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Feds charge Volkswagen with violating environment law for faking emissions tests
OTTAWA - German auto giant Volkswagen appears ready to strike a plea deal with Canada after being charged Monday for allegedly importing cars into this country that company executives knew violated em...
Dec 9, 2019
Freeland heads to Mexico in effort to finalize new NAFTA revisions
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is to meet American and Mexican officials in Mexico City on Tuesday amid reports a deal to revise the new North American free-trade...
Dec 9, 2019
Two Peace Region women among winners of Alberta volunteer awards
Six Albertans were recognized at the 2019 Stars of Alberta volunteer awards in Edmonton on December 5th.The event is held to coincide with International Volunteer Day, which was started by the United ...
Dec 9, 2019 From left to right: Knud Petersen, Braydon Fix, Minister Aheer, Alicia Bjarnason, Penny Steffen, Maryanne Leathwaite, Madeleine (Maggie) Gervais (Photo courtesy of the Government of Alberta)
Structural study to be done on Clairmont Arena
County of Grande Prairie council has approved funding for an engineering check of the structural integrity of the Clairmont Area.The amount approved in $9850. The building has been closed since a leak...
Dec 9, 2019 Clairmont Arena (Photo from the Clairmont Community Arena Facebook page)
RCMP find suspected car thief hiding in hay
BOWDEN, Alta. - It was way easier than finding a needle in a haystack when RCMP went searching for a suspected car thief in southern Alberta last week.Mounties say they had received a report Friday th...
Dec 9, 2019
Two men charged after firearm discharged inside Grande Prairie residence
Two Grande Prairie males have been charged after a firearm went off inside a residence in the Lakeland neighbourhood. On November 24, 2019, RCMP responded to a report of shots being fired in a multi-f...
Dec 9, 2019
Charges laid against three Grande Prairie men after residential search recovered stolen mail
Grande Prairie RCMP recovered 46 pieces of mail, belonging to 46 individuals, when they executed a search warrant on December 1 at a home in the Highland Park neighbourhood after receiving calls from ...
Dec 9, 2019
Alberta's Fair Deal Panel to stop in Grande Prairie December 18
Peace Country residents will get to have their say on how Alberta should go about getting a "fair deal".The government appointed Fair Deal Panel will be making a stop in Grande Prairie on Wednesday, D...
Dec 9, 2019 Alberta's "Fair Deal Panel" will be holding their Grande Prairie Town Hall at the Teresa Sargent Hall in the Montrose Cultural Centre on December 18 (Photo: Shaun Penner)
Sunday local hockey recap
Ernie's Sports Major Midget Storm:The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs defeated the GPAC Ernie's Sports Major Midget Storm 3-0 at the Coke Centre on Sunday.. The Chiefs had goals from goals from Cash Regan, M...
Dec 9, 2019 GPAC Storm
Liberals to release fiscal update before Christmas, Morneau says
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the government will provide an update on federal finances before Christmas. Morneau is introducing legislation today to provide a tax break for anyone earni...
Dec 9, 2019