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B.C. government and social media giants make deal on non-consensual intimate images
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government and social media giants have made what they call a "historic collaboration" for youth safety online. A joint statement from Premier David Eby and representat...
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Grande Prairie Service Club signs undergo a redesign
The City of Grande Prairie will be redesigning and reinstalling three service club signs, located along the city's boundary. According to the city, this work is being done "to make a positive first im...
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Harry Balfour School hosting Blast from the Past Wednesday night
The Peace Wapiti Public School Division is inviting current and former students and their families to an event at Harry Balfour School tonight (Wednesday, May 15).Blast from the Past will go from 6:30...
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Stars centre Roope Hintz out for Game 5 against the Avalanche with upper-body injury
DALLAS (AP) - Dallas Stars centre Roope Hintz is out for Game 5 of their Western Conference playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night because of an upper-body injury. Stars coac...
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Peterka scores twice for Germany in 8-1 rout of Latvia at hockey worlds
PRAGUE (AP) - JJ Peterka scored twice in Germany's 8-1 rout of Latvia at the ice hockey world championship on Wednesday. Germany, last year's runner-up, netted five times in the second period in Ostra...
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Montreal's international airport takes rival to court over name change
MONTREAL - The authority that runs Montreal's international airport is suing an up-and-coming airport on the city's South Shore, saying a recent branding effort will confuse travellers. Aroports de Mo...
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Canada's Pendrith returns to PGA Championship in stronger position than last year
Everything has changed for Taylor Pendrith over the past two weeks. Pendrith won The CJ Cup Byron Nelson on May 5 for his first-ever PGA Tour victory, then tied for 10th at the Wells Fargo Championshi...
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Wildfire service warns winds may fan 'aggressive' blazes in B.C.'s north
FORT NELSON, B.C. - British Columbia's wildfire service says gusty winds could fan "aggressive fire behaviour" in the north, where out-of-control blazes have forced several thousand people to flee the...
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'The whole country is not on fire': Canadian tourism industry struggles as fires rage
OTTAWA - Climate change and its deluges of severe weather and wildfires have left many Canadian tourism companies struggling to get insurance and convince visitors that Canada is still open for busine...
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Guatemalan court orders release of journalist jailed for nearly 2 years on money laundering charges
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A Guatemalan court ordered the release Wednesday of journalist Jos Rubn Zamora, jailed for nearly 2 years on money laundering charges. Zamora, the 67-year-old founder of El Perio...
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