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Oilers want more shots on Panthers goalie Bobrovsky as Stanley Cup shifts to Edmonton
EDMONTON - Florida Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky has turned away 50 of 51 shots through the first two games of the Stanley Cup final. The vaunted Edmonton Oilers' power-play hasn't scored in seven ...
Jun 12, 2024
Quebec police arrest three in $9-million fraud, data theft case involving Desjardins
MONTREAL - Montreal-area police have arrested three people in connection with a major data theft and $8.9-million fraud involving the co-operative financial group Desjardins. Police in Laval, Que., sa...
Jun 12, 2024
At least 49 die and 140 are missing after migrant boat sinks off Yemen's coast, UN agency says
CAIRO (AP) - A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, killing at least 49 people and leaving another 140 missing, the U.N. agency said Tuesday. The boat was carrying about 260 Somalis and...
Jun 12, 2024
Argentine riot police disperse protesters with water cannons ahead of key Senate vote
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentine riot police blasted protesters with water cannons to disperse crowds outside of Congress on Wednesday, escalating tensions before lawmakers were expected to vo...
Jun 12, 2024
Golf Canada executive and former Argos RB Bryan Crawford named OHL commissioner
TORONTO - Sports executive and former CFL player Bryan Crawford has been named the next commissioner of the Ontario Hockey League. The major junior league announced in a release Wednesday that Crawfor...
Jun 12, 2024
Grande Prairie Police Service established Community Engagement team
The Grande Prairie Police Service has officially announced the creation of its new Community Engagement Team.Launched May 1 of this year through Grande Prairie Enforcement Services, the CET was create...
Jun 12, 2024
County of Grande Prairie Council meeting highlights
County of Grande Prairie Council had it's regularly scheduled meeting yesterday. (Tuesday, June 11)Highlights from this meeting include Council approving $210,870 in Operating Assistance Grants to mul...
Jun 12, 2024
Canadian media a target for foreign interference: national security committee chair
OTTAWA - Foreign actors are trying to interfere with the Canadian media, and journalists and their bosses need to be aware of it, the chairman of Parliament's national security committee warned on Wed...
Jun 12, 2024
Andreescu advances to Libema Open quarterfinals with win over Yuan
Canada's Bianca Andreescu advanced to her first quarterfinal of the tennis season Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Yue Yuan in second-round action at the Libema Open. Andreescu hit 22 winners to 19 ...
Jun 12, 2024
Wildfire forecast anticipates high risk for new wildfires in Prairies, N.W.T.
OTTAWA - The wildfire season has been less dire so far this year than 2023, but the risk is high across most of the country for new fires to erupt this summer. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Cen...
Jun 12, 2024