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Grande Prairie’s Grain Bin Brewing Company picks up hardware at 2020 Alberta Beer Awards
The Grain Bin Brewing Company in Grande Prairie is walking away with some hardware from the 2020 Alberta Beer Awards.The Alberta Beer Awards gives small local breweries across the province a chance to...
Apr 09, 2020 Grain Bin Brewing Company. Photo: www.grainbinbeer.com/
Oil-producing nations seek global deal to stabilize market
MOSCOW - Oil-producing countries including those of the OPEC cartel and Russia are trying to strike a global deal to pump less crude in a bid to limit a crash in prices that, while welcome for consume...
Apr 09, 2020
Pandemic has set the number of air travellers back decades
The number of Americans getting on airplanes has sunk to a level not seen in more than 60 years as people shelter in their homes to avoid catching or spreading the new coronavirus. The Transportation ...
Apr 09, 2020
County of Grande Prairie announces updates to 2020 Property Tax Payment Plan
The County of Grande Prairie has announced its updated plan regarding property tax payments for 2020.Earlier this week council approved keeping its property tax deadline date for June 30, 2020, howeve...
Apr 09, 2020
Lawyers, advocate call for inmate release before COVID-19 spreads
The number COVID-19 cases in prisons is rising, prompting Canada's criminal lawyers and an inmate advocacy group to call on the federal and provincial governments to reduce the number of peo...
Apr 09, 2020
Western Alberta unemployment jumps to 7.1 per cent in March
The Province has released the Alberta Labour Force Statistics for March 2020, which shows a province-wide increase in the unemployment rate.The rate for Alberta in March, 2020 was at 8.7 per cent, com...
Apr 09, 2020
2020 Grande Prairie Stompede cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
The 2020 Grande Prairie Stompede has been cancelled. The event was set to run on May 27 - May 31.The Grande Prairie Board of Directors for the event say the cancellation was decided under the recommen...
Apr 09, 2020 Photo: EverythingGP Staff
Canadian track and field trials for Tokyo Games to remain in Montreal
MONTREAL - The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic track and field trials for next year's Tokyo Games will remain in Montreal. Athletics Canada announced Thursday that the trials will take place next year...
Apr 09, 2020
Controls can keep Canadian COVID-19 deaths under 22,000, health agency says
OTTAWA - With strong control measures, the federal public health agency projects that 11,000 to 22,000 Canadians could die of COVID-19 in the coming months.The Public Health Agency of Canada says shor...
Apr 09, 2020
Oilers forward Cave remains in medically-induced coma at Toronto hospital
TORONTO - Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave remains in a medically-induced coma at a Toronto hospital after suffering a brain bleed earlier this week. The Oilers, through Cave's family, provided an u...
Apr 09, 2020