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Northreach Society monitoring following spike in opioid-related calls in Edmonton
Grande Prairie's Northreach Society says it is concerned given the recent number of opioid-related calls received by Alberta Health Services and EMS teams in Edmonton.According to AHS, there were 139 ...
Jul 22, 2021
Sajjan directed military to provide him with aide in Vancouver
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan personally directed the military last year to take the unprecedented step of providing him with an assistant in Vancouver. That po...
Jul 22, 2021
Court orders demolition of $3M Gatineau, Que., luxury home built too close to road
GATINEAU, Que. - Quebec Superior Court has ordered the demolition of a sumptuous Gatineau, Que., home that was built too close to the road, with the city required to foot the bill. In a ruling this we...
Jul 22, 2021
Staffing shortages causing bed closures at QEII Hospital: Notley, UNA
CORRECTION: There are currently 80 unfilled RN positions in Grande Prairie, according to Mealey, not the QEII Hospital specifically as previously stated in the article below. Representatives of local ...
Jul 22, 2021
CSIS warns of increasingly sophisticated state-sponsored activity targeting elections
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it continues to observe steady, and in some cases increasing, foreign interference by state actors against Canada. In a new report on the threa...
Jul 22, 2021
Kraken deal forward Tyler Pitlick to Calgary for fourth-round pick
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have picked up forward Tyler Pitlick from the newly formed Seattle Kraken. The Flames sent a fourth-round pick in Friday's NHL entry draft to the Kraken in exchange. Seatt...
Jul 22, 2021
Denis Shapovalov loses to Czech Vit Kopriva in surprise Swiss Open upset
GSTAAD, Switzerland - Canada's Denis Shapovalov was beaten in an upset loss at the Swiss Open Thursday. Vit Kopriva of the Czech Republic topped the No. 10-ranked Shapovalov 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 by in the se...
Jul 22, 2021
Raptors Uprising GC looks to turn things around in NBA 2K League esports play
TORONTO - Wins have been hard to come by this year for Raptors Uprising GC after making history by finishing the regular season 16-0 last year. At 5-15, the NBA 2K League esports team is bottom of the...
Jul 22, 2021
Defence aims at boat lights as O'Leary trial wraps
Overwhelming evidence showing another vessel's lights were off at the time Linda O'Leary crashed into it means she shouldn't be found guilty in the deadly boat collision, her lawyer argued in court Th...
Jul 22, 2021
Unvaccinated Albertans are majority of COVID cases, hospitalizations, deaths: Hinshaw
CALGARY - Alberta's top doctor says the majority of the province's new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are among those who are unvaccinated or within two weeks of their first shot.Dr. Deen...
Jul 22, 2021