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RCMP officers to be out in full force for Canada Day
With Canada Day almost here, many Albertans are eager for the lifting of restrictions and getting back to gathering with family and friends.While Canada Day is a time to celebrate and enjoy the warm w...
Jun 30, 2021
Canada Day Plaza Rock event moved inside Bowes Event Centre
Due to the risk of inclement weather forecasted for the Grande Prairie area on Canada Day, the City of Grande Prairie will be moving the Plaza Rock performances at the H.A. Rice Plaza to inside at the...
Jun 30, 2021
Reaching 41.5 degrees Tuesday, Grande Prairie sets all-time temperature record
For a third day in a row the City of Grande Prairie reached it's hottest temperature ever recorded in the city's history.Environment Canada says temperatures at the Grande Prairie Airport topped out a...
Jun 30, 2021
First Nation says remains of 182 found by former residential school in southeast B.C.
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The Lower Kootenay Band (LKB) in southeastern B.C. says a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site close to a former residential...
Jun 30, 2021
Teepee honouring Indigenous grads vandalised outside Charles Spencer: Indigenous Liaison
The Indigenous Student Support Liaison for the Charles Spencer High School says an incident involving destruction of property the day after National Indigenous Peoples Day shows that racism exists in ...
Jun 30, 2021
Allowing navy commander to keep job after Vance golf game is disturbing: Freeland
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is "disturbed" by the military's decision to let the commander of the Royal Canadian Navy keep his job after golfing with the former chief of ...
Jun 30, 2021
Economic aid could be extended beyond the fall if recovery falters, Freeland says
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she doesn't expect workers and business to need a slew of financial supports come this fall if the economic recovery moves along as expected. Freeland ...
Jun 30, 2021
Final figures show Alberta with $17B deficit, over $5B in COVID-19 costs
EDMONTON - New figures show Alberta's fight against COVID-19 hit more than $5 billion by the end of the last fiscal year in March.The money went toward continuing care, hospitals, testing, vaccine dis...
Jun 30, 2021
Andreescu makes early exit from Wimbledon, Shapovalov advances to third round
LONDON - Bianca Andreescu made an early exit from Wimbledon, while Denis Shapovalov is heading to the third round at the grass-court Grand Slam for the first time in his career. Andreescu, the women's...
Jun 30, 2021
Canada promises $100M in foreign aid to support care workers in developing countries
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will spend $100 million over the next five years on global projects to address the unequal burden women bear caring for others. Trudeau is making the...
Jun 30, 2021