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McKinsey agrees to pay nearly $600M over opioid crisis
The global consulting firm McKinsey & Company agreed to pay nearly $600 million for its role in advising businesses on how to sell more prescription opioid painkillers amid a nationwide overdose c...
Feb 4, 2021
Former flight attendant lands 7-figure deal for 2 novels
NEW YORK - A onetime flight attendant who conjured fictional nightmares during breaks on cross country red-eyes has a 7-figure deal for two novels. The Simon & Schuster imprint Avid Reader Press a...
Feb 4, 2021
Crime rates decrease in Grande Prairie area, province sees fewer vehicle thefts
The crime rates in the Grande Prairie RCMP detachment areas saw big decreases in 2020 on a year-over-year basis.Sergeant Shawn Graham with the Grande Prairie RCMP says compared to 2019, there was a 34...
Feb 4, 2021
Wisconsin governor issues new mask mandate after GOP repeal
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issued a new statewide mask order on Thursday, an hour after the Republican-controlled Legislature voted to repeal his previous mandate saying he didn't have ...
Feb 4, 2021
Arctic cold to settle into Grande Prairie & Alberta this weekend
Over the next week, most of Alberta could be colder than much of Nunavut.As we head into the weekend, temperatures across the province, including the Peace Country, will begin to plummet. The Grande P...
Feb 4, 2021
COVID-19 ban on cruise ships in Canadian waters extended to 2022
The federal government says a ban on cruise ships in Canadian waters will stay in place for one more year. The ban until Feb. 28, 2022 applies to cruise ships carrying more than 100 people as well as ...
Feb 4, 2021
Nurse excited for "tremendous challenge" of writing up game plan vs. Nets
Led by a trio of superstars, the Brooklyn Nets have the most potent offence in the NBA, averaging a league-leading 122.3 points a night, on a NBA-best 50.1 per cent shooting. And the roster beyond Kev...
Feb 4, 2021
Under the sea, humans have changed ocean sounds
WASHINGTON - Not only are humans changing the surface and temperature of the planet, but also its sounds - and those shifts are detectable even in the open ocean, according to research published Thurs...
Feb 4, 2021
Greene regrets 'words of the past,' without specific apology
WASHINGTON - Embattled Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, facing a House vote to strip her of committee assignments, said Thursday that she regrets some "words of the past," but she did not specifically apo...
Feb 4, 2021
Navalny urges Russians from jail to overcome their fear
MOSCOW - In a note from jail, opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged Russians Thursday to overcome their fear and "free" the country from a "bunch of thieves," while the Kremlin cast the arrests of th...
Feb 4, 2021