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Edmonton Eskimos sign returner Christion Jones to contact extension
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos signed American returner Christion Jones to a contract extension Monday. Details weren't immediately available. Jones was set to become a free agent next mont...
Jan 29, 2020
With a little help, new Canadians make a curling connection in Winnipeg
Samira Jahmoun had no idea what curling was when she and her family arrived in Canada in 2016 from Syria via Jordan. Jahmoun, her sister and a brother stepped on curling ice for th...
Jan 29, 2020
With a little help, new Canadians make a curling connection in Winnipeg
Samira Jahmoun had no idea what curling was when she and her family arrived in Canada in 2016 from Syria via Jordan. Jahmoun, her sister and a brother stepped on curling ice for th...
Jan 29, 2020
Justice Sotomayor teases new picture book on civics, heroes
MIAMI - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wants young children to think of citizenship in a different way. The justice sat down with Grammy Award winning singer Gloria Estefan in Miami and told a ...
Jan 29, 2020
Canadian oil producers prepared for temporary price slump as virus spreads
OTTAWA - Canada's energy industry is not overly alarmed as the new coronavirus coming out of China is taking a bite out of world oil prices. Brad Herald, a vice-president at the Canadian Association o...
Jan 29, 2020
One injured in tank explosion east of Grande Prairie
One person was injured in a tank explosion east of Grande Prairie on Tuesday, January 28.County Regional Fire Service crews from the Clairmont and Dunes stations were called to the scene, north of Hig...
Jan 29, 2020 County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service (Twitter)
Putin pardons Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned an Israeli woman who had been jailed on drug charges, the Kremlin said Wednesday. A presidential decree pardoning Naama Issachar on "humanitarian...
Jan 29, 2020
Storm fall 1-0 to Wolverines, drop third straight
The Grande Prairie Storm dropped their third straight game Tuesday night to the red-hot Whitecourt Wolverines 1-0. Whitecourt came into the game with five straight wins. The lone goal of the game came...
Jan 29, 2020 Storm goalie 25 saves in the loss (Photo: Shaun Penner)
Gov't wasting billions on 'failed' projects through outsourcing, says union
OTTAWA - Outsourcing of work that could be done by federal government employees is costing taxpayers billions of dollars, and has created an unaccountable shadow public service, says a report fro...
Jan 29, 2020
Drugs found after vehicle stopped for stolen license plate
Drugs and stolen property have been seized by Grande Prairie RCMP as a result of a traffic stop on Monday.RCMP say just after 9 p.m. on January 27, Traffic Unit officers stopped a vehicle in the City ...
Jan 29, 2020