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JK Rowling's tweets on transgender people spark outrage
LOS ANGELES - "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling is facing hefty backlash after she posted a series of tweets about transgender people. Rowling drew outrage Saturday on Twitter when she criticized an ...
Jun 8, 2020
The Obamas deliver speeches during YouTube virtual ceremony
LOS ANGELES - President Barack Obama said in a commencement speech Sunday that the nationwide protests following the recent deaths of unarmed black women and men including George Floyd were fueled fro...
Jun 8, 2020
BP to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide amid virus pandemic
LONDON - Energy company BP says that its global workforce will be trimmed by 10,000 jobs amid the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief Executive Bernard Looney said Monday that the roles wil...
Jun 8, 2020
Possible motivation and the street protests continue; In The News for June 8
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 June 8 ... --- W...
Jun 8, 2020
Water Line Flushing to take place in small neighbourhood within Beaverlodge
Residents of a tiny portion of Beaverlodge are being asked to make sure they have enough drinking water for at least 48 hours, as water line flushing will take place Monday in their neighborhood. The ...
Jun 8, 2020
Grande Prairie Friendship Centre ready to reopen following temporary closure
The Community Kitchen program in the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre will reopen on Monday, June 8. The Community Kitchen is a program run by the Friendship Centre and the Salvation Army that provide...
Jun 8, 2020
Grande Prairie Mayor hopes to see financial restitution come from opioid lawsuit
The City of Grande Prairie officially filed a $10 billion class action lawsuit regarding the opioid crisis last week, and will be represented by the Guardian Law Group.The City has signed on as the Re...
Jun 8, 2020
Seeking to explain Nova Scotia shootings: Inside the 'threat-sensitive brain'
HALIFAX - More than seven weeks after a man disguised as a Mountie killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia, the RCMP have finally hinted at what may have motivated one of the worst mass killin...
Jun 8, 2020
A look back at big hits, bad calls as MLB eyes new draft era
NEW YORK - Baseball's amateur draft is about to enter the next phase of its ongoing development - same as all those young prospects picked every year. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 ve...
Jun 8, 2020
Protesters say work needs to be done to help end racism
Approximately a thousand people gathered in downtown Grande Prairie on Saturday for the Black Lives Matter protest. The movement was sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis a couple of wee...
Jun 7, 2020