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LaMelo Ball leads Hornets past short-handed Raptors 114-104
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - LaMelo Ball had 23 points and nine rebounds, and Charlotte defeated the short-handed Toronto Raptors 114-104 Saturday night in the Hornets' first game with the general public allowed...
Mar 13, 2021
Westwood leads at The Players Championship, Conners tied for 22nd
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Lee Westwood gets another shot at winning The Players Championship, and another crack at Bryson DeChambeau. Westwood made a 25-foot birdie putt on the island-green 17th hole,...
Mar 13, 2021
Iroquois lacrosse team aims to make Olympic competition under its own flag
Iroquois Nationals lacrosse star Randy Staats was angry at first, but he now says an international snub of his team only fuelled his desire to play on the world stage. Three years ago, the Internation...
Mar 13, 2021
Grande Prairie adds 14 new COVID-19 cases, 22 recoveries
The City of Grande Prairie added 14 new cases of COVID-19 and 22 recoveries on March 12, lowering the number of active cases in the city to 189.The County of Grande Prairie added 12 new cases and 10 r...
Mar 13, 2021
Portland police: Detained protesters had bear spray, hammers
PORTLAND, Ore. - Officers found a crowbar, hammers, bear spray and firearms after they corralled a group of about 100 protesters, Portland police said Saturday. In a news release, the police bureau sa...
Mar 13, 2021
B.C. judge says evidence in Meng case fit for trial, not extradition effort
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has rejected a bid by Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to admit additional sworn testimonies from employees of the telecom giant as evidence in her extradition case...
Mar 13, 2021
Critics call Sen. Ron Johnson's insurrection comments racist
MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is being called racist for an interview in which the white Republican said he wasn't worried about the predominantly white supporters of President Donald Trump d...
Mar 13, 2021
How Cuomo investigation, possible impeachment could play out
NEW YORK - Gov. Andrew Cuomo has urged New Yorkers to "wait for the facts." Patience, though, has grown thin. The state's two U.S. senators, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gilli...
Mar 13, 2021
Bolivia arrests ex-leader in crackdown on opposition
LA PAZ, Bolivia - The conservative interim president who led Bolivia for a year was arrested Saturday as officials of the restored leftist government pursue those involved in the 2019 ouster of social...
Mar 13, 2021
Mayor, Reeve look back on year of COVID-19
It's been a full year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic, and the leaders of the City and County of Grande Prairie are reflecting on the past 12 months.Mayor...
Mar 13, 2021