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Canucks double up Comets in NPHL
Dawson Creek Canucks scored five unanswered goals en route to a 6-3 win over the Manning Comets in NPHL play on Friday night.Wes Shipton and Kevin Hope each scored twice for the Canucks (7-1), while B...
Dec 14, 2019 Dawson Creek Canucks advance to BC 'AA' Men''s provincial final

Swan City Rotary Club hoping for boost in Cars for Christmas tickets
The Swan City Rotary Club is hoping to see a boost in ticket sales during the home stretch of the Cars for Christmas Mega Lottery.Dave Cook, who is the Chair of the Club's Lottery Committee, says tick...
Dec 14, 2019 The 20th edition of the lottery launched back in October (Photo: Liam Verster)

EarlyAct and Bandaged Paws to host Paws for Claus adoption event
The EarlyAct Club of Grande Prairie has partnered with Bandaged Paws animal rescue association to host the Paws for Claus adoption event.Different animals under the care of Bandaged Paws will be avail...
Dec 14, 2019

Trump criticizes climate activist Thunberg after Time honour
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump lashed out at 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday, a day after she was named by Time as its Person of the Year, calling her selection "ridiculou...
Dec 14, 2019

EU leaders break stalemate over climate target, claim deal
BRUSSELS - EU leaders broke a deadlock early Friday and claimed a deal over a key climate target by committing to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, sidestepping the objections of Poland, one of the b...
Dec 14, 2019

UK's Johnson claims Brexit mandate as Tories secure majority
LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has won a thumping majority of seats in Britain's Parliament - a decisive outcome to a Brexit-dominated election that should allow Johnson to...
Dec 14, 2019

Grizzly bears move north in High Arctic as climate change expands range
Some unlikely neighbours are moving in around the northernmost communities of the Northwest Territories, across the icy tundra of Canada's High Arctic. Inuvialuit hunters and trappers say grizzly bear...
Dec 14, 2019

Ex-Sudan strongman al-Bashir gets 2 years for corruption
KHARTOUM, Sudan - A court in Sudan convicted former President Omar al-Bashir of money laundering and corruption on Saturday, sentencing him to two years in a rehabilitation facility. That's the first ...
Dec 14, 2019

Pricey trees and wild cats in an abandoned town; In The News for Dec. 12
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 12. What we are watching i...
Dec 14, 2019

Alberta's high court won't change life sentence of man who killed seniors
EDMONTON - The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed a sentence appeal of a man convicted of killing two Edmonton-area seniors. Travis Vader was convicted of manslaughter in the deaths of Ly...
Dec 14, 2019