until August
TORONTO - The COVID-19 pandemic will result in the Queen's Plate being pushed back for a second straight year. A source said Monday this year's race will be run Sunday Aug. 22 instead of its tradition...
Jan 11, 2021