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Actor Sean Connery, the 'original' James Bond, dies at 90
LONDON - Scottish actor Sean Connery, the first actor to play James Bond on film and for many fans the best, has died. He was 90. Bond producers EON Productions confirmed his death, first reported by ...
Oct 31, 2020
'We are at risk:' Leadership sounds alarm as COVID-19 cases surge among First Nations
WINNIPEG - Grand Chief Arlen Dumas shook his head in shock when he saw the line indicating new First Nations infections on a chart during the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs most recent COVID-19 meeting.&...
Oct 31, 2020
'He was so sick,' says daughter of Saskatoon man who committed suicide in hospital
REGINA - Allan Landrie died alone on the floor of a locked hospital washroom that nobody opened for more than three days. The ailing 72-year-old, who had an unexplained illness on top of other m...
Oct 31, 2020
Actor Sean Connery, the 'original' James Bond, dies at 90
LONDON - Scottish actor Sean Connery, the first actor to play James Bond on film and for many fans the best, has died. He was 90. Bond producers EON Productions confirmed his death, first reported by ...
Oct 31, 2020
Time change tonight – turn clocks back one hour before bed
Most Canadians will turn back their clocks back tonight as the country returns to standard time.The change takes place in most provinces, including here in Alberta, on Sunday at 2 a.m. Clocks will not...
Oct 31, 2020
Despite COVID-19, Halloween events still a go in Grande Prairie
Despite COVID-19, many businesses and associations in the City of Grande Prairie are still going ahead with their regular Halloween plans.While things will look a little different, organizers are dete...
Oct 31, 2020
Eight local organizations split $95,000 in IP Grant Foundation funding
International Paper's Grande Prairie mill has recently doled out $95,000 in grant funding to eight different community organizations.The funds come from the IP Grant Foundation, which has been providi...
Oct 31, 2020
Ivory Coast votes for president amid opposition boycott
ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire - Tens of thousands of security forces deployed across Ivory Coast on Saturday as the leading opposition parties boycotted the country's presidential election, calling incumbent...
Oct 31, 2020
Armenia asks Moscow for help amid Nagorno-Karabakh fighting
YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia's leader urged Russia Saturday to consider providing security assistance to end the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, the biggest escalation in the decades-long conflict betwe...
Oct 31, 2020
France church attack: Assailant's family demands answers
SFAX, Tunisia - A third suspect is in French custody Saturday in connection with an Islamic extremist knife attack that killed three people in a Nice church, as the family of the suspected Tunisian as...
Oct 31, 2020