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Rise in homeless tent cities, encampments linked to health confidence: advocate
VANCOUER, B.C. - Public health officials need to do more to help Canada's homeless population as encampments and tent cities grow across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, an advocate says...
Apr 21, 2020
Feds to announce more support to help vulnerable weather COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to unveil today more financial support for vulnerable Canadians struggling to weather the COVID-19 pandemic. Poor, disabled, homeless and elderly peopl...
Apr 21, 2020
Overland flooding alert issued for Town of Sexsmith
The Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership has issued an overland flooding alert for the Town of Sexsmith, saying that flooding is occurring in low lying areas in and around the town at this ti...
Apr 21, 2020
Families sue helicopter company in deadly Kobe Bryant crash
LOS ANGELES - Family members of four of the eight passengers killed in a helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant and his daughter have joined the NBA star's widow in filing wrongful death lawsuits against t...
Apr 20, 2020
Families sue helicopter company in deadly Kobe Bryant crash
LOS ANGELES - Family members of four of the eight passengers killed in a helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant and his daughter have joined the NBA star's widow in filing wrongful death lawsuits against t...
Apr 20, 2020
New Zealand could pull off bold goal of eliminating virus
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - While most countries are working on ways to contain the coronavirus, New Zealand has set itself a much more ambitious goal: eliminating it altogether. And experts believe the...
Apr 20, 2020
Talks drag on $450B virus aid for small business, hospitals
WASHINGTON - Late-stage negotiations in Washington on a new $450 billion coronavirus aid package dragged past Monday's hoped-for deadline, but the Trump administration and key lawmakers insisted a fin...
Apr 20, 2020
Brazil's Bolsonaro seeks end to social isolation measures
SAO PAULO - Four days after firing his health minister amid the coronavirus pandemic, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Monday he wants social isolation policies to end nationwide this week desp...
Apr 20, 2020
South Korea looking into reports about Kim Jong Un's health
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The South Korean government on Tuesday was looking into U.S. media reports saying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was in fragile condition after surgery. Officials from Sou...
Apr 20, 2020
Grande Prairie Live Theatre actors turn to Zoom to perform play
With stage performances put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic, actors at the Grande Prairie Live Theatre have found a way to bring the stage online and at a physical distance.Shakespeare's comedy Much ...
Apr 20, 2020 Grande Prairie Live Theatre actors perform "Ben & Bea: A Distancing Office Romance", a scoially distanced adaptation of the play Much Ado About Nothing (Photo: Youtube / Derek Hall)