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Nylander moves to centre for Maple Leafs with Kadri suspension looming
TORONTO - William Nylander will take Nazem Kadri's place at centre on Toronto's third line behind John Tavares and Auston Matthews when the Maple Leafs host the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of their f...
Apr 15, 2019
Investigation under way after High Prairie ATM theft
An investigation is under way after a pharmacy in High Prairie was broken into and the ATM inside was removed over the weekend. At around 5 a.m. on Sunday RCMP responded to an alarm at a pharmacy whic...
Apr 15, 2019
Burkina Faso minister says missing Quebec woman is alive, removed from territory
MONTREAL - A Canadian woman and her Italian companion who have been missing in West Africa since last December are alive but no longer in the country, a senior minister with Burkina Faso's g...
Apr 15, 2019
Ottawa says it will sell back Mirabel land expropriated for airport in 1969
MIRABEL, Que. - The Canadian government says it is planning to sell back the last remaining unused land it expropriated in 1969 for construction of the Mirabel airpo...
Apr 15, 2019
Ballet teacher breaking class barriers with dance in Peru
LIMA, Peru - In a Peruvian neighbourhood where families consider running water a luxury, young girls are learning the delicate art of ballet dancing. In the classroom at a public school near the South...
Apr 15, 2019
Shapovalov's clay-court campaign begins with 1st-round loss
MONACO - Denis Shapovalov's clay-court campaign got off to a poor start as the Canadian lost 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 to Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday. The 20-year-ol...
Apr 15, 2019
Finnish Leafs forward Kapanen thinks refs made wrong call in women's final
A Finnish forward for the Toronto Maple Leafs thinks his country should have won the world women's hockey championship. Kasperi Kapanen doesn't understand why a Finland goal in overtime of the final&n...
Apr 15, 2019
Beaupre and Given weigh in on provincial election
Tomorrow is Election Day in the province. County Reeve Leanne Beaupre is hopeful all those who are eligible, will vote. "The fact that it is an election and it is a privilege and your right to be able...
Apr 15, 2019 Facebook/County of Grande Prairie No. 1 - Facebook/Mayor Bill Given
Wolski commits to Red Deer College for 19/20 season
Sexsmith product Carter Wolski has found a home for the 2019-2020 season.Monday morning it was announced Wolski had committed to the Red Deer College Kings.The 20-year-old blue liner is in his final y...
Apr 15, 2019 (photo credit to RDC Kings)
Kashechewan First Nation faces 'massive trauma' with flooding: MP
OTTAWA - The sting of evacuations due to spring flooding at a First Nation in northern Ontario is hitting harder this year. Starting today, more than 2,500 members of the Kashechewan Fi...
Apr 15, 2019