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Tuesday morning school bus cancellations
Several school bus routes in the Grande Prairie area are not running Tuesday due to poor road conditions.In the Peace Wapiti Public School Division, the following areas will not have bus service all d...
Dec 8, 2020
Paszkowski named to Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame
A well-known figure in farming in the Peace Country, and around Alberta, has been named to the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame.Walter Paszkowski farmed in the Sexsmith area for many years, served as ...
Dec 8, 2020
Forge FC ready for showdown in Honduras, the latest stop in CONCACAF League adventure
When David Edgar and his Forge FC teammates left Oct. 20 for El Salvador, the first step on their CONCACAF League journey, it was an open-ended itinerary. Two wins and a loss later, the Canadian Premi...
Dec 8, 2020
Grande Prairie business donates $18,000 to food bank from plexiglass sales
Standard Auto Glass in Grande Prairie has donated $18,000 from their sales of plexiglass to the Grande Prairie Food Bank.Back in May, the company announced that it would donate $25 to the food bank fr...
Dec 8, 2020
Research: Millions of smart devices vulnerable to hacking
BOSTON - Researchers at a cybersecurity firm say they have identified vulnerabilities in software widely used by millions of connected devices - flaws that could be exploited by hackers to penetrate b...
Dec 8, 2020
UK-EU talks near collapse ahead of Johnson Brussels trip
LONDON - Britain and the European Union warned Tuesday that talks on a post-Brexit free-trade deal are teetering on the brink of collapse, with just over three weeks until an economic rupture that wil...
Dec 8, 2020
Food prices rising and Britain rolls out COVID-19 vaccine: In The News for Dec. 8
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Dec 8, 2020
Psychiatrist set for seventh day of testimony in Toronto's van attack trial
TORONTO - A psychiatrist retained by the defence is set to testify for the seventh straight day at the trial for the man who killed 10 people on a Toronto sidewalk with a rental van. Dr. Alexander Wes...
Dec 8, 2020
Disproportionate impact of COVID-19, UNDRIP legislation on the table at AFN meeting
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations is planning to urge the federal Liberal government to do more to deal with the disproportionate impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on their communities in a ...
Dec 8, 2020
Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97
Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the "right stuff" when in 1947 he became the first person to fly...
Dec 7, 2020