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Kings pick up big road win
Jeremy Niven's goal with 1:47 left in regulation powered the County of Grande Prairie JDA Kings to a 4-3 win in Peace River over the North Peace Navigators on Friday night. Keaton Mercredi with two an...
Jan 11, 2020 photo courtesy EverythingGP
Lawmakers approve Brexit bill, UK on course for Jan 31 exit
LONDON - Britain passed a long-elusive milestone on the road to Brexit on Thursday when the House of Commons approved a bill authorizing the country's departure from the European Union at the end of t...
Jan 11, 2020
R Kelly girlfriend charged after fight at singer's condo
CHICAGO - A fight between two of R. Kelly's girlfriends inside the embattled singer's Trump Tower condominium led to a domestic battery charge against one of them and sent the other to the hospital, C...
Jan 11, 2020
New business aims to help seniors transition to next stage of life
A new business in Grande Prairie is looking to help seniors as they transition to a new phase of their lives.Started by three local nurses just last month, Seniors Best Life is looking to help seniors...
Jan 11, 2020 Shalene Chascha Rycroft (left), Brenda Pelland-McIntosh (middle) and Lindsey Neudorf (right) began the process of starting Seniors Best Life back in June, and officially opened it in December (Photo: Facebook / Seniors Best Life)
A look at some of the victims of the Iran plane crash who had roots in Canada
Dozens of people with ties to Canada were among the 176 who were killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed after takeoff near Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday. Prime Minister...
Jan 11, 2020
Pope warns of risks from US-Iran tensions in policy speech
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis warned Thursday that increasing tensions between the U.S. and Iran are setting the stage for a broader conflict in the Mideast while jeopardizing efforts to rebuild Iraq. F...
Jan 11, 2020
Lebanon issues travel ban for fugitive ex-Nissan chief Ghosn
BEIRUT - Lebanese prosecutors issued a travel ban for fugitive ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn and asked him to hand in his French passport on Thursday, following an Interpol-issued notice against him, a...
Jan 11, 2020
France sees more nationwide protests of pension changes
PARIS - French rail workers, teachers, doctors, lawyers and others joined a fourth day of nationwide protests and strikes Thursday to denounce President Emmanuel Macron's plans to overhaul the pension...
Jan 11, 2020
With 'Megxit,' Harry and Meghan aim to control media image
The relationship between Britain's royals and the media is awkward, mistrustful - and seemingly inescapable. But now Meghan and Harry want out. After years of growing tension with the press, the princ...
Jan 11, 2020
Fugitive Ghosn brings global attention to Japanese justice
TOKYO - Though former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn is unlikely to stand trial in a real court, he has made himself a key witness in putting Japan's justice system on trial. In his first public appeara...
Jan 11, 2020