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Aaron Peck back home after Iditarod Sled Dog Race
Aaron Peck has returned to Bezanson from Alaska after he competed in the 2021 Iditarod Sled Dog Race. This was the eighth time Peck had participated in the Iditarod since 2000. In what was a shorter r...
Mar 30, 2021
Canucks forward Adam Gaudette leaves practice after testing positive for COVID-19
Vancouver Canucks forward Adam Gaudette was pulled from practice Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19. Coach Travis Green says Gaudette left the ice when the result came back midway through the...
Mar 30, 2021
Male arrested following stolen vehicle investigation in Peace River
The Peace River RCMP have arrested a male following an investigation into a stolen vehicle from a local business.On March 23, the Peace River RCMP responded to a break and enter into a business locate...
Mar 30, 2021
Oilfield liquid spill near Swan Hills estimated at 100,000 litres: AER
CALGARY - The Alberta Energy Regulator says an oil and gas company under court protection from creditors is reporting the leak of an estimated 100,000 litres of oilfield liquids from a pipeline in nor...
Mar 30, 2021
Sexsmith Secondary moving Grades 11, 12 online after three COVID-19 cases confirmed
The Peace Wapiti Public School Division is moving Grade 11 and 12 students at Sexsmith Secondary School online for the rest of the week after three cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed within the scho...
Mar 30, 2021
Mark Messier book on leadership, teamwork coming in October
NEW YORK - Hockey great Mark Messier wants fans to know he had a lot of help on his path to the NHL Hall of Fame. Messier's memoir "No One Wins Alone" will be published in October by Gallery Books, a ...
Mar 30, 2021
Oscars add UK hub for broadcast after concerns about travel
With less than a month until showtime, the 93rd Oscars are taking another pass at the script. Show producers Steven Soderbergh, Jesse Collins and Stacey Sher remain determined to have an in-person cer...
Mar 30, 2021
World's last Blockbuster more popular after Netflix show
BEND, Ore. - The Blockbuster video rental store in Bend, Oregon, soared to international fame when it became the last such franchise on Earth two years ago. Now, a new Netflix documentary called "The ...
Mar 30, 2021
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario urge Michigan to reconsider shutting down Line 5
WASHINGTON - Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario are forming a united front in the fight to reverse Michigan's shutdown of a key cross-border pipeline. Energy ministers from all three provinces are urgi...
Mar 30, 2021
Ottawa to extend eligibility criteria for Yazidi refugees: Mendicino
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says his department will adopt a new policy to help more Yazidis and other survivors of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant reunite with their famili...
Mar 30, 2021