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Mnuchin says Trump still wants virus deal with Democrats
WASHINGTON - Pressed by Democrats to quickly negotiate a new coronavirus relief package, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday the administration remains willing to work on a bipartisan agree...
Sep 01, 2020

Ex-Malian president Keita hospitalized at private clinic
BAMAKO, Mali - Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the Malian president ousted in a military coup last month, was hospitalized late Tuesday at a private clinic, intensifying fears about the 75-year-old's health a...
Sep 01, 2020

Storm kickoff development season with uncertainty in the air
For the first time since early March, the Grande Prairie Storm are back on the ice at Revolution Place.The last time the Storm were on the ice, the team had just dropped game six of their first round ...
Sep 01, 2020

First responders honour final alarm for County firefighter, wife
Uniformed first responders lined 100 Street outside Oliver's Funeral Home in Grande Prairie Tuesday afternoon to honour one of their own.Nearly 100 first responders and their spouses waited outside th...
Sep 01, 2020
Crop quality in Peace Region trailing rest of province in latest report
Alberta Agriculture's most recent crop report, dated August 25, says one per cent of the Peace Region crop had been combined. Five per cent had been swathed.59.8 per cent of the crop in the Peace was ...
Sep 01, 2020

Three new COVID-19 cases, three recoveries in Grande Prairie
Alberta added 164 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, three of which came in the City of Grande Prairie.The three new cases in the Swan City come as there were three more recoveries on August 31, leaving...
Sep 01, 2020

Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine efforts
Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly, as some earlier reports suggested, scientists have found. Tuesday's repo...
Sep 01, 2020

Grande Prairie identified as community "most in need" of new continuing care spaces
The City of Grande Prairie has been identified as a community "most in need" of more continuing care spaces by the Alberta government.A detailed analysis by Alberta Health Services has identified the ...
Sep 01, 2020

Former British Columbia chief justice Lance Finch dies at 82
VANCOUVER - Lance S.G. Finch, a former chief justice of British Columbia, has died at the age of 82. Chief Justice Robert J. Bauman says as a judicial leader, Finch was strong, steady a...
Sep 01, 2020

Miranda Lambert leads CMA noms, Luke Combs' streak continues
NASHVILLE - Country star Miranda Lambert turns her "Wildcard" into an ace as she's the leading nominee at the 2020 Country Music Association Awards, including her first entertainer of the year nominat...
Sep 01, 2020