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Storm drop marathon game five in Spruce Grove
For the third time in the series, the Grande Prairie Storm and Spruce Grove Saints needed overtime to decide a winner. Saturday night's pivotal game five of the series ended up being the longest of th...
Mar 8, 2020 Jackson Wozniak had two goals in the game five loss. Photo courtesy EverythingGP
Meghan urges men to honour the women in their lives
LONDON - Prince Harry's wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has visited a school to offer an International Women's Day message with an appeal to men to honour the women in their lives. The surprise vi...
Mar 8, 2020
Roller-coaster week ends with bond yields, stocks sinking
NEW YORK - A dizzying, brutal week of trading dropped one last round of harrowing swings on investors Friday. After skidding sharply through the day as fear pounded markets, steep drops for stocks and...
Mar 8, 2020
Royal farewell: Harry, Meghan on final duty before new life
LONDON - It's definitely a farewell. But will it be fond? Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will fulfil their final royal commitment when they appear Monday at the annual Commo...
Mar 8, 2020
RCMP helping Ukrainian investigation into Iran's downing of Flight PS752
OTTAWA - The RCMP is helping Ukrainian authorities in a criminal investigation of the downing of Flight PS752, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says. The Ukraine International Airl...
Mar 8, 2020
Trinity Western University volleyball teams look to add to brimming trophy case
Trinity Western men's volleyball coach Ben Josephson calls them "OKGs" - our kind of guys. Talented players who tick boxes off the court as well. His recruiting approach is working nicely.&n...
Mar 8, 2020
Athletics take series lead after convincing road win
The Grande Prairie Athletics have wrestled home ice advantage in the North Peace Hockey League final away from the Dawson Creek Canucks.The A's broke open a close 1-0 affair with four goals in the sec...
Mar 8, 2020 photo courtesy EverythingGP
Tough day for PCFAC teams, Midget AA season ends
The 2019-20 season came to an end on Saturday for two local rep hockey teams. The Bonnett's PCFAC Female Bantam Elite Storm dropped a 3-2 decision to Sherwood Park to fall in two straight games in the...
Mar 8, 2020
Coal miner Teck baffled by fish collapse downstream of British Columbia mines
Teck Resources says it's baffled over the virtual disappearance of a rare fish from a lengthy stretch of a long-contaminated river downstream from the company's coal-mining operations in southeastern&...
Mar 8, 2020
Online threats, racism causing fear for Indigenous women: MMIWG commissioner
Michele Audette feels disappointed when she looks online and sees a barrage of violent threats towards Indigenous women. "It made me so mad that we tolerate this. There's no real ... reprimand," ...
Mar 8, 2020