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Grande Prairie-Wapiti MLA Toews to host Town Halls in Sexsmith & Beaverlodge
Grande Prairie-Wapiti MLA and the Minister of Finance for Alberta, Travis Toews, will be hosting two Town Hall sessions in the Peace Region next week.Minister Toews will be available to take questions...
Jul 15, 2021
England flanker banned for kneeing Canadian prop Jake Ilnicki in the face
LONDON - England flanker Lewis Ludlow has been banned for four matches for kneeing Canada prop Jake Ilnicki in the face during England's 70-14 rugby win last Saturday at Twickenham. The ruling was mad...
Jul 15, 2021
New bridge construction underway in Maskwôtêh Park
The City of Grande Prairie says construction has started on a new pedestrian bridge in Maskwth Park.The bridge will be located east of the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital and will connect to the hosp...
Jul 15, 2021
Grande Prairie down to two active COVID-19 cases, Alberta adds 53
The number of active COVID-19 cases in the City of Grande Prairie is down to two, as the City added one recovery and no new cases.The County of Grande Prairie added no new cases or recoveries for Wedn...
Jul 15, 2021
Los Angeles County to restores indoor mask mandate for all
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A rapid and sustained increase in COVID-19 cases in the nation's largest county requires restoring an indoor mask mandate even when people are vaccinated, Los Angeles County's publi...
Jul 15, 2021
Biden: US will protect Haiti embassy, won't send troops
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week's assassination of that country's president, but sending American tr...
Jul 15, 2021
Montreal cop facing sex assault charge insists he was only trying to help woman
MONTREAL - A Montreal police officer on trial for the alleged sexual assault of a woman at a hotel after encountering her in lockup was grilled by the prosecutor on Thursday about the decisions he too...
Jul 15, 2021
CFL announces that 10 individuals have returned a positive test for COVID-19
TORONTO - The CFL has announced that 10 individuals have returned a positive test for COVID-19. The league says in a statement that it has administered approximately 6,000 tests to "Tier 1 personnel,"...
Jul 15, 2021
Oosthuizen, Spieth lead way as normalcy returns to Open, Hughes opens strong
SANDWICH, England - Jordan Spieth rolled in putts like it was 2017. Louis Oosthuizen put those runner-up finishes in the last two majors out of mind and soared to the top of the leaderboard. They gave...
Jul 15, 2021
B.C. expands access to safer drug alternatives for people at risk of overdose
VANCOUVER - British Columbia says it's bringing in a new policy that will expand access to safer prescription drugs for people at risk of overdose and death from toxic substances, without expecting th...
Jul 15, 2021