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Strang, Bjorklund shine in first Storm Blue-White game of season
Grande Prairie Storm held their first blue-white intersquad game of the 2020-21 AJHL Development season on Friday night. Ethan Strang scored four times to pace team White to a come from behind 7-5 win...
Sep 5, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 5
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:56 a.m. EDT on Sept. 5, 2020: There are 131,293 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 63,117 confirmed (including 5,767 deaths, 55,724 ...
Sep 5, 2020
Slow music: Chord change in Germany of 639-year organ piece
HALBERSTADT, Germany - Hundreds of fans attended a special kind of musical happening Saturday at a church in Germany: a chord change in an organ piece that is supposed to last for an entirety of 639 y...
Sep 5, 2020
Canada's Stanley Cup drought continues for at least another year after Canucks loss
The Stanley Cup will head south of the border yet again later this year. The final Canadian team in the Stanley Cup playoffs was eliminated on Friday night when the Vancouver Canucks lost 3-0 to ...
Sep 5, 2020
Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver 3-0, knock Canucks out of NHL playoffs
EDMONTON - Shea Thedore scored late in the third period to break a scoreless tie and lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 3-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night, eli...
Sep 5, 2020
Feds pushed to abandon trade talks with Brazil over Amazon deforestation
OTTAWA - The federal government is being urged to halt trade talks with Brazil after another summer of record-breaking fires in the Amazon rainforest. New data from Brazil's own space agency show...
Sep 5, 2020
World record quarter horse winning streak comes to an end
A world record winning streak is over for a locally owned race horse. Free Thought, who is owned by Sexsmith's Charles Stojan, finished third in the opening race at Century Mile near Edmonton on Frida...
Sep 5, 2020
Harris' mostly virtual campaign to get Wisconsin road test
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kamala Harris told a friendly crowd of Hollywood donors on Thursday they'd be surprised by how many states she's visiting daily, if only virtually. Earlier in the week, she'd camp...
Sep 5, 2020
Rotary Community Food Bank Drive going virtual with online store
The Rotary Community Food Bank Drive is pushing ahead with its annual campaign in support of the Grande Prairie and Area Salvation Army Community Food Bank, with this year's campaign going virtual for...
Sep 5, 2020
Quarantine a small price to pay for Australian in Venice
VENICE, Italy - Roderick MacKay had to get government approval to leave Australia, spent two weeks in preventive coronavirus quarantine in Rome and will be locked up in a hotel back in Australia for a...
Sep 5, 2020