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Trump plays up personal connection to Ground Zero
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump emphasized his personal connections to the World Trade Center site as he signed legislation Monday to ensure the Sept. 11 victims' compensation fund never runs out ...
Jul 30, 2019
Cambodia fines waste importer, sets deadline for its return
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia's government has fined a local company that imported almost seven dozen shipping containers of plastic waste from the United States and Canada, and warned that if the w...
Jul 30, 2019
Calgary council to debate new stadium today
Calgary city councillors will debate the tentative deal to build a new home for the Calgary Flames today.The deal would see the city and Flames owner Calgary Sports and Entertainment equally split the...
Jul 30, 2019 (Municipal Plaza at Calgary City Hall)
Man charged with murder after domestic situation in central Alberta
Charges have been laid in the shooting death of a woman in central Alberta.RCMP say 44-year-old Marshall Lawrence Stone is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Ashley Ames, and also faces...
Jul 30, 2019
School bus crashes into pool in St. Albert
Police say no children were inside a school bus when it splashed into a swimming pool near Edmonton.RCMP say they were called to a residential backyard in St. Albert yesterday afternoon.E-M-S examined...
Jul 30, 2019
13U AA Peewee Reds earn Silver at Provincials
It was almost a perfect end to a perfect run at Provincials for the AA Reds 13U Peewee 2 team Monday afternoon in Sherwood Park.Unfortunately for the Reds they fell just short in the Tier 4 Provincial...
Jul 30, 2019 (photo credit to the Grande Prairie Reds Facebook page)
Diplomats recommit to saving Iran deal, oppose US sanctions
VIENNA - Diplomats from Iran and five world powers recommitted Sunday to salvaging a major nuclear deal amid mounting tensions between the West and Tehran since the U.S. withdrew from the accord and r...
Jul 30, 2019
Date for fall federal election will not change
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Voters will head to the polls on October 21st, 2019 after all.The country's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Stephane Perrault was asked by observant members of the Jewish community to r...
Jul 30, 2019
44% of Albertans are within $200 of insolvency: Report
The amount of people in Grande Prairie and the rest of Alberta on the edge of financial bankruptcy remains at very high levels.The Consumer Debt Index, a report produced by the accounting firm MNP, st...
Jul 30, 2019
Two murder cases due back in Grande Prairie court next month
Two murder cases were in Grande Prairie Provincial Court Monday.Allan Hamelin and Harlin Martineau made a brief appearance by closed-circuit television from the Peace River Correctional Centre.They we...
Jul 30, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith