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Local project gets grant from RBC Foundation
A new local project called Ending Period Poverty has been given a $15,000 grant from the RBC Foundation.This will see free menstrual hygiene products available at no cost in the bathrooms at the Grand...
Nov 18, 2019 The Grande Prairie Public Library's Hailey McCullough (l) and the Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta's Tracey Vavrek announce a $15,00 grant from the RBC Foundation Monday at the Library. Photo by Curtis Galbraith.
Benn scores overtime winner as Stars take 5-4 victory over Oilers
EDMONTON - The Dallas Stars' dreadful 1-7-1 start to the season is quickly becoming a faded memory. Jamie Benn scored the overtime winner as the Stars rallied from a two-goal deficit for a 5...
Nov 18, 2019
Teachers union files lawsuit against Quebec secularism law, known as Bill 21
MONTREAL - A federation representing 45,000 Quebec teachers is taking the government to court over Bill 21, accusing the province of violating the fundamental rights of teachers across the p...
Nov 18, 2019
Closing arguments begin in legal case over private health care in B.C.
VANCOUVER - A lawyer arguing in favour of a two-tier health care system in British Columbia says the government can't legally justify preventing patients from paying private doctors to alleviate their...
Nov 18, 2019
Kaepernick throws passes for 40 minutes at odd NFL workout
RIVERDALE, Ga. - Colin Kaepernick threw passes for about 40 minutes on a high school field, then signed autographs for hundreds of fans who gathered in an end zone to watch his NFL workout that was su...
Nov 18, 2019
Sunrise House Youth Shelter seeks capital support from County for new facility
The Sunrise House Youth Shelter has asked the County of Grande Prairie for capital funding to support the building of a new facility.The current Sunrise House Youth Shelter is a single house, with 12 ...
Nov 18, 2019 The current shelter in the Mountview neighbourhood has been in operation since 2003 (Photo: Sunrise House Youth Emergency Shelter)
Valleyview man dies in Fox Creek crash
A 56-year-old man from Valleyview is dead after a collision in Fox Creek Saturday afternoon. Fox Creek RCMP say at around 3:30 pm, a semi and a gravel truck collided at the Highway 43 and 3rd Street E...
Nov 18, 2019
Calgary Dinos advance to Vanier Cup by downing McMaster in Mitchell Bowl
CALGARY - The University of Calgary is headed back to the Vanier Cup. Quarterback Adam Sinagra went 19-for-29 for 261 yards and a touchdown as the Dinos advanced to the championship game with a 3...
Nov 18, 2019
Olympic BMX rider and 2015 Pan AM Games champion Tory Nyhaug retires
TORONTO - BMX racer Tory Nyhaug endured a string of broken bones and sacrificed his spleen for his sport. But the 27-year-old from Coquitlam, B.C., could not survive a concussion, announcing his ...
Nov 18, 2019
Shuffle in Senate as Dagenais quits Tories, Downe exits new Liberal group
OTTAWA - Ongoing efforts by senators to distance themselves from party politics took another turn Monday as a Conservative senator quit his caucus over concerns about the party's leader, and an a...
Nov 18, 2019