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Grande Prairie RCMP looking for woman missing since September
The Grande Prairie RCMP is asking the public for assistance in locating 40-year-old Kristen Jackman, who was last seen in the Grande Prairie area on Sunday, September 6.She is described as 5'1" tall, ...
Oct 5, 2020
York 9 winger Michael Petrasso joins England's Barnet on season-long loan
TORONTO - Winger Michael Petrasso, who signed a new two-year deal with York 9 FC of the Canadian Premier League last week, is headed to England on a season-long loan with Barnet FC.Barnet plays in the...
Oct 5, 2020
New Brunswick First Nations filing lawsuit to seek Aboriginal title
FREDERICTON - Six First Nations in New Brunswick announced today they will be filing a lawsuit seeking title to their traditional lands in New Brunswick, which include much of the western half of the ...
Oct 5, 2020
Toronto Maple Leafs bring back veteran centre Jason Spezza on another one-day deal
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed centre Jason Spezza to a one-year, US$700,000 contract extension. It marks the second straight one-year deal at the NHL minimum with the Leafs for the 37-...
Oct 5, 2020
Five-year-old Canadian orphan in Syrian camp set free, will come to Canada
OTTAWA - A five-year-old Canadian girl stuck inside Syria after her family was killed in an airstrike is being allowed to leave the country. Foreign Affairs Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne s...
Oct 5, 2020
U of A researcher shares Nobel prize for hepatitis C virus discovery
STOCKHOLM - British scientist Michael Houghton, who works at the University of Alberta, and Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Mon...
Oct 5, 2020
U of A researcher shares Nobel prize for hepatitis C virus discovery
STOCKHOLM - British scientist Michael Houghton, who works at the University of Alberta, and Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Mon...
Oct 5, 2020
New pandemic aid and health-care workers at risk: In The News for Oct. 5
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 Oct. 5. What we are watching in Canada ... The...
Oct 5, 2020
Court update: Warrants for two forgery suspects, jail time after drugs and weapons seizure in Grande Prairie
Warrants are out for two of the four people charged in connection with a forgery and counterfeiting arrest last year in Fairview.A warrant was issued September 23 for Kristi Patricia Summers of Grande...
Oct 5, 2020
Seven Grande Prairie traffic lights getting replaced, repaired starting Monday
Seven traffic signals in Grande Prairie will be getting repaired or replaced beginning Monday, October 5.The City says in a release that three of the traffic signals will be getting fully replaced, wh...
Oct 5, 2020