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O'Toole promises to increase penalties for crimes involving guns
MONTREAL - Conservative leader Erin O'Toole is promising to crack down on gangs and illegal guns. Speaking in Montreal, where there have been several high-profile shootings over the summer, O'Toole sa...
Sep 3, 2021
Q99 is now 98.9 Rewind Radio
Grande Prairie's Q99 is now known as 98.9 Rewind Radio.While the name for Grande Prairie's greatest hits radio station is changing, Program Director and Morning Show host Tyler Wold says listeners wil...
Sep 3, 2021
Former Cardinal McCarrick pleads not guilty to sex assault
BOSTON (AP) - Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the once-powerful American prelate who was expelled from the priesthood for sexual abuse, pleaded not guilty Friday to sexually assault...
Sep 3, 2021
Grande Prairie records hottest summer; warm temperatures expected for long weekend
After what can be described as a wet final two weeks of August, sunshine and warm weather will be returning to Grande Prairie and the Peace Region over the Labour Day long weekend. Environment Canada ...
Sep 3, 2021
'Their hearts are not in it.' Liberals in Atlantic Canada accused of being unfocused
HALIFAX - At the start of the election campaign, the polls were suggesting Justin Trudeau's Liberals could hold most of the 32 seats in Atlantic Canada after they won every riding in the region in 201...
Sep 3, 2021
Frustration with anti-vaxers and TIFF star power: In The News for Sept. 3
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 Sept. 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Sep 3, 2021
Canadian senator hears desperate plea from Afghan woman MP fearing Taliban reprisals
A senator who chairs a committee set up to forge ties between the Canadian and Afghan parliaments has been receiving desperate pleas for help from Afghan politicians. Sen. Salma Ataullahjan says she h...
Sep 3, 2021
Poll: majority of Canadians favour vaccine passport for non-essential places
A new poll suggests eight out of 10 Canadians backed the notion of a COVID-19 vaccine passport in the days leading up to this week's rollout of a certificate system in Quebec and news that Ontario wou...
Sep 3, 2021
Doctors frustrated with 'selfishness' of unvaccinated people, protesters
Some doctors and nurses are frustrated with large groups of anti-vaccination protesters outside hospitals in cities across the country and say limited health-care resources are being used to save the ...
Sep 3, 2021
Fix broken Access to Information law, public tells federal review
OTTAWA - Civil society groups, journalists and members of the public are telling the federal government it is time to fix Canada's broken transparency law. Written and oral submissions to a federal re...
Sep 3, 2021