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MLA Dyck against electricity regulations 2035 net-zero date
Grande Prairie's MLA is joining Premier Danielle Smith in rejecting the Federal Government's new clean electricity regulations.Nolan Dyck says the plan to reach a net-zero electricity grid by 2035 is ...
Aug 21, 2023
Quebec community mourns four family members killed in home construction accident.
MONTREAL - A rural community in Quebec's Bas-St-Laurent region is in mourning after four family members died in a home construction accident over the weekend. Investigators said two men and two women ...
Aug 21, 2023
Quebec teachers unions call for better working conditions to address staff shortages
MONTREAL - Unions representing Quebec teachers are calling on the provincial government to address staff shortages by improving working conditions. Jose Scalabrini, president of a federation of 34 Que...
Aug 21, 2023
Law society hearing for lawyers accused of surveilling Winnipeg judge begins
WINNIPEG - A Law Society of Manitoba hearing is underway for two lawyers facing charges related to complaints that they hired a private investigator to surveil a judge who was hearing a case involving...
Aug 21, 2023
The latest news on the wildfires ravaging British Columbia
A state of emergency remains in place today across British Columbia as threatening wildfires force thousands of residents to evacuate from homes in the Okanagan in the southern Interior and elsewhere ...
Aug 21, 2023
Montreal police investigating after overnight violence leaves one dead, two injured
Montreal police are investigating separate violent incidents last night that left one person dead and two people injured. Police say they responded to a call about gunshots a little after midnight in ...
Aug 21, 2023
City facilities offering free activities for Alberta Day
Multiple city facilities will be open to the public in Grande Prairie for free on Alberta Day.The Eastlink Centre, Aquatera Outdoor Pool, and Grande Prairie Activity & Reception Centre will be ope...
Aug 21, 2023
British nurse Lucy Letby imprisoned for life for the murders of 7 babies and attempted murders of 6
LONDON (AP) - A British judge has sentenced Lucy Letby to spend the rest of her life in prison for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others while working as a neonatal nurse at a hospi...
Aug 21, 2023
Hours changed at Grande Prairie Reception Centre for NWT evacuees
Evacuees escaping wildfires in the Northwest Territories should be aware the hours of operation at the Grande Prairie Reception Centre have changed.From Monday to Friday, the Centre will be open from ...
Aug 21, 2023
Suspected Palestinian gunman kills an Israeli, wounds another in latest attack in occupied West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) - A suspected Palestinian attacker killed an Israeli woman and seriously wounded a man in the south of the occupied West Bank on Monday, Israeli authorities said, as violence continued ...
Aug 21, 2023