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Canadian Raphael Lessard notches third-place finish in NASCAR Truck race
BRISTOL, Tenn. - Canada's Raphael Lessard finished third on Monday in a NASCAR Truck Series race on the dirt surface at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was Lessard's first podium appearance of the season. ...
Mar 29, 2021
PCBA offering new sponsorship opportunity
The Peace Country Beef and Forage Association says applications are open through Thursday for its new Grant Gaschnitz Memorial Ag. Knowledge Sponsorship. It is for anyone who is an agricultural produc...
Mar 29, 2021
Alberta expands vaccine rollout to Phase 2B
The Province of Alberta has announced that it is moving into Phase 2B of its COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan starting on Tuesday, March 30.On March 30, Albertans born in or before 1963 with underlying c...
Mar 29, 2021
Warkentin hopes ruling on Carbon Tax won't set precedent for other provincial matters
The Member of Parliament for Grande Prairie-Mackenzie says he's not surprised with the Supreme Court ruling that the federal carbon tax is consitutional, but is worried for what it's impacts will be i...
Mar 29, 2021
Denis Coderre says he's running again against Valerie Plante for mayor of Montreal
MONTREAL - Denis Coderre says he's running again against the woman who made him a one-term mayor in 2017. Coderre announced his run Sunday on the popular talk show "Tout le monde en parle," where he i...
Mar 29, 2021
Facebook Canada head rejects idea of Australia-style news payment rules
OTTAWA - The head of Facebook Canada says rules requiring it to pay publishers for news content linked on its site would be a worst-case scenario for the social media behemoth. At a parliamentary comm...
Mar 29, 2021
Finance Department sees issues with Facebook's digital currency, documents show
OTTAWA - Internal Finance Department documents show officials have deep concerns about the effect of Facebook's planned digital currency on Canada's financial stability. Officials wrote in the briefin...
Mar 29, 2021
NY to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to those over 30
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York state residents over 30 will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations starting Tuesday, and everyone over 16 will be eligible starting April 6, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday....
Mar 29, 2021
Grande Prairie man charged in Beaverlodge investigation into alleged sex offences involving youth
Beaverlodge RCMP have laid charges against a 51-year-old Grande Prairie man for sexual offences that allegedly occurred between 2019 and 2020, and authorities say there could potentially be more victi...
Mar 29, 2021
New guidelines coming on Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as PEI suspends use
CHARLOTTETOWN - Health Canada is set to issue new recommendations on the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Canada's Health Minister said Monday, as Prince Edward Island suspended its use...
Mar 29, 2021