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Feds to unveil emergency aid for agri-food sector hit hard by COVID-19
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is expected to announce today significant, targeted financial support for farmers hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement will come just as some farmer...
May 05, 2020
Mayor to write letter to Premier in support of region-by-region relaunch
Grande Prairie city council has directed the mayor to write to Premier Jason Kenney about opening the region in the coming weeks and months.Last week, Premier Kenney announced and detailed the provinc...
May 04, 2020
Michael Phelps book tip helps Penny Oleksiak manage pandemic life
A Michael Phelps book recommendation resonates with Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak more than ever these days. Oleksiak has read Eckhart Tolle's "The Power of Now" multiple times since the A...
May 04, 2020
California governor says some business may reopen this week
YUBA CITY, Calif. - With more local governments moving ahead with their own plans for reopening, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday the state will begin gradually allowing clothing stores, ...
May 04, 2020
Star Wars Day promotion gone wrong leads to police incident in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE - May the fourth is widely known among fans of the sci-fi series as Star Wars Day. As such, a business in Lethbridge themed around the franchise wanted to put on a promotion to celebrate it...
May 04, 2020 The employee dressed in the Star Wars stormtrooper costumer at Coco Vanilla Galactic Cantina in Lethbridge. (Supplied to Lethbridge News Now by Bradley Whalen)
Source: CFL, CFLPA to resume talking about potential contingency plans
TORONTO - The CFL and CFL Players' Association are going to get back to talking. A league source said Monday the two sides have agreed to resume discussions on potential conti...
May 04, 2020
China says faulty masks a 'contractual' matter that has been fixed
OTTAWA - The Chinese embassy in Ottawa claimed Monday that the one million faulty N95 masks that arrived in Canada from China last month were the result of a "contractual" issue that has now been...
May 04, 2020
Ontario calls for a national strategy on contact tracing of COVID-19 cases
TORONTO - Ontario's premier is calling for a national strategy on contact tracing. Doug Ford says he spoke with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday about the matter and planned to make t...
May 04, 2020
Kingfish Ingram wins 5 Blues Music Awards in online show
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Guitarist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram took home five Blues Music Awards in an online ceremony that featured appearances by Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray and other musicians. The awards sh...
May 04, 2020
City to launch phase two of GP Grows gardening program
The City of Grande Prairie is launching the second phase of its GP Grows program. The first phase, which launched in April, featured an indoor gardening kit with peat pellets and seeds. The second pha...
May 04, 2020 City of Grande Prairie