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Canadian L'Arche group shocked by report that founder sexually abused women
A report by a French-based charity that helps people who are developmentally disabled has concluded its late Canadian founder had "manipulative sexual relationships" with women over several ...
Feb 23, 2020

US home sales fell 1.3% in January
WASHINGTON - U.S. home sales retreated 1.3% in January from the prior month, but low mortgage rates helped enable an increase in purchases from a year ago. The National Association of Realtors said Fr...
Feb 23, 2020

Protesters abandon Quebec rail blockade after show of force by police
ST-LAMBERT, Que. - A blockade south of Montreal that halted rail traffic and frayed nerves since Wednesday was abandoned late Friday after riot police arrived to enforce a court injunction. The r...
Feb 23, 2020

Power play powers Bonnyville past Storm
Discipline and the penalty kill did in the Grande Prairie Storm on Saturday, as they continue to look for their first win in over a month. The Bonnyville Pontiacs scored four times on 12 power play ch...
Feb 23, 2020 Devin Sutton scored twice for the Storm. Photo courtesy EverythingGP

Saturday local hockey recap
The Dawson Creek Canucks completed a four game sweep of the Grimshaw Huskies on Saturday to move on to the North Peace Hockey League final. Kevin Hope scored twice to push the Canucks to a 4-1 win in ...
Feb 23, 2020 Grace Lutz had a 39 save shutout for the PCFAC Female Midget Elite Storm. Photo courtesy EverythingGP

Intel officials say Russia boosting Trump candidacy
WASHINGTON - Intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign to help President Donald Trump get reelected, according to three officials familiar w...
Feb 23, 2020

Survivor: German shooter emptied magazine, calmly walked out
HANAU, Germany - Piter Minnemann and his friends were eating when they heard shots fired outside the door of the snack bar in Hanau where they had gathered. Minnemann, 18, recalled that he had just go...
Feb 23, 2020

GPRC Men's basketball picks up win in Edmonton
It was the Liam O'Hallahan show Saturday afternoon in Edmonton. O'Hallahan poured in 48 points to lead the GPRC men's basketball team to a 100-94 overtime win over King's University college. Darian Go...
Feb 23, 2020

Italy reports 1st virus death, cases more than quadruple
CODOGNO, Italy - Italy reported its first death from the new virus from China early Saturday and the number of people infected more than quadrupled due to a cluster of cases that prompted officials to...
Feb 23, 2020

Raf Simons joining Prada in full creative collaboration
MILAN - Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons - two of the fashion world's biggest creative names - will collaborate on Prada collections from Spring/Summer 2021 going forward indefinitely, the designers annou...
Feb 23, 2020