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Long road, but less limbo for Canadian athletes bound for Tokyo Games
On the coldest, wettest, hardest days on Elk Lake, rower Hillary Janssens told herself and her numb hands "this is the last winter we have to do this before Tokyo." It wasn't. The ...
Mar 30, 2020
Vancouver Whitecaps unveil nine new Twitter language feeds, with more planned
Looking to embrace their multicultural home and welcome potential fans father afield, the Vancouver Whitecaps unveiled official club Twitter feeds in nine new languages Monday. The new feeds come in A...
Mar 30, 2020
AHS partners with tech company to enable rapid COVID-19 testing
Alberta Health Services (AHS) and the Canadian technology company Spartan Bioscience are teaming up to enable rapid testing in the province for COVID-19.Spartan Bioscience Inc. is in the late stages o...
Mar 30, 2020 Photo Credit: Alberta Health Services
AHEIA makes Alberta Fishing Education Program available free of charge
The Alberta Hunter Education Instructors' Association is making its Alberta Fishing Education program available online and free to the public.The release of the program is for those who are self-isola...
Mar 30, 2020 A young man fishing at the County Sportsplex pond (Photo: County of Grande Prairie)
Warkentin calls on federal government to stop planned carbon tax hike
Grande Prairie-Mackenzie MP Chris Warkentin is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to stop the federal government's planned carbon tax increase on April 1.In a statement released on Monday, Warke...
Mar 30, 2020 Chris Warkentin MP for Grande Prairie - Mackenzie. Photo Credit: EverythingGP staff
Donated organs not being used as hospitals scale back transplants for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Transplant centres across the country have massively scaled back organ transplants as hospitals try to make sure they are able to accommodate COVID-19 cases. Hospitals are reserving ventilato...
Mar 30, 2020
Soccer may be on hold but Toronto FC's Jonathan Osorio still making his mark
TORONTO - While unable to perform on the field, Toronto FC midfielder Jonathan Osorio is still managing to leave his mark during the COVID-19 outbreak. The 27-year-old from nearby Bramp...
Mar 30, 2020
Canada's spy service moves quietly ahead with data-crunching plans: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Canada's spy agency is moving ahead with plans to collect and use databases containing personal information about Canadians. The Canadian Security Intelligence S...
Mar 30, 2020
N.S. woman describes struggles of a beloved father on a ventilator with COVID-19
The daughter of a Nova Scotia man relying on a ventilator to breathe wants Canadians to know that COVID-19 can deny loved ones the ability to hold one another in their ti...
Mar 30, 2020
Farmer's Market remains open with temporary measures addressing COVID-19
The Grande Prairie Farmer's Market is remaining open during the COVID-19 pandemic as an essential business.Its hours are 4-7 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.The market says local farmers ...
Mar 30, 2020