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Feds seek dental care program ideas from industry, no details on shape it will take
OTTAWA - The federal government has asked the private sector to weigh in on how companies could play a role in Canada's national dental care plan. The Liberals set aside $5.3 billion over the next fiv...
Jul 25, 2022
Grande Prairie RCMP arrest local after single vehicle collision
Grande Prairie RCMP responded to a single vehicle collision on Saturday, July 23, around 8:30 a.m. on Range Road 74 and Highway 59.Their investigation found that the truck had been stolen overnight in...
Jul 25, 2022
Flames' newest faces Huberdeau, Weegar 'excited' for season following shock of trade
CALGARY - With the initial shock having finally subsided after learning late that they had been traded from the Florida Panthers to Calgary , Jonathan Huberdeau and MacKenzie Weegar are ready to get s...
Jul 25, 2022
David Trimble, architect of N Ireland peace deal, dies at 77
LONDON (AP) - David Trimble, a former Northern Ireland first minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize for playing a key role in helping end Northern Ireland's decades of violence, has died, the Ulster U...
Jul 25, 2022
Motorcycle driver dead after collision Sunday in Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie RCMP says a motorcycle driver has died after a collision between his machine and a pick-up.Mounties say the collision happened around 12:45 Sunday afternoon at 108 Street and 79 Avenue....
Jul 25, 2022
Reaction to the Pope's apology for Catholic Church's role in residential schools
MASKWACIS - Pope Francis delivered on Monday an apology for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools, saying many Christians supported the colonization of Indigenous people. He made the...
Jul 25, 2022
Maxwell’s new digs: Fla. prison known for yoga, music, abuse
NEW YORK (AP) - Ghislaine Maxwell, the jet-setting socialite turned convicted sex trafficker, is off to Florida to serve a 20-year federal prison sentence for helping financier Jeffrey Epstein sexuall...
Jul 25, 2022
Construction crews are continuing work on 84 Avenue
Construction Crews have closed 84 Avenue between Patterson Drive and Resources Road, to begin road work. Construction on 84 Avenue between 100 Street and Patterson Drive is now completed and allows on...
Jul 25, 2022
Several Peace Region communities receiving provincial grants for local infrastructure
Three different grant programs by the provincial government have approved 78 projects in Budget 2022. Over $86.1 million has been approved for all the projects this year across Alberta for the Strateg...
Jul 25, 2022
Lawyers make closing submissions in sex assault trial for former Vancouver Canuck
VANCOUVER - A defence lawyer for former Vancouver Canuck Jake Virtanen says the woman who claims he sexually assaulted her nearly five years ago wasn't a reliable or trustworthy witness. Brock Martlan...
Jul 25, 2022