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Leclerc on pole for Azerbaijan after crashes halt qualifying
BAKU, Azerbaijan - Charles Leclerc has his own recipe for pole position in Formula One this season. A street circuit, an unexpectedly fast Ferrari and a crash. Leclerc won the pole for the Azerbaijan ...
Jun 05, 2021

Townes wins 2021 JUNO for Country Album of the Year
Grande Prairie's Tenille Townes has claimed her first career JUNO award win.On Friday, Townes was awarded the County Album of the Year Award for The Lemonade Stand during the opening night awards cere...
Jun 05, 2021

Pope, Canadian Cardinals meet amid calls for church to act on residential schools
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis met today with two Canadian Cardinals as pressure mounts for the Catholic Church to take action and accept responsibility for the residential school system that targeted In...
Jun 05, 2021

Documentary on Grande Prairie Boys Choir now online
A documentary on a Grande Prairie singing group and how it coped with the pandemic is the newest work from local production company Checkered Owl.It is called Muted and focuses on the Grande Prairie B...
Jun 05, 2021

G-7 nations sign key pact to make tech giants pay fair taxes
LONDON (AP) - The world's richest countries signed a landmark global agreement Saturday to confront tax avoidance and make sure that giant tech companies pay their fair share, Britain's treasury chief...
Jun 05, 2021

Trudeau's acknowledgment of Indigenous genocide could have legal impacts: experts
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's acceptance of an inquiry's finding that Canada committed genocide against Indigenous people could have tremendous legal impact if a court ever weighs Ottawa's ...
Jun 05, 2021

D-Day spirit of remembrance lives on, despite pandemic
CARENTAN, France (AP) - In a small Normandy town where paratroopers landed in the early hours of D-Day, applause broke the silence to honor Charles Shay. He was the only veteran attending a ceremony i...
Jun 05, 2021

COVID has turned Old Montreal, once a playground for tourists, into violent district
MONTREAL - For Fouad Filali, owner of Le Snateur restaurant in Old Montreal, the families with children who used to visit the historic district have been replaced by young people who sometimes are vio...
Jun 05, 2021

Canada may see more 'zombie fires' as climate warms and winters shorten: experts
VANCOUVER - Blazes that continue to burn through the winter in Canada were once thought to be a myth, but the so-called zombie fires may become more common as temperatures get warmer and less snow fal...
Jun 05, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Friday, June 4, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, June 4, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 465,382 new vaccinations administered for a total of 25,389,69...
Jun 04, 2021