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More school bus cancellations Tuesday due to cold weather
For the second day in a row, all First Student school buses have been cancelled due to the extreme cold weather, effecting students in both the Grande Prairie Public and Catholic School Divisions.Buse...
Jan 14, 2020

Germany to host Libya peace conference in Berlin on Sunday
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is inviting world powers to a summit in Berlin on Sunday to discuss efforts to broker peace in Libya. Merkel's office said in a statement Tuesday that the Germ...
Jan 14, 2020

Tight rules for Conservative leadership prompt Bryan Brulotte to drop out
OTTAWA - Tight new rules for the Conservative leadership election have led businessman and longtime party volunteer Bryan Brulotte to declare he's no longer making a bid for the job. He...
Jan 14, 2020

Judge turfs media request to broadcast Meng Wanzhou extradition hearing
VANCOUVER - A senior judge with the British Columbia Supreme Court has denied a media request to broadcast the extradition hearing of a Huawei executive wanted in the United States on f...
Jan 14, 2020

EU launches Iran nuclear deal dispute action
BRUSSELS - Britain, France and Germany have launched action under the Iran nuclear agreement paving the way for possible sanctions in response to Tehran's attempts to roll back parts of the deal, Euro...
Jan 14, 2020

Senior High Basketball Classic returns to Grande Prairie
The Senior High Basketball Classic returns to Grande Prairie on January 17 and 18. The tournament features 16 different boys and girls teams from across the Peace Region that compete over the two-day ...
Jan 14, 2020 Photo Credit: EverythingGP

$62,650 in grants support enhanced education initiatives at local schools
The Grande Prairie Public School Division Education Foundation has provided $62,650 in grants to support 26 initiatives at 14 local schools. The funding is being divided amongst public schools in Gran...
Jan 14, 2020 GPPSD Education Foundation (photo courtesy of the Grande Prairie Public School Division)

World leaders travel to Oman to meet its newly named sultan
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - World leaders travelled Sunday to Oman to meet the country's new sultan, named just a day earlier after the death of the nation's longtime ruler Sultan Qaboos bin Said. B...
Jan 14, 2020

Harsh weather kills 70 more people in Pakistan, Afghanistan
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Severe winter weather has claimed more lives as avalanches triggered by heavy snowfall killed 55 people in Pakistan-administered Kashmir while 15 died in neighbouring Afghanis...
Jan 14, 2020

Volkswagen hits record sales in bid to top auto industry
FRANKFURT - Volkswagen announced Tuesday record sales for last year that could determine whether it keeps its crown as the world's largest automaker. The automaker based in Wolfsburg, Germany, deliver...
Jan 14, 2020