Author Archives:
JBS shuts down Minnesota pork plant hit by COVID-19 outbreak
MINNEAPOLIS - JBS USA said it is temporarily shutting down its big pork processing plant in southwestern Minnesota because of an outbreak of COVID-19 among workers, the latest closure of a major U.S. ...
Apr 20, 2020
County lifts OHV ban, fire ban remains in place
The County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service has lifted the ban on off-highway vehicles (OHV), though the ban on open fires remains in place.In a press release, the County Fire Marshal, Ken Atam...
Apr 20, 2020
University of Lethbridge axes men's and women's hockey teams, citing budget cuts
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The University of Lethbridge has shut down its men's and women's hockey teams citing three straight years of cuts to its operating grant. "The elimination of the hockey programs is...
Apr 20, 2020
Doug Flutie Jr. a source of inspiration for former CFL quarterback
For much of his life, Doug Flutie has been in the football spotlight. Be it winning the Heisman Trophy, six CFL top player awards, three Grey Cup MVPs or playing 12 seasons in the NFL, accolades and s...
Apr 20, 2020
Liberal changes to media aid plan hint at speedier spending, industry group says
OTTAWA - A news-industry association says the federal government's planned changes to its financial aid for news outlets in Canada should allow more of them to qualify for the financial hel...
Apr 20, 2020
Protesters register frustration in U.S., but experts suspect an ulterior motive
WASHINGTON - The partisan cracks in America's collective effort to combat COVID-19 are growing wider by the day - fuelled, some say, not by grassroots sentiment but by political forces both withi...
Apr 20, 2020
Vancouver's huge 4-20 pot celebration to be replaced by virtual event
VANCOUVER - What would have been Vancouver's 26th annual marijuana festival has been sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic but organizers say a virtual celebration will go ahead. The unsanctioned festiva...
Apr 20, 2020
Book on Chornobyl nuclear accident wins $5,000 prize
NEW YORK - Adam Higginbotham's "Midnight in Chornobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster" has won a $5,000 prize. Higginbotham has received the William E. Colby Award, given fo...
Apr 20, 2020
WestJet cancels Grande Prairie - Edmonton flights in May
WestJet has updated it's domestic flight schedule from May 5 through June 4, 2020, and is temporarily removing it's flights between Grande Prairie and Edmonton.The changes, which are meant to address ...
Apr 20, 2020
Facebook takes Canada's privacy czar to court over personal data probe
OTTAWA - Facebook wants a judge to toss out the federal privacy watchdog's finding that the social media giant's lax practices allowed personal data to be used for political purposes. The company...
Apr 20, 2020