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Sudanese protesters sign power-sharing deal with military
CAIRO - Sudan's pro-democracy movement signed a power-sharing agreement with the ruling military council on Sunday aimed at paving the way for a transition to civilian rule following the overthrow of ...
Aug 04, 2019

Canada Finishes 1-2 at Women's Volleyball Olympics qualifier
Canada's women's volleyball team will need another tournament to qualify for the 2020 Olympics. Beaverlodge's Dani Smith and the rest of team Canada finished with a 1-2 record at an Olympics qualifyin...
Aug 04, 2019 Beaverlodge's Dani Smith. Photo courtesy Volleyball Canada

Mark Sutherland fastest on Saturday night in Strathmore
Mark Sutherland took home day money on night two of the WPCA stop in Strathmore. The former Grande Prairie native finished 65-100ths of a second ahead of John Walters, while his uncle Kirk Sutherland ...
Aug 04, 2019 photo courtesy WPCA

Lights into Semi Finals at Tier 1 U-18 AAA Baseball Provincials
The Northern Lights Baseball Academy will face the Calgary Bandits in semi final action Sunday morning at Tier 1 provincials in Sherwood Park. The Lights finished atop their pool with a 2-1 record aft...
Aug 04, 2019 Photo: Facebook / Northern Lights Baseball Academy

Freeland lands meeting with Chinese counterpart to talk about detainees
OTTAWA - The diplomatic tensions between Canada and China took what Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland styled Friday as a positive step after she finally landed a face-to-face m...
Aug 04, 2019

2 mass shootings in less than 24 hours shock US
Two mass shootings at crowded public places in Texas and Ohio in less than 24 hours claimed at least 29 lives and left scores injured, a shocking carnage even in a country accustomed to gun violence. ...
Aug 04, 2019

'Nowhere to go.' Iqaluit homeless stay in shacks, old boats amid housing crisis
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nushupiq Kilabuk wakes up every day in a shack on the shores Frobisher Bay in Iqaluit with only a lantern and a camping stove to keep him warm - but he says he's one of the luc...
Aug 04, 2019

Rapper A$AP Rocky heading back to US as verdict looms
STOCKHOLM - Rapper A$AP Rocky and two other American suspects were temporarily freed from a Swedish jail and planning to head back to the U.S. on Friday as judges mull a verdict in the assault case ag...
Aug 04, 2019

Heritage Day festivities come back to Muskoseepi Park
Alberta's 45th Heritage Day is this Monday, and the city of Grande Prairie will be holding their celebration in Muskoseepi Park. Muskoseepi Park is showcasing a variety of music and dance performances...
Aug 04, 2019 Heritage Day in Muskoseepi Park 2018

Mount Polley mine disaster five years later; emotions, accountability unresolved
VICTORIA - People are swimming and fishing in Quesnel Lake five years after the largest environmental mining disaster in Canadian history, but residents of Likely, B.C., are still struggling with...
Aug 04, 2019