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Lights Claim Silver at Tier I Provincials
The Northern Lights Baseball Academy have returned to Grande Prairie with a silver medal from Tier 1 U18 AAA provincials in Sherwood Park. After scoring twice in the bottom of the 9th to beat the Calg...
Aug 05, 2019 photo courtesy Facebook

More Road Work Projects Begin on Monday
Four more road rehabilitation projects will get started today in the city.Areas that will see work include 100th street between 84th and 99th avenues, 100th street between 101 and 104 avenues, Resourc...
Aug 05, 2019

Infrastructure bank looks to avoid distraction from election talk, CEO says
OTTAWA - The pitched political debate about the future of Canada's nascent infrastructure financing agency doesn't reflect the ongoing behind-the-scenes talks on projects with provincial governme...
Aug 05, 2019

Art Gallery of Grande Prairie exhibit explores the ecology of humans and nature
An exhibit at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie aims to use humour to highlight a serious issue. Ecology Is: Human | Nature opened in the beginning of July, and features artwork from six different art...
Aug 05, 2019 Photo: Emily Keller

Italian police arrest 6 in nightclub stampede that killed 6
MILAN - Italian police on Saturday arrested six men on manslaughter charges for allegedly using pepper spray to carry out thefts at a concert for teens, triggering a stampede that killed six people at...
Aug 05, 2019

India government revokes disputed Kashmir's special status
NEW DELHI - India's government revoked disputed Kashmir's special status with a presidential order Monday as thousands of newly deployed troops arrived and internet and phone services were cut in the ...
Aug 05, 2019

Sudanese activists, army finalize power-sharing deal
CAIRO - The African Union envoy to Sudan said Saturday the pro-democracy movement and the ruling military council have finalized a power-sharing agreement. Mohammed el-Hassan Lebatt told reporters tha...
Aug 05, 2019

Hong Kong protesters and police face off in familiar cycle
HONG KONG - On one end of a Hong Kong street, protesters dressed in black ducked behind umbrellas and makeshift barricades, occasionally throwing bricks or slinging rocks. On the other end, police dec...
Aug 05, 2019

Car crash in Cairo sets off fire outside hospital, kills 19
CAIRO - A multiple-car crash on a Cairo street in front of Egypt's main cancer hospital set off an explosion that triggered a fire outside the building, killing a total of 19 people, authorities said ...
Aug 05, 2019

Shooting victims include a mom who died protecting her baby
In the border town of El Paso, Texas, a shooter opened fire and left 20 people dead and more than two dozen injured. Hours later in Dayton, Ohio, a shooter killed 9 people and injured at least 27 othe...
Aug 05, 2019