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Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies from coronavirus at 75
LAS VEGAS - Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy, the duo whose extraordinary magic tricks astonished millions until Horn was critically injured in 2003 by one of the act's famed white tigers, has died. He...
May 09, 2020
2 arrested in slaying of Michigan guard over face mask order
FLINT, Mich. - Two men were arrested Friday in the fatal shooting of a security guard who demanded a woman wear a mask while shopping at a store. Genesee County authorities said Ramonyea Bishop, 23, w...
May 08, 2020
Tekashi 6ix9ine releases new video from home confinement
NEW YORK - Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine lit up social media on Friday, releasing a new song and video created during his home confinement just weeks after being freed from a Manhattan federal lockup over co...
May 08, 2020
Recoveries top 4,000 in Alberta as province adds 81 new COVID-19 cases
Alberta has added 81 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, while just one new case was identified in northern Alberta for May 8.Chief Medical Officer of Health in Alberta, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, also said 4,02...
May 08, 2020
Grande Prairie sees province's highest rate of fentanyl-related fatalities in 2019
Though the rate of apparent fentanyl-related poisoning deaths steadily dropped throughout 2019, Grande Prairie still saw the highest rate of fatalities among the province's major municipalities for th...
May 08, 2020
Bichette weighs in on South Korean baseball, empty stadiums and Jays' excitement level
With a few pro leagues resuming play around the globe, Major League Baseball fans are getting a glimpse of how things might look if big-league games return after this ext...
May 08, 2020
Feds reject eight million N95 masks from a single distributor
OTTAWA - The federal government has suspended shipments of N95 respirators from a Montreal-based supplier after about eight million of the masks made in China failed to meet specifications. ...
May 08, 2020
GPREP to launch PPE program for relaunching businesses
The Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership (GPREP) will be begin accepting applications next week for its PPE4Biz program, which will make personal protective equipment like gloves, masks and h...
May 08, 2020
2019 Bear Lake Growing Project wraps up after winter-long delay
by Jeanette BeyerThe 2019 Bear Lake Growing Project crop has been combined.Five combines picked up the 130 acres of canola in three hours on Wednesday after it had to stay out all winter. Money from s...
May 08, 2020
Peer pressure, public messaging will affect behaviour when rules loosen: experts
TORONTO - Peer pressure and public messaging will influence Canadians' ability and willingness to maintain safe behaviours as restrictions around COVID-19 begin to loosen, some experts say a...
May 08, 2020