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Ukraine will lead Flight PS752 compensation talks with Iran, Canada and allies agree
OTTAWA - Canada's Foreign Affairs Department says Ukraine will lead negotiations with Iran over compensation for the families of victims of the crash of Flight PS752. After first denying it, Iran admi...
Jul 02, 2020
Canadian Alphonso Davies named to Kicker magazine's Bundesliga team of the year
Canadian Alphonso Davies has made Kicker magazine's Bundesliga team of the season. The German sports magazine, founded in 1920, focuses mainly on football. The 19-year-old fullback from Edmo...
Jul 02, 2020
Atlantic Canada prepares to lift travel restrictions as regional "bubble" opens
Atlantic Canadians are closely eyeing travel requirements and coronavirus case numbers across the region as the four provinces prepare to open their borders to their neighbours Friday, an experiment t...
Jul 02, 2020
Grande Prairie International Street Performers Festival returns online for 20th anniversary
The Grande Prairie International Street Performers Festival will be back for its 20th anniversary from July 17-22, and this year it is taking place online. The popular downtown festival usually brings...
Jul 02, 2020
Grant funding applications open for preventative social services, transportation options
The County of Grande Prairie and Community Support Services is now accepting applications for 2021 to provide either preventative social programming or transportation options to seniors or people with...
Jul 02, 2020
First Nations coalition rejects recommendation to lift Sen. Beyak's suspension
OTTAWA - A coalition of First Nations chiefs and residential school survivors are rejecting new recommendations to lift Sen. Lynn Beyak's suspension from the Senate. They say her most recent anti...
Jul 02, 2020
Province announces Highway 3 twinning between Taber and Burdett
TABER, AB - The provincial government made a significant announcement in Taber Thursday morning.A 46-kilometre stretch of Highway 3 will be twinned between Taber and Burdett.Construction is slated to ...
Jul 02, 2020
Two women charged after drugs, guns seized in Innisfail
Two women have been arrested after a short-term investigation by ALERT's Red Deer organized crime team resulted in the seizure of a wide variety of drugs from a home in Innisfail.The two-week investig...
Jul 02, 2020
Inquiry into mass shooting in Nova Scotia facing delays due to 'technicalities'
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says technicalities are causing delays as the provincial and federal governments work out what form an inquiry into the April mass shooting that clai...
Jul 02, 2020
Feds extend COVID-19 isolation order for anyone entering Canada until Aug. 31
OTTAWA - The federal government has extended the mandatory quarantine order for most people entering Canada until the end of August to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Any travellers ent...
Jul 02, 2020