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Get outside but keep your distance from others: Hinshaw
Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health says it is important to get outside but maintaining your social distance from others remains imperative.Dr. Deena Hinshaw remarked during her daily COVID-19 u...
Mar 24, 2020 The trails through Muskoseepi Park were quiet late Tuesday morning, perhaps because of the snowy conditions (Photo: Shaun Penner)

Rental rates down during COVID-19 pandemic
Grande Prairie saw rental rates drop this month, with one-bedroom rates going down by 2.2 per cent month over month, and two bedrooms dropping by 1 per cent.Overall, the national average for rent in C...
Mar 24, 2020

Quebec prosecutor's office clears provincial police chief after probe
Quebec's director of criminal and penal prosecutions says there will be no charges against the head of the provincial police force. But Chief Martin Prud'homme will have to wait before he's permitted ...
Mar 24, 2020

Conservative leadership candidates jointly call for delayed vote
OTTAWA - Three contenders vying to become the next federal Conservative leader have banded together to call for the race to be delayed and for fees to be cut in half due to the pressures of the&n...
Mar 24, 2020

What happens to Olympic soccer age limit when games are pushed back by a year?
Among the many questions left to be answered in the wake of the Tokyo Olympic postponement to 2021 is does the schedule change affect the men's soccer competition. Olympic men's soccer qualifying...
Mar 24, 2020

Canadian troops in Ukraine face uncertainty due to COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA - The COVID-19 crisis has left military commanders facing a tough decision over what to do with 200 Canadian soldiers in Ukraine. Canada has had troops in the eastern European country since the...
Mar 24, 2020

Williams not letting COVID-19 pandemic negatively impact his workouts
TORONTO - The COVID-19 pandemic has created uncertainty regarding when Karlos Williams will return to pro football, but it hasn't hurt his preparation to play for the Toronto Argonauts. The ...
Mar 24, 2020

Grande Prairie doctors worry people are not following COVID-19 recommendations
Grande Prairie's family physicians are asking people to take recommendations to stop the spread of COVID-19 more seriously.In a post on the Grande Prairie Primary Care Network Facebook page, the docto...
Mar 24, 2020 Photo credit: Damus/Dreamstime

Though scuttled, SXSW still goes ahead with film awards
NEW YORK - South by Southwest, the sprawling Austin, Texas, conference and festival, was one of the first major gatherings cancelled by the coronavirus pandemic. But its organizers, eager to lend a ha...
Mar 24, 2020

'Wonder Woman 1984,' 'In The Heights' postponed due to virus
NEW YORK - Warner Bros. on Tuesday delayed the summer release of "Wonder Woman 1984" and removed the adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In the Heights" from its schedule due to the coronavirus pandem...
Mar 24, 2020