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Documentary about homelessness to be screened on World Homeless Day in Grande Prairie
October 10th is World Homeless Day, and United Way Alberta Northwest will be screening a documentary about homelessness.Called US & THEM, the film was made over a decade by filmmaker Krista Lought...
Sep 26, 2019 Photo from the US & THEM website

Rouhani: US should end its policy of 'maximum pressure'
NEW YORK - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the United States on Thursday to "cease this policy of maximum pressure" in favour of "dialogue, and logic and reason." Rouhani's comments came one da...
Sep 26, 2019

September sleet and snow reported in some local areas
Areas in the region have been reporting sleet and snow. Demmit saw the rain/snow mixture this morning. The Hythe area also had snow before noon today. Frost advisories are in place for the High Level ...
Sep 26, 2019

UK brings travellers home as Thomas Cook bosses criticized
LONDON - Britain's biggest repatriation effort since World War II ramped up Tuesday as questions swirled over the pay that Thomas Cook executives received in the run-up to the tour operator's collapse...
Sep 26, 2019

Kevin O'Leary's wife charged in boat crash that left two dead, three injured
The wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary and an American man have been charged in connection with a boat crash that left two people dead and three others injured. Ontario Provincial P...
Sep 26, 2019

Ousted candidate Guillet claims Liberals have double standard over past conduct
MONTREAL - A Liberal candidate in Montreal ousted over alleged anti-Semitic comments said Tuesday there is a double standard in the party when it comes to judging what is acceptable past con...
Sep 26, 2019

Supreme Court to hear if sex-offender registries unfair to mentally ill
TORONTO - The Supreme Court of Canada will have final say on the validity of laws requiring sex offenders to register when an accused is granted an absolute discharge after being found not criminally ...
Sep 26, 2019

Ontario shipyard withdraws complaint alleging federal favouritism toward Davie
OTTAWA - An Ontario shipyard has dropped a request for an investigation into whether the federal government tried to rig its plan to add a third yard to its multibillion-dollar shipbuilding strategy i...
Sep 26, 2019

Federal judge grants B.C. injunction against Alberta's turn-off-the-taps law
CALGARY - A Federal Court judge has granted the British Columbia government a temporary injunction against an Alberta law that could have limited oil exports to other provinces. In a decision rel...
Sep 26, 2019

UNB player's 1966 punt finally recognized as longest in U Sports history
FREDERICTON - A new record for the longest punt in Canadian university football history - 114 yards - has now been recognized more than half a century after it occurred. The kick, by Thomas Pinckard o...
Sep 26, 2019