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MLB players reject delay, vow to start season on time
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball players rejected a proposal to delay the start of spring training and the season due to the coronavirus pandemic, vowing Monday night to report under the original sche...
Feb 01, 2021
Grande Prairie bottle drive raises over $20,000 for Mighty Max
The bottle drive that was held on January 23 in Grande Prairie in support of Mighty Max has officially raised $20,180.30.Organizer Stacy Genier, says she was completely blown away with just how much t...
Feb 01, 2021
Canadian Bianca Andreescu withdraws from Australian Open tune-up tournament
Canadian Bianca Andreescu will skip this week's Grampians Trophy and instead return to action at the Australian Open. Andreescu was scheduled to return to the court for the first time in 15 months at ...
Feb 01, 2021
Tripping hazard: Protest penguins destroyed at Alberta legislature grounds
EDMONTON - A colony of 800 snow penguins was set up on the grounds of the Alberta legislature to send a strong message. But before student union representatives from Edmonton's two universities could ...
Feb 01, 2021
Province expands self-isolation supports to all Albertans
All Albertans who are unable to safely quarantine in their own homes due to COVID-19 are now eligible to apply for provincial government support funding of up to $625.Prior to Monday's announcement, t...
Feb 01, 2021
Grande Prairie records 21st COVID-19 death, 10 new cases
The City of Grande Prairie recorded its 21st death linked to COVID-19, along with 10 new cases for Monday's update.The death was reported by Alberta Health to have occurred on January 30 and was a fem...
Feb 01, 2021
Global pandemic creating no shortage of challenges for CFL teams entering free agency
The harsh reality of CFL economics helped John Hufnagel pull the trigger. On Saturday, the Calgary Stampeders president/GM dealt receiver Eric Rogers, defensive end Cordarro Law and defensive back Rob...
Feb 01, 2021
Trudeau, U.S. vice-president Kamala Harris talk COVID-19, Buy American and Montreal
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke by phone today with U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris, her first call with a foreign leader since taking office. The Prime Minister's Office says the t...
Feb 01, 2021
Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson faces Miranda Maverick at UFC 258
TORONTO - Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson will look to bounce back from a December loss when she takes on American Miranda (Fear The) Maverick at UFC 258 on Feb. 13 in Las Vegas.The ...
Feb 01, 2021
Q&A: Rebecca Hall makes her directing dreams come true
Rebecca Hall came across Nella Larsen's novel "Passing" at a time when she was grappling with her own family history. She'd become aware that her maternal grandfather was "white passing," and it might...
Feb 01, 2021