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Council approves location for new emergency call centre
City Council approved having a new Integrated Emergency Contact Centre in the City on 99 building at its meeting on Monday.It would answer calls for 911, police, fire, Municipal Enforcement Services a...
Dec 17, 2024
Highlights from the last city council meeting of 2024
Grande Prairie City Council held its last meeting of 2024 on Monday. Some of the highlights included the following:- Council asked administration to meet with officials from the Maskwa Medical Centre ...
Dec 17, 2024
Chelsea confirms FA has contacted Mykhailo Mudryk after 'adverse finding' in player's doping test
Chelsea forward Mykhailo Mudryk has been contacted by the English Football Association over an "adverse finding" in a routine urine test, the Premier League club said Tuesday. Chelsea said Ukraine int...
Dec 17, 2024
Fatal MMA fight near Edmonton linked to company cited in death of U.K. boxer
EDMONTON - A mixed martial arts organizer being questioned by police about an Alberta fighter's death is linked to a company earlier cited for safety concerns after a novice boxer died in the United K...
Dec 17, 2024
With Freeland out and the federal deficit up, Parliament is set to take holiday break
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are set to begin their holiday break later today, capping off a tumultuous fall sitting filled with non-confidence votes, filibusters, stalled legislation, a growing def...
Dec 17, 2024
Feisty winger Kiefer Sherwood providing big offence, big hits for Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - Kiefer Sherwood was a thorn in the Vancouver Canucks' side last spring. Eight months later, the feisty winger has bloomed into one of the team's top forwards. Chants of "Kie-fer Sher-wood!...
Dec 17, 2024
Magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Pacific island nation of Vanuatu
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Injured people were arriving at a hospital in Vanuatu as unconfirmed reports of casualties emerged after the South Pacific island nation was rocked by a powerful magnitu...
Dec 17, 2024
NHL roundup: Hintz helps Stars outshine Capitals 3-1
DALLAS (AP) - Roope Hintz had his first two-goal game of the season and Jake Oettinger stopped 25 shots as the Dallas Stars beat the surging Washington Capitals 3-1 on Monday night. Rookie defenceman ...
Dec 17, 2024
The head of Russia’s nuclear defense forces has been killed in an explosion in Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) - The head of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces, Lt. General Igor Kirillov, was killed early Tuesday by an explosive device planted close to a residential apartment...
Dec 16, 2024
Sherwood nets hat trick, Vancouver Canucks roll past Colorado Avalanche 3-1
VANCOUVER - Kiefer Sherwood scored his first NHL hat trick and the Vancouver Canucks topped the Colorado Avalanche 3-1on Monday. The feisty winger had an even-strength goal, a short-handed goal and an...
Dec 16, 2024