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Public consultations to be held on Avondale area redevelopment concepts
The City of Grande Prairie will be holding in-person and online public consultations in November, to gather feedback on plans for the redevelopment of the Avondale area once the new Composite High Sch...
Oct 24, 2020
Fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh goes on despite US mediation
Rocket and artillery barrage hit residential areas Saturday hours after the United States hosted top diplomats from Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks on settling their decades-long conflict over Nagorn...
Oct 24, 2020
Egypt's parliamentary vote likely to tighten leader's grip
CAIRO - Egyptians began voting Saturday in the first stage of a parliamentary election, a vote that is highly likely to produce a toothless House of Representatives packed with supporters of President...
Oct 24, 2020
American voters living in Canada increasingly being counted in presidential race
OTTAWA - Soon Jenny Wiebe will drive from her Fredericton home to the Maine town where she was born, to retrieve the mail-in ballot her parents are holding for her. The 55-year-old dual Canadian-U. S....
Oct 24, 2020
B.C. voters head to polling stations in snap election called during pandemic
Voters in British Columbia cast ballots today in an election campaign that was largely defined by the COVID-19 pandemic. NDP Leader John Horgan called the snap election one year before the fixed votin...
Oct 24, 2020
Poland's President Duda tests positive for coronavirus
WARSAW, Poland - Poland's President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus, his spokesman said on Saturday. The spokesman, Blazej Spychalski, said on Twitter that the 48-year-old conservativ...
Oct 24, 2020
Correction: California Wildfires story
SAN FRANCISCO - In a story October 23, 2020, about possible California power cuts, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Pacific Gas & Electric will cut power to some 1 million people. Th...
Oct 24, 2020
Buehler leads Dodgers over Rays 6-2 for 2-1 Series lead
ARLINGTON, Texas - Walker Buehler was dominant for Los Angeles. Just like Orel Hershiser during the Dodgers' last title run. Buehler struck out 10 in six innings in a pulsating performance, and Los An...
Oct 23, 2020
Ottawa appoints N.S. university president to help resolve Indigenous lobster dispute
The federal government has named a Nova Scotia university president to help resolve the Indigenous lobster fishery dispute. The Liberal government says it has appointed Allister Surette as a Fed...
Oct 23, 2020
Calgary woman charged with assault with a weapon at Red Deer anti-racism event
RCMP have released the name of the second person charged in relation to altercations at an anti-racism demonstration last month in Red Deer.After reviewing numerous pieces of video evidence and interv...
Oct 23, 2020