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Too much of a Greta thing? Activist urges focus on others
MADRID - With dozens of cameras pointing at her across a room full of reporters, celebrity teen environmentalist Greta Thunberg had an unexpected message: Look the other way. "Our stories have been to...
Dec 11, 2019
Sarajevo officials: Nobel winner Handke not welcome in city
SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Nobel Literature Prize laureate Peter Handke was on Wednesday proclaimed persona non grata in the Bosnian capital for his apologist views toward Serb war crimes during the war in th...
Dec 11, 2019
Trudeau's minority Liberal government survives first confidence vote
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's Liberals survived Tuesday their first test of confidence in the House of Commons but got a pointed reminder of how opposition parties can still make life complicated for...
Dec 11, 2019
Kosovo, Albania to boycott Nobel Literature award ceremony
PRISTINA, Kosovo - Kosovo and Albania say they will boycott the Nobel Literature Prize ceremony Tuesday to protest the award being given to Austrian writer Peter Handke who both countries link to the ...
Dec 11, 2019
Andreescu, Leonard top trending list in Google's annual Year in Search
TORONTO - Canadians got on board with their sports champions this year, and data collected by Google suggests the nation became curious to learn more about thos...
Dec 11, 2019
City to continue to advocate for online police reporting tool
The City of Grande Prairie is hoping to be home to an online police reporting pilot project in the future.Mayor Bill Given had instructed City Administration to report back on how to introduce the too...
Dec 11, 2019
GPRC's new President and CEO wants to put the school on the map
The new President and CEO of the Grande Prairie Regional College has plans to make the school the education hub of Northern Alberta.Dr. Robert Murray took on the role on Monday, December 2nd, and is a...
Dec 11, 2019 Photo: Liam Verster
Anti-doping agency imposes 4-year ban on Russia
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Russia was slapped Monday with a four-year ban from international sports events, including next summer's Tokyo Olympics, over a longstanding doping scandal, although its athlet...
Dec 11, 2019
Anti-doping agency imposes 4-year ban on Russia
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Russia was slapped Monday with a four-year ban from international sports events, including next summer's Tokyo Olympics, over a longstanding doping scandal, although its athlet...
Dec 11, 2019
New NAFTA, a school strike and a school streaker; In The News for Dec. 11
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. 11. What we are watching i...
Dec 11, 2019