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Canucks-Flames postponed with two Vancouver players, one coach in COVID-19 protocol
VANCOUVER - The NHL's Canadian-based North Division has been impacted by COVID-19 for the second time in less than two weeks. The league postponed Wednesday night's game between the Canucks and Flames...
Mar 31, 2021
Maple Leafs down Jets 3-1 to extend lead in North Division to three points
WINNIPEG - Auston Matthews scored his league-leading 24th goal and goaltender Jack Campbell improved his season record to 7-0-0 as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Winnipeg Jets 3-1 Wednesday to ext...
Mar 31, 2021
Hythe residents overwhelmingly vote to dissolve into County of Grande Prairie
Residents of Hythe have voted overwhelmingly in favour of dissolving the village to become a hamlet within the County of Grande Prairie.Out of the 251 votes cast on March 30 and 31, 239 voted in favou...
Mar 31, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, March 31, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. There are 982,116 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 982,116 confirmed cases (47,864 active,...
Mar 31, 2021
Trudeau pushes back against Premier Ford's criticism of federal vaccine procurement
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against Ontario Premier Doug Ford's accusation that the federal government's procurement of COVID-19 vaccines is a joke. Trudeau says he has assu...
Mar 31, 2021
Grande Prairie man charged for unrelated assaults; throwing knife at police
Authorities in Grande Prairie have charged a 30-year-old man for two alleged unrelated assaults of a woman and 12-year-old boy, which stem from an assault investigation at a home in the Mountview area...
Mar 31, 2021
Goaltender Thatcher Demko signs five-year extension with Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have signed goaltender Thatcher Demko to a five-year extension. Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini confirmed the signing on Twitter. No financial terms have been releas...
Mar 31, 2021
Governments investing in new vaccine-manufacturing plant in Toronto
TORONTO - A new influenza vaccine facility will be built in Toronto to help bolster Canada's biomanufacturing capacity, the federal government said as it announced the new project Wednesday.Innovation...
Mar 31, 2021
Grande Prairie records 24th death from COVID-19 as 42 new cases identified
The 24th death from COVID-19 has been recorded in the City of Grande Prairie, as there were 42 new cases identified in the Swan City for March 30.The fatality was one of three in the province reported...
Mar 31, 2021
Canadian cornerback St-Juste anxious to put in work to be impact player as NFL rookie
Canadian Benjamin St-Juste doesn't want to ease into the NFL as a rookie. The six-foot-three, 200-pound cornerback from the University of Minnesota is projected as a second-day selection in this year'...
Mar 31, 2021