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Trump is set to surrender at a Georgia jail on charges he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss
ATLANTA (AP) - Donald Trump was set to turn himself in Thursday to authorities in Georgia on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in that state, a county jail booking expect...
Aug 24, 2023

GPRAVO hosting ribbon cutting and open house event Sept. 21
The Grande Prairie Regional Association of Volunteer Organizations is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open-house event next month.You will be able to tour their office space and learn about thei...
Aug 24, 2023

Experience Grande Prairie hosting Albertan Country Music Star and Juno Award winner
The second annual Experience Grande Prairie is set to turn Downtown into a giant block party, on Friday, September 1, and Mayor Jackie Clayton said in a release, "We hope to see many community members...
Aug 24, 2023

Quebec company buys private island with chalet to boost employee happiness
LAVAL, Que. - A Montreal-area company has come up with a novel - if extreme - way to boost employee happiness: buying them a private island. The 30 workers at data services company Mon Technicien are ...
Aug 24, 2023

LGBTQ advocates in Saskatchewan gear up for human rights fight over pronoun rules
Fran Forsberg fought years ago for a gender marker to be removed from her child's birth certificate. Now up against the Saskatchewan Party government's pronoun and naming changes in schools, she says ...
Aug 24, 2023

National parks open and free for wildfire evacuees
Wildfire evacuees from the Northwest Territories and British Columbia are being allowed to enter and stay in national parks in B.C. and Alberta for free.Parks Canada says its campgrounds are extremely...
Aug 24, 2023

Renewables pause in Alberta affecting 118 projects worth $33 billion, think tank says
A clean energy think tank says Alberta's pause on approvals for new renewable energy projects is affecting 118 projects worth $33 billion. The Pembina Institute says those projects would create enough...
Aug 24, 2023

Rent Faster offering free listings for accommodations to wildfire evacuees
Online rental platform Rent Faster is working to help provide accommodations to people displaced by recent wildfires.The web site is providing free listing services for landlords willing to make their...
Aug 24, 2023

Putin breaks silence on plane crash that presumably killed Wagner leaders
Russian President Vladimir Putin has broken his silence on the plane crash that killed top leaders of the Wagner mercenary group. Putin expressed condolences for those who were aboard the jet, includi...
Aug 24, 2023

Ukraine seeks Canada's help in selling peace plan to skeptical states, more demining
OTTAWA - Ukraine is calling on Canada to help it sell a peace plan with Russia to developing countries who have taken a neutral stance on Moscow's invasion. Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro K...
Aug 24, 2023