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County cuts deal to end fight over Arizona Senate subpoena
PHOENIX (AP) - Board members overseeing Arizona's most populous county have reached an agreement with the Republican-controlled state Senate that will end a standoff over a Senate demand that they han...
Sep 17, 2021
Colorado school shooter sentenced to life in prison
DENVER (AP) - A former high school student convicted of killing one student and injuring eight others in a 2019 attack on a Denver-area school has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Devo...
Sep 17, 2021
Official says US will deport 'massive' number of Haitians
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) - A US official says the Biden administration is planning "massive movements" of Haitian migrants in a small Texas border town on flights to Haiti starting Sunday. Plans have yet t...
Sep 17, 2021
Fortin's lawsuit over removal from vaccine post now pointless, federal lawyers argue
OTTAWA - Federal lawyers argue Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's lawsuit over his removal as head of Canada's vaccine distribution campaign is now moot because the job no longer exists. In a newly filed Federal...
Sep 17, 2021
City adopting Restrictions Exemption Program at rec facilities
City Hall in Grande Prairie says it will be adopting the province's Restriction Exemption Program at some facilities.As of Monday, proof of vaccination, a recent negative test result, or proof of a me...
Sep 17, 2021
Ex-Algerian president Bouteflika, ousted amid protests, dies
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who fought for independence from France in the 1950s and 1960s and was ousted amid pro-democracy protests in 2019 after 20 years...
Sep 17, 2021
Alberta RCMP investigating deaths of mother and her toddler as homicides
HINTON, Alta. - Alberta RCMP say its major crimes unit is investigating the deaths of a mother and her 16-month-old toddler as homicides. Mounties in Hinton, Alta., say the pair were reported missing ...
Sep 17, 2021
Bench unveiled at Derek Taylor Public School to honour late Jennifer Henson
A new bench was unveiled next to the playground at Derek Taylor Public School on September 17, to remember and honour the legacy of former Education Assistant (EA) Jennifer Henson.Jen as she is known ...
Sep 17, 2021
Grande Prairie records 34th COVID-19 death, adds 36 new cases
The City of Grande Prairie recorded its 34th death from COVID-19 on Thursday. The death recorded in Grande Prairie was one of 18 reported to Alberta Health over the last 24 hours and one of four in th...
Sep 17, 2021
Tenacious Belgium immigrant pioneered Canada's mussel industry in the 1970s
CHARLOTTETOWN - When Joe Van Den Bremt first floated the idea of producing cultured mussels on P.E.I. in the 1970s, the local fishermen laughed at him. "They were all telling me, 'We use that stuff fo...
Sep 17, 2021