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No new COVID-19 cases reported in North Zone Monday as province adds 70
For the third straight day, Alberta added less than 100 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, while the North Zone saw no increase from Sunday.There were 70 new cases added for May 4, bringing the province...
May 04, 2020 Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw (Photo: Government of Alberta)
Nunavut's first COVID-19 case turns out to be false positive
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Canada's High Arctic may still be free of the novel coronavirus. A case of COVID-19 supposedly confirmed in the remote Nunavut community of Pond Inlet last week has turned out to be...
May 04, 2020
Hall of Fame 'keeper Karina LeBlanc endures health scare after giving birth
Karina LeBlanc knew life would change when she became a mother. But the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame goalkeeper did not expect the terrifying roller-coaster that followed the birth of daughter Paris, wi...
May 04, 2020
Quebec police probing 3 cellphone tower fires, possible link to conspiracy theory
MONTREAL - Police in Quebec are investigating whether recent fires at three cellphone towers north of Montreal are connected and if they have anything to do with global conspiracy theories l...
May 04, 2020
Chuckegg Creek wildfire hot spot starts burning again
Fire watchers say a hot spot on the site of the Chuckegg Creek wildfire flared up again Sunday night.It has burned 15 hectares and is located 10 kilometres north of Highway 697, north of Blue Hills an...
May 04, 2020
Nicolas Cage to star as Joe Exotic in limited TV series
LOS ANGELES - The Joe Exotic phenomenon keeps growing, with Nicolas Cage to star in a TV miniseries about the colorful wild animal owner made famous by the "Tiger King" docuseries. The TV series is th...
May 04, 2020
Red Deer woman arrested for fleeing police near Whitecourt
A woman from Red Deer faces several charges after trying to avoid being arrested by police in Whitecourt.RCMP say it was at about 9:30 p.m. on May 1 when a SUV with a lone occupant was stopped for spe...
May 04, 2020
Gas prices in Alberta expected to continue climb in coming weeks
In the past week, the price per litre of gasoline in Alberta has increased by nearly 12 cents, and is expected to continue to rise as the country gradually reopens and demand increases.On Tuesday, Apr...
May 04, 2020 The Co-Op in downtown Grande Prairie (photo by Liam Verster)
Iran chief's link to 1988 massacre raises obstacles in crash probe: Cotler
OTTAWA - A former Canadian justice minister says Canada's quest for compensation from Iran for shooting down a Ukrainian airliner is fraught with obstacles because Tehran's lead investigator is a mass...
May 04, 2020
City looking to renew contract to continue Automated Traffic Enforcement program
The City of Grande Prairie is exploring options around their Automated Traffic Enforcement program (ATE), more commonly known as photo radar, as the ATE contract with Global Traffic Group Ltd (GTG) ex...
May 04, 2020 Photo: Shaun Penner