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Man City beats Leicester, shows stomach for EPL title fight
If any team has a chance of stopping Liverpool marching to a first English league title in 30 years, it looks to be Manchester City rather than Leicester. City gave a timely reminder of its champion q...
Dec 21, 2019

England's 1966 World Cup winner Martin Peters dies at age 76
Martin Peters, whose place in English soccer lore was secured by scoring one of the national team's goals in its victory over West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final, died Saturday after a long battl...
Dec 21, 2019

Liverpool beats Flamengo to win its 1st Club World Cup title
DOHA, Qatar - Roberto Firmino clinched Liverpool's first Club World Cup title on Saturday, scoring in extra time to seal a 1-0 victory in the final over Flamengo to assert Europe's footballing dominan...
Dec 21, 2019

Wheeler becomes franchise scoring leader, Jets beat Wild 6-0
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Blake Wheeler had a goal and assist to become the all-time leading scorer in franchise history, Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves for his third shutout of the season, and the Winnipeg ...
Dec 21, 2019

Cooking appliances cause fires in County Friday and Saturday
County Regional Fire Services have been busy responding to three calls over a 15 hour period Friday night and into Saturday morning. Two of those calls for service were for fires caused by cooking app...
Dec 21, 2019 Photo: Facebook / County of Grande Prairie

City introduces new autonomous snow-clearing robot
The city has introduced a new pilot project, in the form of an automated snow-clearing robot. The robot, called a R-T-1000 from Left Hand Robotics, is now clearing the trail around the Bear Creek Rese...
Dec 21, 2019 Photo: City of Grande Prairie

PM asks U.S. not to sign final trade deal with China until Canadians released
OTTAWA - Canada has asked the United States not to sign any final trade agreement with China until two Canadians detained in China have been released, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a Fr...
Dec 21, 2019

Quebec's Chantier Davie only shipyard to qualify for icebreaker work: Feds
OTTAWA - The Quebec shipbuilding industry got a boost from the federal Liberal government Thursday, with news that the Davie shipyard outside Quebec City will be the only builder eligible for potentia...
Dec 21, 2019

Ontario signs on to housing help from the federal Liberal government
OTTAWA - Money will begin to flow next summer in Ontario through the first of an expected 13 funding agreements for a new rent supplement for low-income households, as officials wo...
Dec 21, 2019

Fog advisory ended for Peace Country
UPDATE: Environment Canada has ended the fog advisory for Grande Prairie and the rest of the Peace Country.A fog advisory is effect for an area from Manning to Grande Prairie, and all the way across t...
Dec 21, 2019