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Canada reaches round of 16 in women's world water polo championship
FUKUOKA, Japan - Canada's women's water polo team advanced to the round of 16 at the world championship with a 17-12 victory Thursday over host Japan. Canada meets South Africa on Saturday in Fukuoka ...
Jul 20, 2023

New fundraiser underway for Sunrise House
Grande Prairie's Sunrise House Youth Emergency Shelter has launched a new fundraiser.It is called Lock Out Youth Homelessness and sees people buy a lock for a minimum $25 donation. The locks are then ...
Jul 20, 2023

Fleetwood among British Open leaders. McIlroy among the survivors.
HOYLAKE, England (AP) - The British Open showed again Thursday that even after 163 years, golf's oldest championship can still deliver a few surprises. It started with Christo Lamprecht, the South Afr...
Jul 20, 2023

Club Leon match in Leagues Cup seen as chance to compare Vancouver to benchmark
VANCOUVER - Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini previously declared Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC the best team in this year's CONCACAF Champions League. But it fell at the final hurdle to Va...
Jul 20, 2023

Serious crimes unit takes over case of two missing B.C. children named in Amber Alert
SURREY, B.C. - Police have released more information about the woman alleged to have abducted her two children, who are the subject of an Amber Alert. RCMP say Verity Bolton was spotted by closed-circ...
Jul 20, 2023

Special air quality statements back in place
Environment Canada has again issued special air quality statements for all of northwestern Alberta and northeastern BC because of the wildfire smoke in the air. Alberta currently has 117 active fires,...
Jul 20, 2023

Wanted man arrested by Grande Prairie RCMP, police vehicle rammed and officers bear sprayed in the process
Grande Prairie RCMP say they have arrested a man from the Swan City wanted on a Canada-wide warrant.Just before 7:30 p.m. on July 13, police located the wanted man but the vehicle he was in sped away....
Jul 20, 2023

Fleetwood among British Open leaders. McIlroy among the survivors.
HOYLAKE, England (AP) - The British Open showed again Thursday that even after 163 years, golf's oldest championship can still deliver a few surprises. It started with Christo Lamprecht, the South Afr...
Jul 20, 2023

Multi-month drug investigation leads to four arrests and drug seizures
Following a multi-month investigation into drug trafficking, Grande Prairie RCMP, with support from Edmonton Alert, has arrested and charged four people.The investigation started last fall. Three sear...
Jul 20, 2023

Long term partial road closure announced in the MD of Fairview
The MD of Fairview announced a long-term, partial road closure that will go into effect next week. From Tuesday, July 25 until October 15 the west side of Ski Hill Road, also known as Township Road 81...
Jul 20, 2023