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Jets return to practice a day after suspending workouts due to COVID concerns
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have returned to practice a day after suspending workouts due to a possible exposure to COVID-19.The Jets took to the ice at Bell MTS Place this morning before leaving for...
Jan 17, 2021
Decision on Belarus hockey worlds near amid sponsor pressure
DSSELDORF, Germany - The International Ice Hockey Federation will make a decision in the coming days on whether to pull its world championship from Belarus as pressure increases from sponsors over a c...
Jan 17, 2021
No place for 'far right' in Conservative Party: O'Toole
OTTAWA - Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says there is "no place for the far right" in the party. O'Toole made the declaration in a statement today in which he lists the numerous ways that he...
Jan 17, 2021
Dog and goat serving as mayor raise money for a playground
FAIR HAVEN, Vt. - A goat and a dog who were each elected mayor have helped raise money to renovate a Vermont community playground. The oddball idea of pet mayor elections to raise money to rehabilitat...
Jan 17, 2021
Phil Spector, famed music producer and murderer, dies at 81
LOS ANGELES - Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his "Wall of Sound" method and who later was convicted of murder, has died. He was 81. Califo...
Jan 17, 2021
'Morally and ethically wrong:' Court to hear challenge to Alberta coal policy removal
First Nations, ranchers, municipal officials and environmentalists hope to persuade a judge this week to force Alberta to revisit its decision to open one of the province's most important and best-lov...
Jan 17, 2021
Chinese city reports coronavirus found on ice cream
BEIJING - The coronavirus was found on ice cream produced in eastern China, prompting a recall of cartons from the same batch, according to the government. The Daqiaodao Food Co., Ltd. in Tianjin, adj...
Jan 17, 2021
Worldwide virtual prayer rally to be held for 'Canada's rabbi' after cancer diagnosis
OTTAWA, Ill. - For a man who has devoted his life to promoting kindness, a diagnosis of advanced-stage cancer in his pancreas and liver might seem the unkindest cut of all. But Rabbi Reuven Bulka, oft...
Jan 17, 2021
Gap in recreational and drop-in sports opportunities says local official
A local sports official says this area has a gap when it comes to drop-in and recreational sports.Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection executive director Karna Germsheid says a large portion of th...
Jan 17, 2021
County of Grande Prairie Council adding four additional meetings to 2021 calendar
County of Grande Prairie Council will be meeting more often this year. Four additional meetings were added to the calendar for the remainder of the year at Monday's meeting.Council directed Administra...
Jan 17, 2021