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Long service awards handed out by Holy Family Regional Catholic District
The Holy Family Regional Catholic District has announced the recipients of its Long Service awards among their staff at their six schools as well as their Central Office. A total of 48 staff members w...
Jun 20, 2023
"Push-in" ceremony for new ladder unit in Peace River
It is a tradition of fire departments around the world to hold a push-in ceremony to officially introduce a new apparatus into their fleet of vehicles. Peace River Fire Department will hold a ceremony...
Jun 20, 2023
Explorers recall danger, thrill of earlier dives to 'Everest of shipwrecks'
As crews raced to locate a submersible vessel that vanished Sunday during a descent to the wreckage of the Titanic, explorers who have completed the journey recalled that during their voyages, they to...
Jun 20, 2023
Annual maintenance shutdown scheduled for Eastlink Centre Aquatics area
The Eastlink Centre has announced that it will be closing the Aquatics area from September 5 to October 22 for the facility's annual maintenance. Among the work to be done will be a deep cleaning of a...
Jun 20, 2023
GPPL Summer Reading Games Kick-Off Party set for Saturday
A Kick-Off Party for the Summer Reading Games is scheduled to take place this Saturday, (June, 24) at the Grande Prairie Public Library. This free community event will include a number of amenities fo...
Jun 20, 2023
A Titanic expert, an adventurer, a CEO, and a father and son are on missing submersible
BOSTON (AP) - A renowned Titanic expert, a world-record holding adventurer, two members of one of Pakistan's wealthiest families and the CEO of the company leading an expedition to the world's most fa...
Jun 20, 2023
The Titan submersible: What it is, what might have gone wrong and what's being done to find it
A growing number of aircraft and ships from the U.S. and Canada searched Tuesday for a submersible vessel carrying five people that disappeared on its way to the wreckage of the Titanic. The U.S. Coas...
Jun 20, 2023
Loophole allows former officials to lobby for corporations: lobbying commissioner
OTTAWA - Lobbying commissioner Nancy Blanger says the law needs to be changed to ban former public office holders from lobbying on behalf of corporations. The commissioner appeared before MPs on the H...
Jun 20, 2023
Idaho man charged with 4 counts of murder in shooting deaths of his neighbors, including one minor
KELLOGG, Idaho (AP) - A northern Idaho man has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and burglary after prosecutors said he broke into his neighbors' home and shot and killed the people...
Jun 20, 2023
Raptors eyeing option of moving up in important upcoming NBA draft
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have some considerations in mind for Thursday night's draft. Toronto has just one pick, sitting on the back end of the lottery at 13th overall in the first round. But wit...
Jun 20, 2023