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City Council approves Smith recreation facility concept, building location
The City of Grande Prairie is moving ahead with plans for a new recreation and activity centre in the Smith Subdivision.A special City Council meeting was held Tuesday morning to finalize the location...
Oct 27, 2020
Firearms charges laid against Grande Prairie man
Grande Prairie RCMP have laid several firearms and other criminal charges after a man allegedly pointed a firearm at another person earlier this month.Police allege that on October 17, a man entered a...
Oct 27, 2020
City of Grande Prairie adds twelve new COVID-19 cases
The City of Grande Prairie added 12 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, while the province added 422 for October 26.The new cases in the Swan City bring the active case load to 103, as there were no reco...
Oct 27, 2020
New protests loom as Europeans tire of virus restrictions
MILAN - Protesters set trash bins afire and police responded with hydrant sprays in downtown Rome Tuesday night, part of a day of public outpouring of anger against virus-fighting measures like evenin...
Oct 27, 2020
NXIVM guru gets 120 years in prison in sex-slaves case
NEW YORK - Disgraced self-improvement guru Keith Raniere, whose NXIVM followers included millionaires and Hollywood actors, was sentenced to 120 years on Tuesday for turning some adherents into sex sl...
Oct 27, 2020
Justice Thomas' wife boosts unsupported claims against Biden
WASHINGTON - The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is using her Facebook page to amplify unsubstantiated claims of corruption by Joe Biden. Ginni Thomas, a longtime conservative activist, ...
Oct 27, 2020
Poland's leader wants churches defended, condemns protests
WARSAW, Poland - Poland's powerful ruling party leader urged his supporters Tuesday to defend the predominantly Catholic nation's churches, potentially setting the stage for clashes with demonstrators...
Oct 27, 2020
Storm announce extension of exhibition schedule
The Grande Prairie Storm will play four more exhibition games over the course of the next two weeks. The exhibition schedule will continue Friday and Saturday. The Storm will host the Fort McMurray Oi...
Oct 27, 2020
Former Riders kicker Brett Lauther patiently awaiting opportunity to kick in the NFL
The 2020 football season continues to be an exercise in patience for Brett Lauther. For months, the 29-year-old native of Truro, N.S., prepared for an uncertain CFL season during the COVID-19 pandemic...
Oct 27, 2020
Melania Trump slams Biden, Dems in first solo campaign stop
ATGLEN, Pa. - Melania Trump lined up squarely with her husband Tuesday on her first solo trip of the 2020 campaign, slamming Joe Biden, Democrats and the media as she pushed the president's reeelectio...
Oct 27, 2020