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Mets pick up win at home on Canada Day
It was a defensive duel out in Manning on Canada Day as the Mets played host to the Peace Rive Stampeders.The hometown Mets would score a pair of runs in the opening inning to take an early lead and t...
Jul 02, 2019
Border Patrol head condemns agents' offensive Facebook posts
CLINT, Texas - The head of the U.S. Border Patrol on Monday slammed as "completely inappropriate" sexually explicit posts about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and comments questioning the authenti...
Jul 02, 2019
Sutherland claims Ponoka Crown
The final heat of the Ponoka Stampede went on Canada Day and when all was said and done it was Mark Sutherland who claimed the $50,000 prize.Sutherland captured the crown with a run of 1:20.24 from ba...
Jul 02, 2019
Woody Allen makes La Scala debut directing comic opera
MILAN - Woody Allen says he has "always had a warm and affectionate following in Europe," as he prepares to make his La Scala debut directing Puccini's comic one-act opera 'Gianni Schicchi.' Allen was...
Jul 02, 2019
Singer Patti LaBelle to be honoured with street naming
PHILADELPHIA - Patti LaBelle is being honoured in her hometown of Philadelphia with her very own street. A stretch of Broad Street will be renamed for the legendary soul singer during a ceremony Tuesd...
Jul 02, 2019
Construction to start on Sisters Rock Memorial
Work can now begin on the project 'Sisters Rock.' Almost $50,000 was received through the commemorative fund with the Murdered and Missing Indigineous Girls and LGBTQ.The memorial will be created usin...
Jul 02, 2019
Navs nab High Prairie product for next season
The off-season is well underway in the North West Junior Hockey League and teams are continuing to get their rosters set for the 2019-2020 season.Prior to the long weekend the North Peace Navigators a...
Jul 02, 2019 (photo credit to the North Peace Navigators)
International forum: Don't expect cheap money to do it all
FRANKFURT - Stocks have risen on expectation of more help from central banks, but an international financial forum warned Sunday that the global recovery can't just rely on support from the likes of t...
Jul 02, 2019
Chuckegg Creek wildfire considered 60 per cent held
The Alberta government says the massive Chuckegg Creek wildfire that's forced thousands of people to flee their communities over the past two months is now considered 60 per cent held.The blaze is sti...
Jul 02, 2019
Deadly Canada Day weekend on Alberta waters
It's been a deadly long weekend on Alberta's lakes and rivers.RCMP say a man in his 20's disappeared under the water at Lake Herbert in Banff National Park on Sunday when he fell off a paddle board.Se...
Jul 02, 2019