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14-year-old killed following off-highway rollover west of Grande Prairie
RCMP say a 14-year-old girl has died following an off-highway rollover west of Grande Prairie Thursday.Grande Prairie RCMP say they were called to the rollover of the off-highway motorcycle around 3:4...
Oct 01, 2021
Georgia says its ex-president arrested after returning home
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - The prime minister of Georgia says former President Mikheil Saakashvili has been arrested. The announcement Friday by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili came about 18 hours aft...
Oct 01, 2021
Police investigating threat toward JPII Catholic High School, school closed Friday
The Grande Prairie RCMP say they are investigating threats made towards St. John Paul II Catholic High School in Grande Prairie, which led school administration to close the school Friday.Families wer...
Oct 01, 2021
Environment minister restores federal assessment of Alberta coal mine
Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has reinstated his decision to subject a thermal coal mine expansion in Alberta to a federal review. Wilkinson said in July 2020 that the Vista project ...
Oct 01, 2021
Quebec to move ahead with plan to redistribute $39 million to Lac-Mégantic victims
LAC-MGANTIC, Que. - The Quebec government is moving ahead with plans to redistribute $39 million to those impacted by the 2013 rail disaster in Lac-Mgantic, Que., that killed 47 people. About $20 mill...
Oct 01, 2021
CP NewsAlert: Quebec coroner urges Quebec to recognize systemic racism
MONTREAL - The coroner who investigated the death of Joyce Echaquan says the Quebec government should recognize the existence of systemic racism and make a commitment to rooting it out of institutions...
Oct 01, 2021
N.L. sending small team of health-care workers to help Alberta battle COVID-19
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Premier Andrew Furey says he's happy Newfoundland and Labrador will be sending a team of five or six health-care workers to Alberta, a province closely linked with his own.Furey twe...
Oct 01, 2021
JDA Kings down Flyers to earn first win of NWJHL season
The County of Grande Prairie JDA Kings are in the win column in the NWJHL standings.Devin Klassen scored his second goal of the game on the power play early in the third to tie it, and Adam Morrow sco...
Oct 01, 2021
Storm drop third straight in loss to Drumheller
The Grande Prairie Storm dropped their third game in a row Thursday afternoon, falling to the Drumheller Dragons 5-1 at the AJHL Showcase in Brooks.The Dragons were paced by 20-year-old Carter Belitsk...
Oct 01, 2021
Quebec watchdog probes fatal police shooting of man in Laurentians
SAINTE-ADLE, Que. - Quebec's police watchdog is probing the death of a man shot by provincial police in Ste-Adle, north of Montreal. According to preliminary information, provincial police were called...
Oct 01, 2021