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Business Resiliency Taskforce hosting webinar, social media campaign to support local businesses
The local Business Resiliency Taskforce, which includes the Grande Prairie and District Chamber of Commerce and the City and County of Grande Prairie, says it has come up with two ideas to try to help...
Dec 14, 2020
Walkways, elevator at Grande Prairie Courthouse getting upgrades
Over $1 million in provincial funding will be going towards the Grande Prairie Courthouse for two upgrading projects.Through the province's Capital Maintenance and Renewal (CMR) funding program, the c...
Dec 14, 2020
Asia Today: South Korea to open more virus testing sites
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea was opening dozens of free COVID-19 testing sites in the greater Seoul area, as the country registered additional 718 new cases Monday amid a surge in infection...
Dec 14, 2020
Families marry off daughters to ease finances amid COVID-19
KOIDU, Sierra Leone - The man first caught a glimpse of Marie Kamara as she ran with her friends past his house near the village primary school. Soon after, he proposed to the fifth-grader. "I'm going...
Dec 14, 2020
Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs
ATLANTA - What could be the main event in Georgia's twin U.S. Senate runoffs - early in-person voting - begins Monday. More than half of the record 5 million votes in the Nov. 3 general election were ...
Dec 14, 2020
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president
WASHINGTON - Presidential electors are meeting across the United States on Monday to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation's next president. Monday is the day set by law for the meeting of the Elect...
Dec 14, 2020
GOP voters ready for Georgia runoffs despite Trump's claims
ATLANTA - Many Republican voters in Georgia are angry. They're convinced that widespread voter fraud - claims that are baseless - cost President Donald Trump the election to Democrat Joe Biden. But wi...
Dec 14, 2020
Protesting Indian farmers call for 2nd strike in a week
NEW DELHI - Tens of thousands of protesting Indian farmers have called for a national strike on Monday, the second in a week, to press for the quashing of three new laws on agricultural reform that th...
Dec 14, 2020
Psychiatrist to be cross-examined by defence at Toronto's van attack trial
TORONTO - The prosecution's final witness in Toronto's van attack trial will be cross-examined by the defence today.Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Scott Woodside says Alek Minassian knew his actions were m...
Dec 14, 2020
From 'Snowmageddon' to pandemic, Newfoundland and Labrador confronted hunger in 2020
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Skipping meals is dangerous for a diabetic, but Janine Ryan finds she sometimes has no choice if she wants her kids to have enough to eat. Ryan is a welder, but she lost her job whe...
Dec 14, 2020