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PWPSD looking to build new high school alongside Harry Balfour replacement
A new high school remains priority number one for the Peace Wapiti Public School Division. However, that priority has shifted to building a new Grade 9-12 school at the Five Mile Hall site to go along...
Apr 28, 2020 Photo: Shaun Penner

Ryan Murphy's 'Hollywood' miniseries is a woke '40s fantasy
LOS ANGELES - Ryan Murphy has a clear-eyed fascination with the 20th-century Hollywood dream machine, so adroit at making stars and breaking the hearts of those who didn't fit the mould. Among the cas...
Apr 28, 2020

Thierry Henry trusts his Impact players will be in shape when MLS returns
Montreal Impact manager Thierry Henry is counting on his players to be ready when, or if, the 2020 Major League Soccer season returns. The Frenchman didn't want to speculate on when MLS would resume i...
Apr 28, 2020

Complex challenges mean mandatory COVID-19 vaccine unlikely: experts
OTTAWA - Experts say the likelihood of an eventual COVID-19 vaccine becoming mandatory is slim. That's despite a desire by many Canadians to make sure as many people get vaccinated as p...
Apr 28, 2020

Trump to sign order keeping meat processing plants open
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday meant to stave off a shortage of chicken, pork and other meat on American supermarket shelves because of the coronavirus. The o...
Apr 28, 2020

Manitoba premier says sports 'back of the pack' as province plans reopening
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says big public events, including professional sports, will be on the back burner when the province announces plans to reopen sectors of its economy that we...
Apr 28, 2020

City to host video calls with local non-profits to discuss services, challenges during pandemic
The City of Grande Prairie is going to start hosting weekly Zoom video-conference calls with local non-profit organizations, to see how they are operating, and what challenges they are facing during t...
Apr 28, 2020 City of Grande Prairie

Flooding hits Fort Vermilion water treatment plant
UPDATE: Tallcree First Nation at Beaver Ranch is also being hit by flooding and is being evacuated.A boil water advisory is now in place in Fort Vermilion.Flooding has hit the community's water treatm...
Apr 28, 2020 Photo from the Mackenzie County Facebook page

North Carolina governor OKs NASCAR to race at Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The governor of North Carolina said Tuesday that NASCAR can go forward with the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway without fans in attendance at the end of May unless health c...
Apr 28, 2020

In a new podcast, Bogdanovich tries to make sense of it all
LOS ANGELES - Podcasts make sense to Peter Bogdanovich, even if so much else doesn't. "It's like radio," Bogdanovich said recently from his home in Los Angeles. "I grew up with radio. My first love wa...
Apr 28, 2020