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Man with knife injures 17 people on Tokyo train, starts fire
TOKYO (AP) - A man brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday stabbed several passengers before starting a fire, which sent people scrambling to escape and jumping from windows, police an...
Oct 31, 2021
"What a difference a year makes'': Imperial Oil posts 30-year high Q3 production
CALGARY - Imperial Oil Ltd.'s chief executive lauded "what a difference a year makes'' as the Calgary-based company reported its highest third-quarter production in more than 30 years against a backdr...
Oct 31, 2021
Brooks' two-goal night leads Storm over Dragons
A two-goal night for Zach Brooks meant two wins in a row for the Grande Prairie Storm for the first time this season.The 20-year-old forward scored on the power play in the second period and added the...
Oct 31, 2021
'We need help': Nunavut politician wants mental-health facility in his community
GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - Tony Akoak's house sits atop what Gjoa Haven's residents call the uptown, a hill that overlooks the turquoise Arctic Ocean in the otherwise flat Nunavut community. Inside, the li...
Oct 31, 2021
Wired 2 Hire Reboot program looking to kickstart career success for young adults
A new program created by the Grande Prairie Regional Association of Volunteer Organizations is hoping to get young adults facing challenges in the region back on their feet and heading in the right di...
Oct 31, 2021
Grande Prairie RCMP ask caution be kept top of mind for Halloween
As Halloween has arrived in Grande Prairie, the RCMP are asking residents of all ages to keep safety top of mind. Sgt. Shawn Graham with the Grande Prairie RCMP says whether the plan is to go out tric...
Oct 31, 2021
NHK exit poll: Japan PM Kishida's coalition to keep majority
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's NHK public television exit poll projects Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's governing coalition will keep a majority in a parliamentary election Sunday, although it's expected to lose...
Oct 31, 2021
2-week UN climate summit formally opens in Glasgow
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow has formally opened, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries on how to tackle the common challenge ...
Oct 31, 2021
End of quantitative easing shadows Liberals' consultation on managing federal debt
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada's move to end its pandemic-driven purchases of government bonds to stimulate the economy, and warnings of rate hikes sooner than previously expected, has coloured federal e...
Oct 31, 2021
'You cannot just raise the flags and replace it with nothing': AFN national chief
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says there needs to be another symbolic gesture made to recognize the genocide of Indigenous children if Canada wants to raise its flag. Ro...
Oct 31, 2021