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NFL suspends Seahawks WR Josh Gordon indefinitely
RENTON, Wash. - The NFL has suspended indefinitely Seahawks wide receiver Josh Gordon for violating league policies on performance enhancers. Gordon was reinstated by the NFL in August after having be...
Dec 16, 2019
MD of Greenview to improve first responder efforts by joining AFRRCS
The MD of Greenview is joining Alberta's First Responders Radio Communications System, or AFRRCS.AFRRCS is an encrypted communications system for first responders, and is already in use by emergency c...
Dec 16, 2019
Duclair completes hat trick in overtime as Senators edge Blue Jackets 4-3
OTTAWA - Anthony Duclair couldn't have scripted a better ending. Duclair scored on the power play in overtime to complete the hat trick and give the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 win against the Col...
Dec 16, 2019
Arrest in RCMP secrets case touched off a flurry of activity at highest levels
OTTAWA - The head of Canada's spy agency was briefed two dozen times over a six-week period last fall about a security lapse at the national police force - an indication of the gravity of th...
Dec 16, 2019
Former Gary, Indiana, Mayor Richard Hatcher dead at 86
Former Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher, who became one of the first black mayors of a big U.S. city when he was elected in 1967, has died. He was 86. Hatcher died Friday night at a Chicago hospital, said h...
Dec 16, 2019
Grande Prairie pair face additional charges in counterfeit money investigation
Two Grande Prairie residents are facing additional charges in relation to a counterfeit money investigation. This time from the other side of the province.31-year-old Kevin Charles Ross Dewar and 26-y...
Dec 16, 2019
Grande Prairie RCMP seize drugs and weapons following traffic stop
Grande Prairie RCMP seized drugs and weapons, and laid several charges against a woman, following a traffic stop in Clairmont on December 7.Shortly before 1:00 a.m., RCMP observed a suspicious vehicle...
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Central African Republic ex-leader Bozize returns from exile
BANGUI, Central African Republic - Former Central African President Francois Bozize, who was ousted nearly seven years ago by a coalition of rebel groups, has returned from exile, his political party ...
Dec 16, 2019
Suspicious person complaint in Sexsmith leads to drugs and weapons charges
Two people are facing charges for drug and weapons offences, after Grande Prairie RCMP responded to a suspicious persons complaint in a rural area of Sexsmith. Just after 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Decemb...
Dec 16, 2019
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019
A sharecropper's son who rose through the seats of power to become one of the nation's most influential voices. A Republican who went on to lead the U.S. Supreme Court's liberal wing. A lauded writer ...
Dec 16, 2019