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Extra operating rooms will make Grande Prairie Regional Hospital the health care hub for Northern Alberta
The Grande Prairie Regional Hospital is going to have 11 operating room suites, after two that were previously shelled are now being supported through the Alberta Surgical Initiative.Building out the ...
Mar 04, 2021
Swanavon School placed under COVID-19 outbreak status
Swanavon School in Grande Prairie has now been placed under a COVID-19 outbreak status, as at least 10 cases have now been confirmed among individuals from the school.There are now four schools in Gra...
Mar 04, 2021
Grande Prairie adds nine new COVID-19 cases, 17 recoveries
The City of Grande Prairie recorded nine new cases of COVID-19 and 17 recoveries on March 3, bringing the active case total down to 209.The County of Grande Prairie added four new cases and five recov...
Mar 04, 2021
More Alberta seniors, adults eligible for COVID-19 vaccine in March
Alberta's Health Minister says the province expects to administer one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to all Albertans aged 18 and older who want one by the end of June, as long as promised shipments of the ...
Mar 04, 2021
Powerful quake hits off New Zealand, prompting evacuations
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A powerful magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Friday in the ocean off New Zealand, prompting thousands of people to evacuate and triggering tsunami warnings across the South Pac...
Mar 04, 2021
St. John Paul II High School moving classes online March 8-12
St. John Paul II High School students will be taking classes online from March 8 to 12 in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19 at the school.Alberta Health listed the school under an outbreak sta...
Mar 04, 2021
Phish guitarist to found substance abuse treatment centre
LUDLOW, Vt. - Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio plans to start a substance use disorder treatment centre in Vermont, where the band was formed in 1983. Anastasio, who is now 14 years sober, announced Thu...
Mar 04, 2021
Line 5 'very different' from Keystone XL, Canada will fight hard for it, says O'Regan
WASHINGTON - Canada's natural resources minister is calling the cross-border Line 5 pipeline a "non-negotiable" element of talks with the United States. Seamus O'Regan is vowing to defend the underwat...
Mar 04, 2021
Blue Jays surrender two runs on wild pitches in 8-2 exhibition loss to Tigers
LAKELAND, Fla. - A lack of control from Toronto's pitchers was a factor in the Detroit Tigers' 8-2 win over the Blue Jays in spring training action Thursday. The Tigers (3-2) scored eight unanswered r...
Mar 04, 2021
California to give 40% of vaccine doses to vulnerable areas
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for people who live in the most vulnerable neighbourhoods in an effort to inoculate people most at risk from the coron...
Mar 04, 2021