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Highlights from the Grande Prairie City Council meeting held Monday
Highlights from Grande Prairie City Council's first meeting of 2022.Councillor Gladys Blackmore brought up some issues with snow removal. She says in her neighbourhood, Ivy Lake, residential streets w...
Jan 11, 2022
Tightening rules for unvaccinated is justified as health system struggles: experts
MONTREAL - As Quebec officials consider tightening the rules for the unvaccinated, health experts in the province say expanding the vaccine passport system is justified because of the high number of C...
Jan 11, 2022
On heels of Jan. 6 clarion call, Biden in Georgia to make case for voting rights
WASHINGTON - Fresh from his Jan. 6 vow to defend democracy, President Joe Biden is in Georgia today to make his case for protecting voting rights in the United States. Democrats have been insisting fo...
Jan 11, 2022
Surge in cases prompts U.S. to issue travel advisory for Canada
Justin Trudeau says Ottawa will do all it can to help provinces and territories cope with the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, as infections fuelled by the Omicron variant threaten to overwhelm he...
Jan 11, 2022
Slim majority support government lockdowns, restrictions in response to Omicron
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests a slim majority of Canadians support the latest round of lockdowns and other government-imposed restrictions as the Omicron variant continue to fuel an explosion in new CO...
Jan 11, 2022
COVID cases surge, poll shows support for COVID restrictions: In The News for Jan. 11
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 11 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jan 11, 2022
China locks down third city, raising affected to 20 million
BEIJING (AP) - A third Chinese city has locked down its residents because of a COVID-19 outbreak, raising the number confined to their homes in China to about 20 million people. It wasn't clear how lo...
Jan 10, 2022
European Parliament President David Sassoli dies at 65
WASHINGTON (AP) - European Parliament President David Sassoli has died at a hospital in Italy, his spokesman said in a tweet Tuesday. No details were offered in the tweet by spokesman Roberto Cuillo b...
Jan 10, 2022
City Council, organizers discuss Grande Prairie potentially hosting an event called "NASCAR in the sky"
Grande Prairie City Council heard a presentation on the possibility of a Canadian International Air Race Championship series stop coming to the city at its first meeting of 2022 Monday.Organizers call...
Jan 10, 2022
Quebec public health director resigns, cities erosion of public opinion over measures
MONTREAL - Quebec's director of public health, Dr. Horacio Arruda, has tendered his resignation. Premier Franois Legault accepted, with Arruda's departure confirmed to The Canadian Press by the premie...
Jan 10, 2022