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Pipeline spill leaks 400,000 litres of produced water near Drayton Valley
CALGARY - The Alberta Energy Regulator is reporting a spill of about 400,000 litres of salty produced water from a pipeline owned by Calgary-based oil and gas producer ARC Resources Ltd.It says the sp...
Dec 29, 2020
For Canada's Olympic and Paralympic teams, 2020 a year of conviction and frustration
When COVID-19 shut down the NCAA swimming season last March, Margaret Mac Neil packed up her car and drove home to London, Ont., from the University of Michigan. In the whirlwind days that followed, C...
Dec 29, 2020
High Level RCMP seek public assistance in locating missing man
High Level RCMP is asking the public to help locate 47-year-old Arthur Joel Gallant.Gallant was last seen in the area of 99 Street and 100 Avenue in High Level on December 22, 2020.Gallant is from Bus...
Dec 29, 2020
Mother charged in 2019 Fox Creek Amber Alert incident sentenced
One of the two people charged after an abduction of three kids from a Fox Creek home prompted an amber alert has been given a suspended sentence and two years probation. Charmaine Annette Darnel was g...
Dec 29, 2020
Former N.L. prisoner wants guards held accountable in death of Indigenous inmate
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A former inmate of a Newfoundland and Labrador jail says it's outrageous that 10 guards accused in the death of an Indigenous man at the institution got to spend Christmas with thei...
Dec 29, 2020
Quebec becomes fourth province to confirm more contagious COVID-19 variant
Quebec has become the fourth province to confirm its first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant. Health Minister Christian Dube says the person who tested positive is a family member of someone ...
Dec 29, 2020
Kelly Sutherland welcome sign may be moved from the City to County land
The City of Grande Prairie has approached the County with a proposal to move the welcome sign featuring the likeness of chuckwagon driver Kelly Sutherland to County property.The sign, which was erecte...
Dec 29, 2020
Seismic Change: A year of bubbles, relocation and cancellation on the sports scene
The traditional wail of bagpipes had barely quieted at Kingston's Leon's Centre last March when the sports landscape underwent a seismic change. One last blast of sporting Canadiana - the hoisting of ...
Dec 29, 2020
US skier Cochran-Siegle dominates super-G for 1st career win
BORMIO, Italy - Just 10 days after his first career World Cup podium, American Ryan Cochran-Siegle followed it up with a surprising victory on one of Alpine skiing's most iconic courses. Cochran-Siegl...
Dec 29, 2020
Addressing mental-health issues linked to pandemic looming issue in 2021, Bains says
OTTAWA - Canada's industry minister says the country faces mounting mental health concerns that the government will have to address in 2021. Navdeep Bains says he has heard more stories about the ment...
Dec 29, 2020