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A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, April 20, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 240,000 new vaccinations administered for a total of 10,483...
Apr 20, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, April 20, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. There are 1,139,043 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,139,043 confirmed cases (87,872 activ...
Apr 20, 2021

Rowing Canada sanctions former head coach of B.C. varsity women's team
Rowing Canada has suspended the former head coach of the University of Victoria women's rowing team for one year after an investigation into allegations of aggressive and demeaning treatment. The deci...
Apr 20, 2021

Rowing Canada sanctions former head coach of B.C. varsity women's team
Rowing Canada has suspended the former head coach of the University of Victoria women's rowing team for one year after an investigation into allegations of aggressive and demeaning treatment. The deci...
Apr 20, 2021

City looking to be reimbursed by province for vaccination clinic costs
Grande Prairie City Council wants the province to help it pay for the cost of having a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in the Montrose Cultural Centre.At Monday's meeting, Council approved a motion to hav...
Apr 20, 2021

George Floyd's death was 'wake-up call' about systemic racism: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is welcoming the guilty verdict against the former Minneapolis police officer whose knee to the neck of George Floyd ended in the Black man's death last May. Der...
Apr 20, 2021

Trudeau says Liberal budget is not a launch pad for a federal election
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insists Monday's federal budget is not intended as a launching pad for an election later this year but he's not entirely ruling one out. Trudeau says it will be ...
Apr 20, 2021

County administration building added to COVID-19 outbreak list
The County of Grande Prairie office has been added to Alberta Health's COVID-19 outbreak list Tuesday, having surpassed ten cases linked to the site.Alberta Health says a total of 17 cases have been i...
Apr 20, 2021

Grande Prairie records 35 new COVID-19 cases, 50 recoveries
The City of Grande Prairie recorded 35 new cases of COVID-19 and 50 recoveries for Monday, bringing the active case total in the Swan City down by 15 to 485 as of the end of day April 19.The County of...
Apr 20, 2021

DiCaprio, Fonda urge US not to sign climate deal with Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO - Dozens of celebrities including actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Jane Fonda and Joaquin Phoenix on Tuesday called on U.S. President Joe Biden to refrain from signing any environmental agreem...
Apr 20, 2021