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Alberta sees number of active COVID-19 cases fall
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Alberta fell on Friday, to 1,386. The drop comes despite adding 127 new cases across the province. The number of recovered cases in Alberta has risen to 9,261, a...
Jul 31, 2020
Five things to watch as the Toronto Raptors resume their title defence
The defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors resume their title defence when they face the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday. Here are five things to watch: The Quiet: The Raptors boast one of the b...
Jul 31, 2020
Canadian fans ready to embrace return of NHL in season restart amid summer heat
EDMONTON - As the summer heat shimmers off the pavement and stationary cars double as sweltering four-door Dutch ovens, Canada's favourite winter pastime is officially back. The National Hockey L...
Jul 31, 2020
Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence
A federal appeals court Friday threw out Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, saying the judge who oversaw the case did not adequately screen jurors for potential bi...
Jul 31, 2020
NBA champion Toronto Raptors ready to pick up where they left off
The Toronto Raptors were the hottest team in the NBA in early March, on a league-best four-game winning streak, coming off a solid west coast road swing and having just clinched a playoff sp...
Jul 31, 2020
Anne McLellan, former Liberal minister, drops out of mass shooting public inquiry
HALIFAX - One of the three people selected to lead the public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting has dropped out. Anne McLellan has informed the federal and provincial governmen...
Jul 31, 2020
Pandemic hitting Site C project hard says BC Hydro
VICTORIA - British Columbia's massive Site C hydroelectric dam project has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and now faces construction delays and rising costs. BC Hydro president Chris O'Riley s...
Jul 31, 2020
Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence
A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. The three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...
Jul 31, 2020
Environment Canada reminding people to stay hydrated during hot August Long Weekend
Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for most of Alberta, the Peace Region included, for this August long weekend.Heat warnings are in place for Grande Prairie, Beaverlodge, Valleyview, Fairvie...
Jul 31, 2020
GPRC announces new Vice President of External Relations
Grande Prairie Regional College has named Cherene Griffiths its new Vice President of External Relations. Griffiths is replacing Carmen Haakstad after he retired in the spring.She spent the last two y...
Jul 31, 2020