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Canadian men climb four places to No. 31, reach all-time high in FIFA world rankings
Canada will finish out the year at a career-high in the FIFA rankings after climbing four places to No. 31. The Canadian men had previously been as high as No. 33, achieved in February 2022 under John...
Nov 28, 2024
Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepts a one-month suspension in doping case
Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ, the International Tennis Integ...
Nov 28, 2024
Romanian court orders recount of first-round election won by far-right outsider
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A top Romanian court on Thursday asked the official electoral authority to recount and verify all of the ballots cast in the first round of the presidential election, which w...
Nov 28, 2024
Romanian court orders a recount of presidential election first round
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A top Romanian court on Thursday asked the official electoral authority to recount and verify all of the ballots cast in the first-round of the presidential election. The Con...
Nov 28, 2024
City hall looking at ways to address internet connectivity issues
Grande Prairie City Council approved two things meant to improve internet service at its November 18 meeting.One is a broadband analysis that would look at network requirements and things like potenti...
Nov 28, 2024
Highway 43 closed near Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation
Valleyview RCMP say as of 5:15 a.m. Thursday that they are attending a serious motor vehicle collision involving an ATV on Highway 43. This collision is in the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation area. The high...
Nov 28, 2024
Former British soldier convicted of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian government
LONDON (AP) - A former British soldier whose audacious escape from a London prison spurred a dayslong search was convicted on Thursday of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian intelligence s...
Nov 28, 2024
Former British soldier convicted of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian government
LONDON (AP) - A former British soldier whose audacious escape from a London prison spurred a dayslong search was convicted on Thursday of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian intelligence s...
Nov 28, 2024
At least 13 dead after landslides bury 40 homes in villages in eastern Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - At least 13 people have died in eastern Uganda after landslides buried 40 homes in six villages, relief officials said Thursday. The Uganda Red Cross Society said 13 bodies have ...
Nov 28, 2024
Cyprus could become a member of NATO when conditions permit, the country's president says
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus could apply to become a member of NATO once its armed forces receive the necessary training and equipment with U.S. help to bring them up to the standards of the world's ...
Nov 28, 2024