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Grande Prairie filmmaker captures journey and resiliency of local woman
A Grande Prairie director and producer is gearing up for the virtual screening of her short documentary Able, a film showcasing the resiliency of a local woman. In January 2021, Mariah Braun received ...
Jan 25, 2022
COVID-19 booster drive is faltering in the US
NEW YORK (AP) - The COVID-19 booster drive in the U.S. is losing steam, worrying health experts who have pleaded with Americans to get an extra shot to shore up their protection against the highly con...
Jan 25, 2022
Attitude on carbon tax rebate defined by politics, not facts, survey suggests
Rebates on carbon taxes haven't helped Canadians warm to them, a new survey suggests. Results published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change say that not only did rebates fail to make much d...
Jan 25, 2022
AP source: coach Sean Payton resigns from New Orleans Saints
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton, whose 15-year tenure with the club included its only Super Bowl championship and also a one-season suspension stemming from the NFL's bounty in...
Jan 25, 2022
Canucks get Miller, Martin back from COVID, add Pearson to protocol
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks got two players back from the NHL's COVID-19 protocol ahead of a crucial matchup with the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. J.T. Miller missed two games and goalie Spencer ...
Jan 25, 2022
Former B.C. legislature clerk's cufflinks, whisky subject of indictment: Crown
VANCOUVER - A special prosecutor says the former clerk of the British Columbia legislature claimed expenses ranging from malt whisky to cufflinks on the public purse. Brock Martland alleged in B.C. Su...
Jan 25, 2022
CPNewsAlert: Quebec to reopen restaurant dining rooms next week
MONTREAL - Restaurant dining rooms in Quebec will be able to reopen beginning next week as part of a gradual easing of COVID-19 measures that have been in place since December. Quebec Premier Franois ...
Jan 25, 2022
2nd NYPD officer dies, days after Harlem shooting
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City police officer gravely wounded in a Harlem shooting that took his partner's life last week has also died of his injuries, police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said Tuesd...
Jan 25, 2022
Nunavut community locks down due to COVID-19 cases, Iqaluit jail faces outbreak
IQALUIT, Nunavut - One Nunavut community is under a strict lockdown as COVID-19 spreads rapidly among households. All offices and schools in the Baffin Island community of Igloolik, where about 1,600 ...
Jan 25, 2022
CBSA warns of scams using false agency credentials
OTTAWA, ON - Officials from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) are warning the public about ongoing email, web, text message and telephone scams making the rounds.They say individuals posing as ...
Jan 25, 2022