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Trainers, vets, others charged in horse-drugging scheme
More than two dozen people, including the trainer of champion Maximum Security, have been charged in what authorities described Monday as a widespread international scheme to drug horses to make them ...
Mar 09, 2020
Several lawmakers had contact with man at CPAC who got virus
WASHINGTON - The Capitol's attending physician said Monday that "several" members of Congress had contact with a person who attended a recent political conference and who subsequently developed COVID-...
Mar 09, 2020
Kalen Schlatter testifies he did not kill or sexually assault Tess Richey
TORONTO - A Toronto man accused of sexually assaulting and strangling a young woman says she was alive when he left her following a consensual sexual encounter. Kalen Schlatter, 23, took the stan...
Mar 09, 2020
Feds told to ease EI, use tax credits in spending to ease COVID-19 economic shock
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are being urged to ease access to federal sick leave benefits, along with tax credits and other breaks, to help workers and businesses deal with the economic impacts...
Mar 09, 2020
Community female leaders recognized at Women of Influence Awards luncheon
Ahead of International Women's Day on Sunday, the City of Grande Prairie handed out their annual Women of Influence awards during a luncheon event on March 6 at Teresa Sargent Hall.The awards are hand...
Mar 09, 2020 Holly Sorgen (middle) was recognized as the Trailblazing Woman of Influence at the 2020 Women of Influence Awards held on Friday, March 6 at Teresa Sargent Hall (Photo: City of Grande Prairie)
Aircraft breakdowns, refuelling problems hit military search-and-rescue missions
OTTAWA - A new Department of National Defence report says military search-and-rescue personnel were delayed and in some cases unable to provide emergency assistance on about one in 20 of the...
Mar 09, 2020
Trump 5G adviser meets feds in Ottawa amid pending decision on Huawei
OTTAWA - A top Trump administration adviser on telecommunications met today with officials in Ottawa as Canada has yet to decide whether to allow Chinese firm Huawei to participate in its new 5G wirel...
Mar 09, 2020
Quebec trying to determine whether to cancel world figure skating championships
MONTREAL - Quebec Health Minister Danielle McCann says the government is evaluating whether to allow the world figure skating championships to go ahead next week in Montreal. Her comments today come a...
Mar 09, 2020
Alberta economy, reeling from coronavirus, takes gut punch due to oil price war
Alberta's oil-based economy, already reeling by reduced demand due to the novel coronavirus, is now getting a gut punch from global prices.The spiral of oil prices has accelerated due to an all-out pr...
Mar 09, 2020
Alberta hit with three new cases of novel coronavirus
EDMONTON - Alberta is facing three new potential cases of novel coronavirus.Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer, says that brings the total number of cases in the province to seven.Six...
Mar 09, 2020