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Slumping Vancouver Whitecaps searching for goals, road win in Kansas City
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps need a win. Heading to a mid-week matchup with Sporting Kansas City, the Whitecaps (5-5-4) are winless in their last six Major League Soccer outings, with three los...
May 28, 2024
Di Stasio, Dhesi lead Canada's wrestling team into Olympic Games
TORONTO - World champion Justina Di Stasio and veteran Amar Dhesi will lead Canada's wrestling team into the Olympic Games in Paris. Ana Godinez Gonzalez of Burnaby, B.C., Montreal's Alex Moore, Linda...
May 28, 2024
Seeding in the Peace still ahead of the five-year average
The most recent crop report from Alberta Agriculture says that just over 70 per cent of the crop in the Peace had been seeded as of May 21.The five-year average for that time of year is just under 44 ...
May 28, 2024
County of Grande Prairie Council highlights
County of Grande Prairie Council held it's latest meeting on Monday, May 27, which included a few highlights:Council approved amendments to Policy C27 Financial Reserves as presented, in order to resp...
May 28, 2024
CF Montreal look to raise their standard against D.C. United
MONTREAL - CF Montreal's 0-0 draw Saturday against Nashville SC wasn't celebrated with confetti and streamers, but the team's soul-searching amid a difficult stretch appears to be over. The challenge ...
May 28, 2024
'Let’s call it for what it is': Tory bid to focus pharmacare bill fails at committee
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Todd Doherty says the federal government is offering "false hope" to Canadians with a national pharmacare bill that will not initially apply to a broad range of medications. T...
May 28, 2024
Blue Jackets hire Waddell as president of hockey ops and GM, with Davidson shifting to advisory role
The Columbus Blue Jackets named Don Waddell as their general manager and president of hockey operations on Tuesday, bringing in an experienced NHL executive to try to help turn around the franchise. W...
May 28, 2024
Could a Senate bill cause age verification laws to apply to Netflix? Experts say yes
OTTAWA - Canada's privacy czar and a government official warn that a Senate bill proposing to block minors from "sexually explicit material" online could apply to streaming services such as Netflix. P...
May 28, 2024
GPCSD board endorses district transfer for St. Thomas More Catholic School
The future of St. Thomas More Catholic School in Fairview is beginning to take shape.At its Monday meeting, the board at Grande Prairie & District Catholic Schools voted to begin the process of tr...
May 28, 2024
Democrats plan to nominate Biden by virtual roll call to meet Ohio ballot deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will be formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee through a virtual roll call ahead of the party's official convention in Chicago in August - a ma...
May 28, 2024