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City officials highlight 2021 captial construction year
City officials are celebrating what they call another successful capital construction year. Over the course of 2021, administration says in a release many projects were taken on in an effort to help b...
Dec 22, 2021
Canadian forward Jonathan David's late goal rescues Lille in Bordeaux
BORDEAUX, France - Canadian striker Jonathan David scored the winning goal Wednesday as defending champion Lille rallied twice at Bordeaux to win 3-2 in French Ligue 1 play. Tiago Djalo started the pl...
Dec 22, 2021
Former Bottcher vice Darren Moulding to join Team James Grattan
It didn't take long for Darren Moulding's phone to start blowing up after news of his departure from Team Brendan Bottcher was made official earlier this month. Fresh from an in-person meeting where h...
Dec 22, 2021
Grande Prairie records six opioid-related deaths between September & October
Alberta Health says new figures released Wednesday show there were six more people who died as a result of opioid-related poisoning in Grande Prairie between September and October this year.Five peopl...
Dec 22, 2021
Users of Access to Information Act complain of delays, secrecy and inconsistencies
OTTAWA - Canadians using the Access to Information Act have voiced concerns about excessive delays in producing government records and even a "culture of secrecy." The findings come in an interim repo...
Dec 22, 2021
County of Grande Prairie records 13th COVID-19 death
The County of Grande Prairie recorded its 13th COVID-19 death for December 21. The death was one of five deaths reported across the province, bringing the province's COVID-19 death toll to 3,299. Of t...
Dec 22, 2021
Authorities: Carbon monoxide caused deaths of 7 in Minnesota
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) - Seven members of an immigrant family from Honduras whose bodies were found inside a Minnesota home last weekend died of carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said Wednesday. Re...
Dec 22, 2021
Liberal MP censured for defying advice on non-essential travel
OTTAWA - A Liberal MP has been censured by his party's chief whip for defying advice not to travel out of the country unless essential. Chief government whip Steven MacKinnon says he is profoundly dis...
Dec 22, 2021
Toronto FC adds experience to backline by signing free agent Shane O'Neill
Toronto FC added some experience to its much-maligned defence Wednesday by signing free-agent defender Shane O'Neill on a deal that runs through 2024. The 28-year-old spent the last two seasons with t...
Dec 22, 2021
Alberta registered nurses to vote on four-year deal with pay hike of 4.25 per cent
EDMONTON - An Alberta nurses' union is asking its members to sign off on a proposed four-year collective agreement that amounts to pay increases of 4.25 per cent.The increase is among the recommendati...
Dec 22, 2021