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CP NewsAlert: Robbie Ray wins Cy Young Award after standout season with Jays
Robbie Ray has won the Cy Young Award as the American League's best pitcher in 2021. Ray had a 13-7 record for the Toronto Blue Jays this past season. He had a 2.84 earned-run average with 248 strikeo...
Nov 17, 2021
Province granting $21.5 million to homeless, women shelters
The Alberta government is providing an additional $21.5 million dollars to help people experiencing homelessness and domestic violence.Premier Jason Kenney said Tuesday the funding will be utilized pr...
Nov 17, 2021
Memorial arrangements announced for longtime Grande Prairie city councillor Helen A. Rice
A funeral service for long-time Grande Prairie city councillor Helen Rice will be held next Wednesday, November 24, at 3 p.m. in the city's downtown arena. Rice, who was a mainstay on city council for...
Nov 17, 2021
How a right-wing provocateur is using race to reach Gen Z
MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) - Charlie Kirk stood 80 miles from where George Floyd was murdered, faced an overwhelmingly white audience, and declared he was going to say things "no one dares say out loud."...
Nov 17, 2021
High Prairie RCMP investigating reported robbery and assault in Grouard
High Prairie RCMP are looking to the public for information on a suspected robbery and assault in Grouard on Tuesday. On November 16 at 10 p.m., Mounties responded to a 911 call of a reported robbery ...
Nov 17, 2021
Grande Prairie adds three new COVID-19 cases, nine recoveries
The City of Grande Prairie added three new cases of COVID-19 and nine recoveries for Tuesday, November 16, bringing the active case total in the Swan City down to 119.In the County of Grande Prairie, ...
Nov 17, 2021
Three Grande Prairie area curlers start chasing Olympic berth Saturday
Three curlers from the Peace Region will be out on the pebbled ice when the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials start Saturday in Saskatoon.Grande Prairie's Cary-Anne McTaggart is the third on the Casey S...
Nov 17, 2021
Survivor group urges patience as feds face calls for military sex misconduct apology
OTTAWA - A survivors' group is urging patience as the federal government faces calls to deliver a long-promised apology to military personnel affected by sexual misconduct while in uniform. The apolog...
Nov 17, 2021
ALERT team makes biggest meth bust ever in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The ALERT unit has made what is believed to be the largest seizure of methamphetamine in the history of Medicine Hat.The organized crime team seized 1.9 kilograms of meth from a hom...
Nov 17, 2021
Province will not mandate COVID vaccines for K-12 students
Alberta's Minister of Education says, while COVID-19 vaccines will be highly encouraged for eligible youth, they will not be required to get them.Adriana LaGrange issued a letter to parents on Wednesd...
Nov 17, 2021