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Georgia restaurants allowed to reopen as restrictions loosen
ATLANTA - Some Georgia restaurants were reopening for limited dine-in service Monday as the state continued a loosening of coronavirus restrictions, but many chose to remain closed for the time being....
Apr 27, 2020
Evacuation orders issued as rising rivers threaten Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Spring ice breakup on rivers in northern Alberta forced evacuations and the complete closure of Fort McMurray's downtown core early Monday. A boil water advisory for a...
Apr 27, 2020
More evacuation orders issued as rising rivers threaten Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - More residents of Fort McMurray have been ordered out of their homes as spring ice break-up causes flooding on the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers in and around the northern Alb...
Apr 27, 2020
Court tosses NY case that could have expanded gun rights
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court sidestepped a major decision on gun rights Monday in a dispute over New York City's former ban on transporting guns. The justices threw out a challenge from gun rights g...
Apr 27, 2020
Man charged in drive-by shooting at 'Duck Dynasty' estate
WEST MONROE, La. - A man was arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting at the Louisiana estate of "Duck Dynasty" star Willie Robertson. Daniel King Jr. was booked into a correctional centre afte...
Apr 27, 2020
Undefeated, high schoolers head online for isolation proms
NEW YORK - In party dresses or come as you are, with colored lights flashing in their bedrooms and teachers-turned-DJs spinning, high schoolers have turned to virtual proms to salvage at least one sli...
Apr 27, 2020
King's Day at Home: Dutch monarch's birthday muted by virus
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Dutch national birthday party for their king was a muted affair Monday, dubbed King's Day at Home because of coronavirus restrictions. King Willem-Alexander was celebratin...
Apr 27, 2020
County launches interactive road closure web map
The County of Grande Prairie has launched an interactive web map to give motorists an idea of the locations of all road closures and washouts due to spring flooding. The map, which can be found at www...
Apr 27, 2020 Photo: County of Grande Prairie / Twitter
RCMP seek owners of recovered guitars
The Grande Prairie RCMP are looking for the rightful owners of two guitars that were recovered by police.The guitars were recovered, along with numerous other stolen items, on April 16, following the ...
Apr 27, 2020 Recovered guitars (photo courtesy of the Grande Prairie RCMP)
Hydroxychloroquine study enters second week with a call for more participation
The Alberta Hope COVID-19 study is on it's second week of testing hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for the novel coronavirus.The study, which is jointly run by researchers based out of the U...
Apr 27, 2020