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Confusion mounts as Liberals contend no students participated in grant program
OTTAWA - A Halifax-based charity is expressing confusion and frustration as it looks likely to have to foot the bill for nine students hired through the federal volunteer program at the centre of the ...
Aug 04, 2020

Paul outpaces opponents in Green party leadership fundraising efforts
OTTAWA - Green party leadership hopeful Annamie Paul is solidifying her spot as a front-runner in the race to succeed Elizabeth May. Party data show as of the end of July, Paul's fundraising haul was ...
Aug 04, 2020

Virus ravages poor California county along Mexican border
CALEXICO, Calif. - Dr. Tien Vo's last stop of the night is the home of a 35-year-old woman who has diabetes, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and, now, the coronavirus. The virus killed her father six day...
Aug 04, 2020

Mobile internet hot spots now being loaned out at Grande Prairie Public Library
The Grande Prairie Public Library (GPPL) is now able to loan out mobile hot spots to those who may not have access to the internet at home.Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of Northweste...
Aug 04, 2020

United Way grant helping GP Pickleball Club finish construction of courts
The Grande Prairie Pickleball Club has received a $15,000 grant from the United Way, to help fund the construction of 12 pickleball courts at the GP Composite High School.These 10 permanent and two te...
Aug 04, 2020

Husband of DA charged with pulling gun on protesters in LA
LOS ANGELES - The husband of the Los Angeles district attorney has been charged with pointing a gun at Black Lives Matter members who demonstrated outside the couple's home the day before the primary ...
Aug 04, 2020

COVID-19 vaccine efforts provide hope but no silver bullet to stop pandemic: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's top public health doctors warned Tuesday that vaccines in development for COVID-19 provide hope but will not mean an immediate end to the pandemic. Dr. Theresa Tam says the Public He...
Aug 04, 2020

Military exercise in Arctic aims to send message without spreading COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada and some of its closest allies are launching a major naval exercise in the Arctic today that aims to send a message of unity without spreading COVID-19. The three-week training exercis...
Aug 04, 2020

Victims of Don Meredith say Senate compensation process 'totally unacceptable'
OTTAWA - Two women who worked for former senator Don Meredith say the independent process established by the Senate to determine compensation for Meredith's harassment victims...
Aug 04, 2020

Surface of Mars shows scars of glaciers just like Canada's High Arctic: study
VANCOUVER - The deep valleys scarred into the surface of Mars under thick sheets of ice show that the planet once mirrored the Canadian High Arctic, says a new study. Published Monday in the journal N...
Aug 04, 2020