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Jackie Robinson's legacy looms over All-Star Game in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The legacy of Jackie Robinson showed in Major League Baseball's draft, with four Black players among the first five selected for the first time in history. Six of the first 18 playe...
Jul 18, 2022
Councillor John Lehners passes away
City Hall says on the City of Grande Prairie Facebook page that Councillor John Lehners has died.The post did not give a cause or what day he passed.Lehners was serving his first term on city council ...
Jul 18, 2022
Roughriders announce 'several' positive COVID tests following Touchdown Atlantic game
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders say "several members" of the team have recently tested positive for COVID-19. The Roughriders, who recently returned home after playing Toronto in the Touchdown A...
Jul 18, 2022
Former Juventus winger Federico Bernardeschi happy for new beginning with Toronto FC
TORONTO - While the existing product withers on the field, Toronto FC has assembled some considerable new firepower off it in recent days. The hope is the cavalry is ready to ride in. On Monday, the M...
Jul 18, 2022
Ambrosie doesn't feel chippy game negatively impacted Touchdown Atlantic experience
TORONTO - CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie doesn't believe a chippy game between the Toronto Argonauts and Saskatchewan Roughriders negatively impacted the 2022 Touchdown Atlantic experience. In fact, ...
Jul 18, 2022
Gunfire, shootings and panic mar American weekend
A man firing a rifle killed shoppers at an Indiana mall's food court. A gunfight at a Houston home killed four people. A stand-up act by the comedian Craig Robinson in North Carolina didn't even begin...
Jul 18, 2022
The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie opening exhibit focused on history of jazz
The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie is opening a new exhibit Thursday. Jazz Influences: Rhythm, Movement, and Improv features artists from across Canada that show jazz in a new light; using abstract art...
Jul 18, 2022
Judge denies bail for fourth murder conspiracy suspect in Coutts protest
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A judge has denied bail for the fourth man charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a border blockade earlier this year in southern Alberta.Queen's Bench Justice Johnna Kubik ruled...
Jul 18, 2022
‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Pat King granted bail
OTTAWA - Pat King, an organizer of the "Freedom Convoy" that paralyzed downtown Ottawa for three weeks last winter, has been granted bail.The decision was delivered in an Ottawa courtroom Monday by Su...
Jul 18, 2022
Senate panel subpoenas federal prisons director to testify
WASHINGTON (AP) - The outgoing director of the Bureau of Prisons has been subpoenaed to testify before a Senate committee examining abuse and corruption in the beleaguered federal agency. Michael Carv...
Jul 18, 2022