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The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11:40 a.m. The federal government is investing millions to boost online access to health services and to support a Vancou...
May 03, 2020
Venezuela says it foiled attack by boat on main port city
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan officials said they foiled an early morning attempt by a group of armed men to invade the country by boat on Sunday, killing eight attackers and arresting two more. Soc...
May 03, 2020
JDA Kings defenceman commits to NCAA
The County of Grande Prairie JDA Kings have announced that defenceman Tyler Bueckert has committed to play NCAA hockey with Marian University, beginning this fall. Located in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, t...
May 03, 2020 Tyler Bueckert (#9 in black) will play for the Marian University Sabres beginning this fall. Photo courtesy EverythingGP
Biden wins Kansas primary conducted with all-mail balloting
TOPEKA, Kan. - Joe Biden has overwhelmingly won a Democratic presidential primary in Kansas that the state party conducted exclusively by mail because of the coronavirus pandemic. The former vice-pres...
May 03, 2020
Alberta parks partnership rules to be released, critics call for consultation
EDMONTON - Albertans are expected to learn Monday how they can take up to 164 provincial parks and recreation sites off the hands of a government that no longer wants them. The decision, announced in ...
May 03, 2020
Security guards in high demand, face more stress on job during COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred an enormous demand for security guards, whose job descriptions have been expanded to include temperature checks, grocery store crowd control and - in at least one cas...
May 03, 2020
'The work is still getting done': NHL teams preparing for unusual draft
Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning and his NHL counterparts usually have the luxury of a picture that's mostly come into focus. A normal draft year will see scouts and execut...
May 03, 2020
Organizers hoping to bring back drive-in theatre
The excitement surrounding a drive-in style movie in Grande Prairie last week became quite obvious.On Friday, April 24, over 100 vehicles showed up to the parking lot of Bullets and Broadheads Indoor ...
May 03, 2020 Drive-in movie night at Bullets and Broadheads. Photo: Shane Clausing
Chiefs concerned about mental health impacts of COVID-19 in their First Nations
OTTAWA - A few months before the novel coronavirus arrived in Canada, the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation at Loon Lake, Sask. was already raising the alarm over suicides in the community...
May 03, 2020
Civil service saw COVID-19 benefit programs as 'Dunkirk'-style rescue effort
OTTAWA - It was a sunny March 18 when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented the government's first big attempt at containing the economic fallout from COVID-19 in the form of an $82-billio...
May 03, 2020