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Hythe residents invited to open house on County transition Sept. 7
Residents of Hythe are invited to an open house next month to connect with County Council members and staff and learn more about the new hamlet's transition into the County of Grande Prairie.Hythe and...
Aug 23, 2021

Kimberley Walker named new Assistant Principal at St. Joe's
Grande Prairie & District Catholic Schools has appointed Kimberley Walker as the new Assistant Principal at St. Joesph Catholic High School.Walker has been teaching for nearly 20 years and started...
Aug 23, 2021

Justice for Justice Society to hold Overdose Awareness Walk at Horse Lake First Nation
The second ever Justice's Overdose Awareness Walk will be taking place next week at Horse Lake First Nation.The walk is held in honour of Justice Kent, a Horse Lake resident who passed away last year ...
Aug 23, 2021

Proud Boys leader who burned BLM flag gets 5 months in jail
The leader of the Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced to more than five months in jail on Monday for burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic Black church in downtow...
Aug 23, 2021

Jimmy Hayes, 31, Boston College star who played in NHL, dies
MILTON, Mass. - Jimmy Hayes, who won a national hockey championship at Boston College and played seven seasons in the NHL, has died. He was 31. A law enforcement official said medics on Monday were ca...
Aug 23, 2021

School mask mandate ban challenged in new Utah lawsuit
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A ban on school districts requiring masks is forcing parents of vulnerable kids to wrestle with the painful choice of whether to risk coronavirus infections at school or keep the...
Aug 23, 2021

Resurgent Votto pounding homers again, keeping Reds in race
CINCINNATI - In the midst of a sensational, homer-crashing career resurgence, Joey Votto talked recently about getting his 2,000th hit. The 37-year-old Reds first baseman recalled how he had the ball ...
Aug 23, 2021

Montreal says it will end state of emergency in place since start of COVID pandemic
Montreal is not renewing the state of emergency that has been in place since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The city said today in a news release that starting Friday, it will instead be in "aler...
Aug 23, 2021

Promise tracker: What the parties are pitching on the campaign trail
OTTAWA - A running list of specific promises announced by the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Green party since the official start of the federal election campaign on Aug. 15. Liberals Aug. 22: Facil...
Aug 23, 2021

Canadian special forces operating outside Kabul airport to help evacuees: officials
OTTAWA - Canadian officials say the military's special forces are operating outside the closed confines of Kabul's chaotic airport to get people on flights out of Afghanistan. The officials would not ...
Aug 23, 2021