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Union rallies as Cargill meat plant reopens after shutdown due to COVID-19
HIGH RIVER, Alta. - A massive meat-packing plant in southern Alberta has reopened for business two weeks after it was shutdown due to a large outbreak of COVID-19. A long line of c...
May 04, 2020
Ceremony held aboard navy frigate as remains of recovered victim to be flown home
The crew of a Royal Canadian Navy frigate held a ceremony on Sunday to mark the transfer of the body of one of six personnel who died in a crash of a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter. The HMCS Frederict...
May 04, 2020
Peace Country farmers combining and seeding
The warmer, windy weather means Peace Country farmers have been able to get back to combining the crop that stayed in the field all winter.County of Grande Prairie Ag. Fieldman Sonja Raven says areas ...
May 04, 2020 Photo from the Alberta Canola Facebook page.
Easing restrictions and ; In The News for May 4
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 4 ... --- CO...
May 04, 2020
Provinces must give emotional support to returning students: education advocates
VANCOUVER - Bored and isolated students are spending too many hours online and some have started using more substances, but all students will need extra emotional support ...
May 04, 2020
Valleyview woman charged after ramming police vehicles following pursuit
A Valleyview woman has been charged after she allegedly rammed into police vehicles after she failed to stop for RCMP on the north side of Grande Prairie last week.Grande Prairie RCMP noticed a suspic...
May 03, 2020
Grande Prairie adds one new case of COVID-19, province adds 96
The province has confirmed 96 new cases of COVID-19 for Sunday, May 3, bringing the total to 5,766 confirmed cases.Three new cases were identified in the North Zone on Sunday, bringing the total in No...
May 03, 2020 Photo: Government of Alberta
B.C. rally calls for safe release of prisoners
MISSION, B.C. - A justice advocacy group says it wants prisoners at a federal institution in British Columbia ravaged by a COVID-19 outbreak to know there are people in the community fighting for...
May 03, 2020
Fort McMurray cleans up from flood on anniversary of 2016 wildfire evacuation
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - As residents of Fort McMurray continued to assess their flood-damaged homes and businesses and began the difficult task of cleaning them this weekend, they also marked the ...
May 03, 2020
High school grads-to-be grapple with possible ceremony cancellations
Urmila Persaud spent months picturing herself walking across a stage to collect her high-school diploma in front of friends and family. But the COVID-19 pandemic has replaced that vision with a big qu...
May 03, 2020