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Community female leaders recognized at Women of Influence Awards luncheon
Ahead of International Women's Day on Sunday, the City of Grande Prairie handed out their annual Women of Influence awards during a luncheon event on March 6 at Teresa Sargent Hall.The awards are hand...
Mar 9, 2020 Holly Sorgen (middle) was recognized as the Trailblazing Woman of Influence at the 2020 Women of Influence Awards held on Friday, March 6 at Teresa Sargent Hall (Photo: City of Grande Prairie)
Aircraft breakdowns, refuelling problems hit military search-and-rescue missions
OTTAWA - A new Department of National Defence report says military search-and-rescue personnel were delayed and in some cases unable to provide emergency assistance on about one in 20 of the...
Mar 9, 2020
Trump 5G adviser meets feds in Ottawa amid pending decision on Huawei
OTTAWA - A top Trump administration adviser on telecommunications met today with officials in Ottawa as Canada has yet to decide whether to allow Chinese firm Huawei to participate in its new 5G wirel...
Mar 9, 2020
Quebec trying to determine whether to cancel world figure skating championships
MONTREAL - Quebec Health Minister Danielle McCann says the government is evaluating whether to allow the world figure skating championships to go ahead next week in Montreal. Her comments today come a...
Mar 9, 2020
Alberta economy, reeling from coronavirus, takes gut punch due to oil price war
Alberta's oil-based economy, already reeling by reduced demand due to the novel coronavirus, is now getting a gut punch from global prices.The spiral of oil prices has accelerated due to an all-out pr...
Mar 9, 2020
Alberta hit with three new cases of novel coronavirus
EDMONTON - Alberta is facing three new potential cases of novel coronavirus.Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer, says that brings the total number of cases in the province to seven.Six...
Mar 9, 2020
Canada's Kingsbury claims ninth straight moguls Crystal Globe with win in Russia
KRASNOYARSK, Russia - Canada's Mikael Kingsbury picked up his ninth straight World Cup overall moguls title with a win in Saturday's dual moguls in Russia. Kingsbury defeated Thomas Gerken Schofield o...
Mar 9, 2020
Zibanejad, Landeskog, Draisaitl named NHL's three stars of the week
New York Rangers centre Mika Zibanejad, Colorado Avalanche left-wing Gabriel Landeskog and Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl are the NHL's three stars of the week. Zibanejad topped the NHL wi...
Mar 9, 2020
NDP calls for moratorium on Clearview AI facial recognition software
OTTAWA - NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus wants the Liberal government to issue a moratorium on the use of controversial facial-recognition software by the RCMP. The U.S. firm Clearview AI claims to al...
Mar 9, 2020
US begins troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, official says
WASHINGTON - American troops have begun leaving Afghanistan for the initial troop withdrawal required in the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement, a U.S. official said on Monday, amid political chaos in Kabul...
Mar 9, 2020