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City of GP reinstates snow route parking bans
The City of Grande Prairie is reinstating parking bans on permanent snow routes, as snow removal operations resume.The ban officially starts Tuesday, February 27, and will restrict parking on priority...
Feb 26, 2024
With trial starting next month, Manhattan DA asks judge for a gag order in Trump's hush-money case
NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors in Donald Trump's New York hush-money criminal case asked a judge Monday to impose a gag order on the former president, citing his "long history of making public and inflam...
Feb 26, 2024
Liberal government wants voting health breaks for MPs after Opposition 'obstruction'
OTTAWA - The Liberal government says it wants to bring in health breaks that would eliminate overnight voting in the House of Commons for this parliamentary session. Government House leader Steve MacK...
Feb 26, 2024
Kaprizov, Marner, Shesterkin named NHL's three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Minnesota left-wing Kirill Kaprizov, Toronto right-wing Mitch Marner and New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin are the NHL's three stars of the week. Kaprizov led the NHL with six goa...
Feb 26, 2024
Canadian cities 'not gatekeepers': Head of mayors' group pushes back on Poilievre
OTTAWA - The president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities says his members are community builders and not gatekeepers, a term Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has commonly used to attack...
Feb 26, 2024
Record snowfall on Sunday
Winter has made it's return to the Peace Country.Environment Canada says Grande Prairie received 7.6 cm of snow on Sunday. The greatest amount of snow that fell down in the Swan City on February 25 pr...
Feb 26, 2024
County of GP lifts fire advisory
The fire advisory for the County of Grande Prairie has been lifted.The advisory was originally issued due to unseasonably dry winter weather conditions, but has since been lifted following Sunday's re...
Feb 26, 2024
Military ombudsman calls on MPs to fix 'obvious' conflict, make office independent
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces and national defence ombudsman is calling on MPs to fix an obvious conflict of interest and make his office independent. Gregory Lick told the House of Commons defen...
Feb 26, 2024
Alberta government funding school nutrition programs
The Government of Alberta is investing $5 million to improve school nutrition programs.The one-time grant aims to expand the programs to provide more students with well-rounded meals and snacks this s...
Feb 26, 2024
Canadian cyclist Derek Gee sidelined after crashing in Belgium one-day race
Canadian cyclist Derek Gee is recovering from a broken collarbone and other injuries after crashing on the weekend in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad one-day race in Belgium. Israel-Premier Tech, Gee's team...
Feb 26, 2024