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Military has located wreckage of helicopter and remains in Mediterranean
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces has located the remains of some of the military members who died last month when the helicopter they were in crashed in the Mediterranean. A Canadian search and reco...
May 27, 2020

City of Grande Prairie up to five active COVID-19 cases
Two new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the City of Grande Prairie from the 25 new cases confirmed in the province for May 27.There are now 679 active cases in the province, the lowest numbe...
May 27, 2020

Victim in police encounter had started new life in Minnesota
Before he died after being pinned for minutes beneath a Minneapolis police officer's knee, George Floyd was suffering the same fate as millions of Americans during the coronavirus pandemic: out of wor...
May 27, 2020

CFL informs member clubs its allowing limited access to team facilities
TORONTO - The CFL is allowing its teams to reopen their fitness facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The league sent a memo to its member clubs Wednesday allowing local players to partic...
May 27, 2020

Cheyenne Frontier Days cancelled for 1st time in 124 years
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Cheyenne Frontier Days, billed as the world's largest outdoor rodeo, has been cancelled for the first time in its 124-year history due to the coronavirus, the city's mayor told The As...
May 27, 2020

Salvation Army of Grande Prairie deploys food truck following closure of Community Kitchen
The Salvation Army of Grande Prairie is helping out the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre after the Community Kitchen was temporarily closed due to a team member testing positive for COVID-19 late last...
May 27, 2020

More than half of national parks to reopen next week after COVID-19 closure
Parks Canada says some operations at national parks, national historic sites, historic waterways, and national marine conservation areas will resume starting June 1. Twenty-nine of Canada's 48 na...
May 27, 2020

Fire ban lifted in County of Grande Prairie
The County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service has lifted its fire ban. Effective immediately, the fire bans for the Towns of Beaverlodge, Sexsmith, Wembley and the Village of Hythe are no longer ...
May 27, 2020

Don't make Kovrig suffer over Meng, says detained Canadian's boss
OTTAWA - The boss of one of the two Canadians imprisoned in China says he doesn't want the People's Republic to subject them to repercussions because today's court ruling went against i...
May 27, 2020

Deaf, hard-of-hearing Canadians ask for greater support during COVID-19 pandemic
Members of Canada's deaf and hard-of-hearing communities say they are among the many disabled residents feeling shut out by various aspects of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. They say many aspe...
May 27, 2020