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Ottawa, airlines agree on passenger info rules to aid contact-tracing efforts
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada's largest airlines agreed to a new set of rules to help contact-tracing efforts should a passenger test positive for COVID-19. Passengers will be a...
Sep 11, 2020

Rugby Canada expands young talent search both in Canada and abroad
Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones is back on the field, finally coaching again - albeit with small groups and under COVID-19 restrictions. Jones has been helping out with the developmental Pacifi...
Sep 11, 2020

Staying with Vancouver Canucks a priority for free agent Tyler Toffoli
Tyler Toffoli wants to finish what he has started with the Vancouver Canucks. As an unrestricted free agent, the 28-year-old right-winger could test the market when the NHL's free agenc...
Sep 11, 2020

97 per cent of survey respondents say recreation is important to them, want municipalities to work together
Ninety-seven per cent of the households surveyed in June of this year by the Grande Prairie Regional Recreation Committee say recreation is important to them.This group covers the City and County of G...
Sep 11, 2020

Trudeau, Tam defend Canadian response times to COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government began preparing for a possible pandemic as soon as it received the first alert about a mysterious cluster of pneumonia cases in China...
Sep 11, 2020

Council of Federation to go virtual as face-to-face meeting in Quebec nixed
QUEBEC - A premiers meeting that had been rescheduled for this month in Quebec City has been cancelled. Premier Francois Legault told a news conference today in Quebec City he hopes the...
Sep 11, 2020

Trudeau defends WE deal, despite battered charity's plan to close in Canada
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't second-guessing his government's choice of WE Charity to administer a student service grant - a move that sparked controversy and ultimately prompted ...
Sep 11, 2020

Michael Cohen launches podcast; Rosie O'Donnell is 1st guest
For nearly a decade, Michael Cohen was at odds with Rosie O'Donnell in part because his boss - President Donald Trump - was engaged in a long feud with the comedian and talk-show host. On Monday, Cohe...
Sep 11, 2020

Saddle Hills County ready for the next step in $40 million water line project
Saddle Hills County says a $40 million water project it has been working on for five years is ready to move ahead.This would include building a new supply intake on the Peace River and a 36-kilometre ...
Sep 11, 2020

Norad leaders past, present call for new approach to North American defence
WASHINGTON - The deputy director of operations and the former commander of North America's shared continental defence system are urging Canada and the United States to get serious about bringing ...
Sep 11, 2020